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Morrie graduated from Virginia Tech in 1984 and spent 5 years in the business community in Greenville SC. He earned his Master of Divinity from Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, SC, and was ordained in December, 1992. Upon graduation from Erskine Theological Seminary, he was called to be the pastor of Education and Outreach at the Bartow Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church in Bartow, Florida. After three and half years of ministry, he and his family moved to Charlotte in June of 1996 to start a church in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte, Ballantyne Presbyterian Church (formerly called Cornerstone Presbyterian.) Then in August, 2005, he moved to Denver, NC to start another ARP church – formerly called Denver Presbyterian, now named Christ Church ARP.
He has been married to Lori Jeanne Lawing since 1988. They have five adult children: Nathan (married to Allison), Nadine (married to Johnny Serafini), Paul (married to Ramsey) Ann Marie (soon to be married to Duncan Trice) and Joel, a United States Marine. Morrie and Lori have three grandchildren.