In November of 2020, Steadman Baptist Church began the revitalization process in partnership with the Lexington Baptist Association. Just two months prior, interim pastor Johnny Rumbough baptized seven individuals, which was more than the last five years combined. In May of 2021, Pastor Neal Smith was called to lead the church. Since then, the church
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Listen to an audio recording from the Revitalization Pastor / Replanter Residency Online Workshop hosted on 3/10/22 by SC Baptist Church Strategies Group. Practitioner Panel: Brief Glance at Conversation Notes: Our hope in this conversation is that we can begin to advance the movement of strengthening churches as we increase the number of future leaders
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Dunean Baptist Church was formed as a mill village church in the textile region of South Carolina’s Upstate. Dunean Baptist Church, nestled in a mill village neighborhood in South Carolina’s Upstate, has a rich history dating back to its founding on November 17, 1912. Eighteen adults gathered to establish a church that would grow alongside
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Adoption Partnership – River District Church, West Columbia, SC Adoption Partnership: At-risk church yields control to stronger parent church providing leadership and resources as guided by a partnership agreement. Over a 20-year period, the church experienced a steady decline in worship attendance resulting in a smaller congregation with limited means to maintain facilities much less,
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At-risk churches across South Carolina need strong churches to help them fulfill the Great Commission. They are willing to take steps of faith toward a new future and a renewed mission of gospel ministry in their community, but they need meaningful partners to come alongside them for a season. How could God utilize the resources
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Mount Pleasant Baptist Church had been in serious decline and struggling to remain open. Recently, though, they held a celebration service that brought together members from two churches partnering together from neighboring communities with the same mission of making disciples. As they gathered in this rural location, almost 10 miles from the closest Dollar General, they came together as
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As I think back through my appointments from the past week, I was reminded why cooperation is essential to strengthening our local congregations. Meetings with pastors, associational leadership, potential replanters, at-risk churches, and other leaders who are leveraging their strengths, so the strength and mission of our churches is renewed, and Christ is proclaimed in
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Over the past several years, we have found great value in our intentional process to build a network of assessed and equipped leaders being sent to hard places of ministry in South Carolina. Here are few reasons why we assess our potential replanters. We believe in affirming God’s work in future leaders.As a state convention
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Focus on Jesus I Corinthians 1:18-25 Verse 18, “For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is God’s power.” The world will never understand how we put our trust in God and know He will guide us in truth. If the church
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There is something about a church comeback storyline that captures our heart and points our attention to God’s grace on display in a community in need of hope. The church that once struggled to pay its bills, couldn’t afford a full-time pastor, struggled week to week to offer any ministry or worship service for its
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