In 1924, Calvary Baptist Church was organized in Lancaster, SC, to bring the families of textile mill’s employees to Jesus. With a booming textile industry, the church became the center of religious life for the mill community and quickly grew to capacity amidst a flurry of opportunities for children and families. People were coming to
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Downtown Baptist Church has been a landmark of hope sitting at the corner of Main Street in the middle of a quiet, country town as she has for over 100 years. Downtown has enjoyed a long history of being a church that attracted the locals for worship through many generations, but it may be facing
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The other day on my drive to meet with a church I pulled up behind a sporty-looking car that seemed to have much more horsepower than my 4-cylinder, lightweight engine. It was a sleek 2-door with low profile tires, a carbon fiber spoiler and everything you would expect a high-caliber sports car to have. But
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Sans Souci Baptist Church turned 92 in 2018. Like many churches it is a church that has seen great heights, particularly in the 1960s and 70s when it was one of the largest churches in Greenville, South Carolina, but it had experienced a significant decline over the past decade. Sans Souci is located in a
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“I don’t want to see my church die.” These were the words of a faithful member who was added to the “cradle roll” of her lifelong church months before she was ever born. Her whole religious life was recorded in the history of this South Carolina Baptist church. Her parents were founding members of the
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I was recently invited to worship and consult with a congregation that has dwindled down to about a dozen members in spite of meeting in a prime location with thousands of people passing by their worship center every day. They sang the hymns of old with a remnant ensemble, their interim delivered a stirring call
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