As Director of South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief, Susan Peugh supports SCBaptist churches as they prepare for and respond to disasters in their local area. She has served the Convention since 2022. Prior to her role here, she served on the Global Mission Team at Johnson Ferry Baptist, Marietta, GA. She also served for 23…
As a Ministry Assistant, Debbie Royson assists the Disaster Relief team as they train leaders, develop new teams, and lead in Christian discipleship and evangelism to bring help, hope, and healing during local, state, national, and international disasters. She began as a part-time employee in 2000 and has served for multiple teams in her time
Jon Jamison serves as the Team Leader for the Serve Team. This team exists to help churches engage their communities in a variety of ways, including Disaster Relief, Heart4Schools, Foster Ministry, Conversational English Classes, Prison Ministries and more. Jon began his work with the Convention in 2017. Prior to coming to South Carolina, Jon and
Lynne Ross serves as the Literacy Missions Consultant for the Convention. In this role, she is responsible for planning and conducting workshops to train volunteers to begin and conduct literacy ministries in their churches. She also encourages those in ministry as they serve their communities. She has served in this role since 2018. Lynne has
As Community Ministry Strategist, Angela McNeal leads Heart4Schools, helping churches understand the needs and opportunities that exist to serve and minister in local schools. As churches serve as the hands and feet of Jesus, lives are impacted and doors are opened to share the hope of the Gospel. Angela has served at SCBaptist since 2020.
Sandy Bezjak serves as the Team Assistant for the Serve Team, helping churches identify needs in their communities and ways to respond to those needs. Sandy came to SCBaptist in 2016 as part of the Missions Mobilization Team. She began serving in her current role in 2020 when the Serve Team was established. Sandy’s ministry
For nearly 50 years, the churches of the South Carolina Baptist Convention have provided a gift for every inmate in the state prison system for Christmas. For inmates, the gift reminds them that people care about them. “Not only is it nice to receive soap and toothpaste that you don’t have to buy yourself, but
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The Leeke family has been fostering for years, always with the hope of reuniting children with their birth families. Throughout their nine year journey, Cathy and Jonathon Leeke fostered a total of 23 children, each with their own unique stories and challenges. They managed this while also raising their three biological children–Meredith, Grayson, and Eleanor.
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The South Carolina Baptist Convention Annual Meeting continued on Nov. 12 and included new business, elections for 2025 officers, and reports from SCBaptist ministry priority teams and ministry partners. SCBaptist President Wes Church announced that there were 608 registered messengers and 40 guests. He introduced Dr. Jamey Graham, the newly installed President of the
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SCBaptist Disaster Relief (SCBDR) volunteers began serving their neighbors the day the hurricane swept through our state. Needs were met in many ways: Spiritual/Emotional Care: In addition to the physical assistance of meals, showers, or tree removal, every DR team provides spiritual and emotional care to the residents they serve. As a result of DR
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