Dr. Lewis Galloway is a native of Columbia, SC and a graduate of Davidson College (A.B.) and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA (D.Min.; Th.M.). He studied in France for two years at the University Paul Valerie in Montpellier and at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. He is married to Dr. Eleanor (Bunny) Alexander, a native of Charlotte, who grew up with her family at First Presbyterian Church. She is a graduate of Queens University, Union Presbyterian Seminary (D.Min.), a PCUSA pastor, and a retired Pastoral Counselor. They are the parents of three grown children and have two grandchildren. Their son Robert Galloway served as an associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church for five years. In 1977-88, Lewis was the Seminary Intern at First Church. Lewis and Bunny moved to Black Mountain for retirement after serving in Indianapolis for 14 years. In Indianapolis, Bunny was a pastoral counselor at Centerpoint Counseling Center; Lewis was the Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church. While he was at Second Indianapolis, Lewis was the Program Director of the Lake Fellow Residency Program in Parish Ministry and the Chair of the Indianapolis Interfaith Hunger Initiative. Prior to moving to Indianapolis, Lewis served churches in eastern North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, and Columbia, South Carolina. When he was the Pastor of Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Lewis was active in racial reconciliation ministries, campus ministry, social justice issues, and homeless concerns. He was the President of the South Carolina Council of Churches, Chair of the Cooperative Ministry, and the Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Davidson College, and the Montreat Conference Center. He is currently on the boards of the Anderson Foundation and Agnes Scott College. Since his retirement in 2018, Lewis has served for one year as the Transitional Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, SC. During COVID, he taught Bible classes online for several churches. In the summer months, he volunteers at the Sally Jones Pottery in Montreat.