“Before God calls us to a place, he calls us to himself.” Blake Petteway’s story is one of gradual obedience, taking steps of faith, and trusting the Lord. Petteway’s path was shaped by an intentional effort to raise the next generation of ministry leaders and missionaries in South Carolina. Educated and called at North Greenville
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“Camp La Vida opened my eyes to the possibility of missions,” Grace McGuire said. McGuire grew up in a SCBaptist church in Irmo, SC, and attended Camp La Vida each summer growing up. “They took us girls here for either the mom-daughter camp or the week-long camp. Every summer throughout elementary school, I would come
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“When we think about the next generation, we know that there’s a time coming when they are going to be stepping up and leading our churches,” Ricky Wilson, Next Generation Strategist at SCBaptist, said. The Catalyst Program is one way that SCBaptists are training the next generation to lead well. The program is a ministry
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Zoe and Maura both attended Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. Today, both women have committed their lives to full-time missional living in the United States. Yet despite this shared calling, their stories could not be more different. Finding Meaning in College Zoe grew up in a Christian home where she was consistently taught
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Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Victoria Azurdia’s “understanding of the Gospel was very skewed,” she said, “until I had the Gospel preached to me faithfully through a youth group.” Through that youth group, Azurdia accepted Christ and continued to grow in her faith, eventually desiring to attend a Christian university. She was struck by
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“At any given moment, there are about 4,000 kids in foster care across our state,” Jon Jamison, SCBaptist Serve Team Leader, said. Of those children, approximately 100 are available for adoption. One way that SCBaptist is stepping in to help families support vulnerable children is through an adoption grant. Since the grant began, nine SCBaptist
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When students step into ministry internships through SCBaptist’s summer internship program, many expect a season of learning and serving. But for Shelby Totherow and Josh Self, their time at Utica Baptist Church in Seneca, South Carolina, became an experience that clarified their calling, shaped their next steps, and gave them a deeper understanding of what
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As a boy sitting in his Royal Ambassadors class, Wesley G. watched a grainy video of a Camp McCall staffer serving on the mission field in a closed country. That moment of seeing someone he knew living out the Gospel overseas lit a spark for him that would one day carry him across the ocean
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Grace Bedenbaugh says her calling to student ministry began as a high school junior during her first year at Summit, SCBaptist’s leadership experience for students. “Since then, I’ve continually wrestled with the weight of that calling, realizing it’s something greater than myself and often out of my comfort zone.” A native of Gilbert, SC, Bedenbaugh served
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Each summer, South Carolina Baptist camps serve as a powerful tool for evangelism and discipleship. For some, camp is where they realized their need for a personal Savior, and their eternity was secured. For others, summer camp was the tool the Holy Spirit used to clarify a call to ministry. Year after year, camp experiences
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