CCU's first chapel under construction
Construction on Coastal Carolina University’s first chapel, located on University Boulevard near the entrance to the Quail Creek Golf Community, will conclude this October.The facility has been designed to ensure demonstrational neutrality, with no crosses or symbols that might emphasize a particular religion.
The chapel project is the result of a longtime dream of Myrtle Beach real estate developer Edward Jackson III, who attended Coastal in the 1960s. He and his wife Sarah funded the construction of the building.
Coastal Educational Foundation (CEF), the nonprofit organization that receives private support for the University, will own the chapel. The CEF will lease the facility to the University. The chapel’s status as a privately owned building will allay any legal issues concerning separation of church and state.
The chapel will contain a portable altar and some 125 chairs. However, the CEF is planning to hold a fundraiser to purchase pews and chairs for the building.
For more information, contact Wanda Lewis, assistant director of CEF, at 843-349-2194.
