INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Board of Directors
Community First Bancorporation

     We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  into  this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by Community First Bancorporation in connection with
the Community  First  Bancorporation  1998 Stock Option Plan of our Report dated
January 9, 1998, included in Community First  Bancorporation's  Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1997.

                                             s/Donald G. Jones and Company, P.A.
                                             Donald G. Jones and Company, P.A

Columbia, South Carolina
January 27, 1999

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