In 2011, Adam Spurlock felt a stirring in his heart. Although he served as a student leader in his local church and had a successful job in the business world, he never could have anticipated what God had in store for him next. It was while coaching a little league t-ball team in Hanahan, SC…
Joel Ainsworth, Community Pastor at the Church at Cane Bay, and his wife, Emily, are passionate advocates for foster care and adoption. As Joel explains, “from the very beginning, foster care and adoption have been part of our heart as a church because they’ve been such a big part of our story.” In fact, they…
Robbie Tweito, a member First Baptist Pickens and a volunteer for Heart4Schools, has been serving teachers and staff members in her local school district through various initiatives. Heart4Schools is a network of churches serving students and teachers in South Carolina. At a recent Heart4Schools gathering, Robbie explained how they started their mission. “We decided we…
“My life is not my own,” Jonathan Edney said. While many believers may come to this realization at one point or another in their spiritual walk, Jonathan realized this while he was actively going through radiation and cancer treatment. “God had broken me physically through the illness and the treatment,” he said. He felt that…
Deer Park Baptist Church in North Charleston, SC has been serving teachers and students in North Charleston since 2016 through Heart4Schools. The ministry started with simple acts such as backpack buddies and reading partners, but soon shifted its focus to come alongside teachers, serving them and helping meet their needs. Cindy Watts, a member of…
This story comes from International Mission Board writer Sue Sprenkle. The 80-year-old man crawls halfway into the green trash bin, feet barely touching the ground. He rummages through discarded bags. Not hearing the familiar jingle of tin and aluminum cans, Dave Joslin pulls his head out and motions for his dog to move on. “I…
“In 2015, I was praying, and the Lord broke my heart for my neighbors,” Jarrian Wilson said. In 2019, Wilson took on a position as a Church Planting Resident with Riverside Community Church in Columbia, South Carolina, to prepare to plant City of Refuge Church in Columbia. Wilson said he wanted to see people called…
Heart4Schools is an SCBaptist ministry that serves teachers and students in various communities. Nancy Kalutz, a member of First Baptist Camden, has been working with Heart4Schools through her church since her retirement in 2017. Nancy’s church partners with a continuous learning center (CLC), an alternative school in their community. Speaking about CLC, Nancy said, “The…
For the last 15 years, Low Country Community Church in Murrells Inlet has hosted a free Thanksgiving meal for their community. Project N.O.A.H., as the event is better known, stands for No One Alone on the Holiday. It began in the home of Steve Fairchild, Senior Pastor of the church, when he hosted a meal…
For the past eight years, Lucas Avenue Baptist Church has been actively involved in providing Good News Clubs at Ford Elementary. However, it was only last year that they truly felt their partnership with the school deepened when they started serving as Reading Buddies. This new program has allowed them to make a significant difference…
