Reverend Hill has long been an advocate for youth in the community, as reflected in the fact that he coached Little League and Pony League teams in football, basketball, and baseball. In doing so, he often used his own funds, as well as solicited financial support from other residents, to provide necessary equipment and supplies for the teams to participate in programs sponsored by the Parks & Recreation Department. It should be no surprise, then, that he is widely respected for mentoring adolescents and teenagers.

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Reverend Hill has played a meaningful role in several public education activities in and for Greenville County. In 1992, Reverend Hill was appointed by former Lieutenant Governor Nick Theodore to serve on the South Carolina Education, Business, and Civic Partnership, which had the goal of increasing the involvement of businesses in public education.

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As Greenville Technical College was experiencing a major growth period from the late 1980s  through the early 2000s, Reverend Hill served for 18 consecutive years as an active and involved member of the Area Commission (Board of Trustees) for the College. Among other assignments for the Commission, he chaired the Education Committee, which assessed various academic programs at the institution.

 

Reverend Hill took part in a feasibility study sponsored by the Greenville County School District  regarding proposed new schools. This study became the foundation for the School District's decision to build new elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the county. As a result, over a 12-year period, at least a dozen new schools have been constructed at a total cost of nearly one billion dollars.  In closely related service, he was appointed to serve on the School District's task force addressing dropout and retention issues for minorities. This program led to an increase in the number of students who could be enrolled in alternative educational programs.

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Recognizing an opportunity to support college graduates as well as public school students, Reverend Hill accepted an appointment to assist the Greenville Chamber of Commerce in starting up a special program to identify unemployed and underemployed minority college graduates and expand opportunities for them to find adequate work in their chosen fields in Greenville County. Reverend Hill believes strongly in the value of African-Americans devoting time and effort to positive civic engagement. Over a period of 25+ years, he has coordinated and otherwise assisted in dozens of successful voter registration drives throughout Greenville County. These efforts have resulted in the addition of hundreds of newly registered voters.

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Upon joining the NAACP while still a young adult, Reverend Hill chose to register as a Life Member of that distinguished organization. As part of his service in the Greenville Branch of the NAACP, he  was elected Vice President of the Youth Division, which enabled him to continue his passion for trying to influence young people to strive to be productive, well-educated individuals.

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When the Greenville Urban League needed to bring on board a new Chief Executive Officer, Reverend Hill was added to the Search Committee to screen candidates and recommend the person to be hired for the CEO position.

While serving as president of the Baptist Ministers' Fellowship of Greenville and Vicinity, Reverend Hill was chosen to preside over the Leadership Breakfast Group of Greenville. The mission of the LBG is to bring together concerned citizens to make recommendations that can help government officials handle their public work in a more responsible, equitable, and competent manner.

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Reverend Hill recognizes the importance of networking with other pastors and congregations in doing God's work on earth, He became second vice moderator, then first vice moderator, then moderator of the Tumbling Shoals Baptist Association, which serves as an organizing agency for more than three dozen churches in Laurens County. As moderator, he conceived and directed an innovative campaign to establish the financial foundation for a multi-purpose building that Association members had voted to construct. He then steered the initial efforts to purchase a 25acre tract of land where the Association's multi-purpose facility would be erected. After completing his term as moderator of the Association, he continued in a leadership position, serving as vice moderator and then moderator of the Association's Union #3.

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Further demonstrating the value of networking in Christian ministry, Reverend Hill is an engaged participant in (1) the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., (2) the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, and (3) the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. For 20 years, he served as an instructor in the Young Adult College Workshop of the Congress of Christian Education of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

For more than 10 years, Reverend Hill has managed the Morris College Extension Program that offers supplemental instruction to individuals seeking to expand their understanding of practice and policies in the Baptist church. At Morris College, he holds Assistant Professor status in the Division of Religion and Humanities.

At Duke University, where he completed a master's degree in the Divinity School, Reverend Hill was elected twice--once as a "middler" and once as a senior--to be the guest revivalist to undergraduate students in the university. At Duke, he was also appointed to the Admissions Committee for the Divinity School, which enabled him to play a substantial role in the number of African-American students to be accepted for enrollment in the program.

Reverend Hill is tirelessly involved in the "church work" that supports Beaverdam's Christian ministries. As pastor, Reverend Hill has led Beaverdam in successfully building up the church's physical, spiritual, and financial capacity to serve its current members and attract new ones.

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By the time Reverend Hill had led Beaverdam's congregation for five years, he had increased the membership of the Deacons Ministry by five men. In terms of value to the church, this enhancement of the ministry proved to be a fruitful blend of seasoned experience and youthful new insights. With the advice and consent of the congregation, Reverend Hill broke new ground when he installed the first two female members ever to be added to Beaverdam's Trustees Ministry. He saw a need and put into action a plan for broadening church proceedings to attract and include more youth jn regular worship services. One of the primary benefits of this increased inclusion is that youth now coordinate and lead worship services on the third Sunday in every month.

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He successfully encouraged the congregation to invest more resources into activities for the youth of the church, to help them explore and experience more of the world beyond their immediate environment. For example, he sponsored workshops and brought in guest speakers to lead discussions on topics of interest to young people. The children were able to take educational and/or recreational tours to places such as Morehouse College, Spelman College, museums, theme parks, governmental offices, etc. In addition, Reverend Hill himself has begun holding regular discussion sessions with youth. Every Tuesday night, he leads Zoom sessions with middle school and high school students, focusing on topics that would be of particular concern to young people.

Reverend Hill put into action a purposeful structure for the management and protection of the church's resources, including establishing an annual budget-making process. Financial transactions on behalf of the church are now centralized, and to ensure transparency in the church's financial transactions, the process required, among other things, weekly tally sheets and quarterly reporting of resources.

  

He initiated a tithing program that increased the amount of funding being given to the church every month. That, in turn, enabled the church to efficiently plan for and meet its obligations in a timely manner. Reverend Hill moved the church to increase the dollar amount of Beaverdam's annual contribution to Morris College, which is owned by the Education & Missionary Baptist State Convention of South Carolina.

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Using his own resources to get started in the early 1980s, Reverend Hill coordinated an annual, open-to-the-public pre-revival festival that brought together hundreds of people from multiple churches from throughout the Upstate to take part in a day of fellowshipping and merrymaking.

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At Beaverdam, Reverend Hill also guided the congregation in modernizing the premises and enhancing the service capacity. Under his leadership, a lovely new sanctuary has been constructed, and the educational facility has been nicely upgraded. In the meantime, he coordinated efforts to make several other financial moves that improved the church's service to its members, including (1) 15 additional acres of land were purchased under his leadership, (2) purchasing both a 24-seat bus and a 15-seat van, and (3) establishing a monthly newsletter titled Here's The Scoop.

Reverend Hill has been recognized and honored by numerous organizations for the consistency and quality of his public service. The Phillis Wheatley Association, the Urban League of the Upstate, SHARE, the Baptist Ministers' Fellowship, and the Black Elected Officials of Greenville County have all given him awards for his community-building work in Greenville.

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