When Lauren Boyd and her family moved away from Birmingham, Alabama, in July 2020, she thought she was leaving her dream of starting a gym behind. But those concerns soon turned into an opportunity.
B. Keith Faulkner was appointed the fourth president of Charleston Southern University in July 2023 and was formally installed through a presidential inauguration March 25.
“If we don’t start, we’re not going to do anything,” said Paul Colton, pastor of mobilization and sending at Calvary Church, Clearwater, Florida.
A small, rural church in lower South Carolina seeks to make a huge impact on mission mobilization.
The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention recently voted unanimously to release $10 million in unrestricted cash assets into the mission and ministry model of the convention over a 10-year period.
“If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like for 150-plus Christ-followers to get together and do something meaningful and impactful, you’re looking at it,” said Tony Wolfe, South Carolina Baptist Convention executive director-treasurer.
Over 400 volunteers recently gathered in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey, to distribute more than 9,600 coats as part of the largest-ever Coats for the City initiative since its inception in 2011.
John Arthur, pastor at Eureka First Baptist Church near Aiken, South Carolina, will pass the six-decade mark Jan. 1 — and he still preaches every Sunday.
“Our faith is strong. Our members are out in the community helping their neighbors with clean up,” said Christopher Arnold, pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church in Perry, Florida.
Bill Cox marks the 50th anniversary of his “Art to Heart” ministry, evolving from chalk drawings to much more.
