On New Year’s Eve, 86 high schoolers spent the day at Carowinds—only they weren’t there for the rides; they were there for the lines. Summit, a four-day training experience for student leaders across South Carolina, invited SCBaptist churches to send students to share Jesus boldly and teach them about the urgency of the Great Commission. This year,
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A team of SCBaptist women traveled to Utah to host a retreat for 40 church planters’ wives, providing a time of encouragement and support. “Being a pastor’s wife can feel lonely,” said Angela James, Education and Women’s Minister at Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors, SC. “Add to that living in Utah, where it’s two
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“Every young pastor needs two things: friendships with like-minded people, and wisdom through mentorship.” For Adam Siskey, pastor at Church at The Mill’s Woodruff campus, both of these needs are met through the Young Pastors Network. A cohort that meets monthly with over 130 participants, the Young Pastors Network is a community where young pastors
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For the first time, SCBaptist partnered with International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries in Madagascar, sending three college students through BCMGO to serve alongside a missionary family for five weeks in one of the most spiritually rich yet challenging areas of the world. Through BCMGO, college-aged men and women across the state are equipped to engage
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From March 13 to 20, a mission team comprised of churches from the Columbia Metro Baptist Association (CMBA) traveled to several cities in Spain, partnering with the International Mission Board (IMB) to work with native Spanish pastors in their missions efforts. Beginning three years ago, the partnership between the CMBA and the IMB team in
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Every year, SCBaptist churches faithfully send teams around the world to support international missions—an effort that is both needed and impactful. But on any given Thursday at the University of South Carolina, the nations are already gathered. Carolina BCM’s international lunch creates space for the same kind of meaningful, Gospel-centered conversations right here at home.
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The Heart4Schools partnership between Riverbluff Church and Oakbrook Elementary School in North Charleston, SC, began with one church member. After learning about the need for literacy development in her area, she realized that Reading Buddies was a way to meet tangible needs. “We started here through the obedience of one of our senior adult members
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Over 16 churches partnered together to launch SCBaptist’s first Women’s ONE Night event on April 12 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors. ONE Night is a “grassroots mass evangelism event designed to engage a specific audience with the hope of the Gospel.” ONE Night is often associated with high school and middle school students,
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A red carpet, bright lights, and loud cheers greeted each guest as they arrived at the Goose Creek Special Needs Prom. Hosted in partnership between New Life Baptist Church and the City of Goose Creek’s Recreation Department, the event grew out of Pastor Billy Harmon and his wife’s vision to serve adults with special needs
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South Carolina Baptists are working with church planters in Vermont and New England to strengthen and grow churches in a region with few Gospel-preaching congregations. Through a partnership with the North American Mission Board (NAMB), SCBaptists are helping plant and support churches in Vermont and the surrounding region—an area where many communities lack an evangelical,
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