Hinkson’s family said he was currently serving as a priest of pastoral care at All Saints Church in Durham. Before moving to the Triangle nine years ago, Hinkson had served for 40 years as a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and then the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He served churches in Los Angeles, Houston and Miami.
Durham, N.C. – The church of a Durham minister who disappeared Monday held a prayer service Friday evening.
Kent Torrey Hinkson, 71, left his home Monday afternoon to run errands, his family says, and hasn’t been seen since.
Police found his car, a red 2011 Hyundai Sonata, Wednesday night in the parking lot of The Mews Apartments, at 1801 Williamsburg Road, and his last known whereabouts is believed to be at a Wells Fargo bank branch about a half-mile from his home in Durham’s Woodcroft community.
Hinkson, who has been in ministry for more than 40 years, is a volunteer minister at All Saints Church, where he leads Bible studies and heads up pastoral care for those who can’t get to church.
“He is very outgoing, very much a people person,” his wife, Jeline Hickson, said Wednesday. “He makes friend with everyone he meets. He’s a big personality.”
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