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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When Hurricane Helene swept across South Carolina, few were prepared for the destruction it would bring. The intensity of the storm left many South Carolinians without power and widespread damage. Rick Burkey, Disaster Relief regional coordinator said, “We were just caught totally off guard. We have large areas of the community that are without power.”
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At this time, SCBaptist Disaster Relief is not able to take additional requests for assistance with hurricane damage. We continue to work through a full list of job requests but have reached our capacity at this time for receiving new work orders. Residents needing assistance can contact their county’s Emergency Management Office to be placed
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In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s destructive path through South Carolina, students from Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) groups at The Citadel and College of Charleston partnered with South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief to provide critical aid and support to impacted communities. Nearly 100 students from the Charleston area joined Disaster Relief crews from South Carolina
Scott Smith, Baptist Collegiate Ministry Director at Lander University, had recently returned home from a worship service when Hurricane Helene hit his community. The storm, which brought widespread destruction across South Carolina, left Smith fearing for his life as trees crashed onto his house in the early morning hours. “I knew the storm was coming,
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In the early hours of Friday, September 27th, Hurricane Helene swept through South Carolina, causing significant damage across the state. One family involved in the Family Care program at Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries in Greenwood, South Carolina, experienced a life-threatening situation when a tree fell on their home during the storm. McKenna, a single mother,
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