Rev. Kenneth Carl Taylor, the son of Thelma and the late Mr. Roosevelt Taylor, was born and grew up in the small town of Eastover, South Carolina.

He attended Webber Elementary School in Eastover and graduated from Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina. He is also a graduate of The University of South Carolina with a degree in African American History and Accounting.

Rev. Taylor joined St. Phillip A.M.E. Church as a youth and was a very active member of the church school, youth choir, Young People’s Department and other ministries. He served as 7th Episcopal District YPD President for 8 years.

Rev. Taylor answered the call to ministry in 1995 under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Joseph A. Darby and received his first pastoral appointment in September 1998 to serve the Rock Hill Initiative in Rock Hill, South Carolina, that within two years became Adams Chapel AME Church. During his Nine years and Eight months of service at Adams Chapel the church grew from a Laundry Room Sanctuary with two members (his children) to a lovely building with more than 150 members.

Rev. Taylor was appointed pastor of Tuner Memorial A.M.E. Church in West Columbia, South Carolina in November 2007 where he spent 19 years pouring out his soul, his love and his energy leading others to Christ. During his first eight months of service the membership grew by more than 80 members. Under his leadership at Turner numerous new outreach ministries were started, like The GED Ministry (with more than 900 persons acquiring their GED at no cost), The Feeding Ministry that now feeds an average of 100 plus persons a day, a partnership ministry with Next Step Ministry that provided home repairs for approximately 15 families every Summer, The House of Hope, a community outreach ministry that provides services Medical Ministry, Youth Ministry, and other resources, a partnership with Central Midlands Habitat for Humanity, that thus far saw to the building of three new homes in the Happy Town/Sugar Town Community(the first new home construction in the community in the past 60 years, The start of a community wide, The start of the Senior Rides of Lexington, that started with a $100,000.00 grant made possible by Governor Henry McMaster, to provide free rides to Seniors in Lexington County a Church sponsored Youth Summer camp that started with 60 plus youth for Eight Weeks during every Summer, started partnerships with the Ecumenical Community in West Columbia, The City of West Columbia, The County of Lexington Sheriff Department, The West Metro Rotary Club, The West Columbia Lions Club, Christ Central Ministry, USC School of Public Health, Newberry College, and countless other organizations.

Rev Taylor served on the following boards and organizations: Central Habitat for Humanity, The Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center, NAACP(Religious Affairs Committee), West Metro Rotary Club, West Columbia Lions Club, West Metro Ministerial Alliance, USC School of Public Health Advisory Board and Lakeview Alumni Advisory Board

On October 25, 2025 Rev Taylor was appointed the Presiding Elder of The Edisto District of The South Carolina Annual Conference where God has blessed him to already make an impact within the past Seven Months.

Rev Taylor has two children Breanna and JC and a host of other Family and Friends.