Katrina Stikeleather serves as a Team Assistant for the Start Team. She has served SCBaptist for five years on the Strong Team and then in her current role. Prior to her work at SCBaptist, Katrina was a Ministry Assistant for Crosspoint Baptist Church for 15 years.
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Cliff Marshall serves as the Team Leader of the Start Team, helping SCBaptists churches plant churches in South Carolina. He leads a team who works with churches to assess, train, and coach church planters. Cliff has served in church planting through SCBaptist for 10 years. Cliff has 35 years of ministry experiencing serving as church
As a strategist with the Start Team of SCBaptist, Tom Gore helps each church advance the Great Commission through multiplication. From cooperating to supporting and then to sending, the Start Team seeks to encourage and train churches to glorify God to plant more churches in the fastest growing state in our nation. He has served
SCBaptists concluded their 2024 Annual Meeting on Nov. 12 at Columbia First Baptist Church by focusing on sending missionaries and starting new churches. After greetings from Jeff Iorg, President and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, SCBaptist President Wes Church recognized the 2025 Convention Officers; Ryan Pack, 2025 President-Elect; Mark Bishop, Vice President;
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South Carolina is growing fast. In 2023, South Carolina was the most popular state to move to — with twice as many moving into the state than leaving. With 80% of South Carolinians not meaningfully connected to a Bible-teaching church, churches in these new neighborhoods are crucial. When Adam Spurlock, lead pastor of Restoration Community
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The Lowcountry of South Carolina, known for its picturesque landscapes and historic cities, is also one of the least churched areas in the state. Under the guidance of Lead Pastor Brett Myers, First Baptist Church Hilton Head Island is on a mission to address the spiritual need in the area. The church was instrumental in sending out
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Coastway Church was a response to the need for more healthy, gospel-centered churches in an area experiencing dynamic growth. In June of 2021, a small group embarked on a mission with Jeremy Woods, lead pastor of Coastway Church, to plant a new church in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina. Their journey was marked
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Some days June Estes pinches herself to make sure she isn’t dreaming. As an International Mission Board missionary explorer, she experiences a lot of things she never imagined doing in her lifetime: Like, standing under a string of prayer flags flapping in the wind along a remote hiking path. Or zooming around a noisy city
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Rivers Edge Church is seeking to create a community of faith in Longs, SC. Planted by Pastor Ross Grall and his wife, Erin, Rivers Edge desires to call followers of Christ deeper in their relationship with God. The journey of Rivers Edge Church began in 2018 when Ross and Erin felt the Lord calling them
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With Myrtle Beach being the fastest-growing city in the country, church planting efforts in the Grand Strand are a top priority for SCBaptist’s Start Team. Tom Gore, Church Planting Strategist at SCBaptist, explained that the Grand Strand has seen massive growth in recent years. The allure of the area comes from a mild climate, job
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