Antony “Ant” Frederick is used to talking about race related issues. Growing up in Chester, he and his family were the only black members of a white church. The congregation unanimously called Ant’s father as its pastor in the 1990’s and under his leadership became an ethnically diverse church. Even as race relations continue to […]
On June 11, several Midlands pastors recorded a virtual dialogue on racial reconciliation that was immediately uploaded to the CMBA website. Spurred by recent events including the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests across the nation around systemic racism and injustice, the African American and Caucasian pastors shared openly about their experiences, convictions and […]
Check out this panel dialogue moderated by Andre Rogers and George Bullard on Thursday, June 11, 2020. The panelists were Andre Melvin, Ant Frederick, John Roberts, Jamie Rogers, Wes Church, Brian Thomas, and Freddy Johnson. This is just a beginning!
During the Minister Appreciation Month of October, pray for Ant and Hannah Fredrick and their children as he serves as Pastor at Midtown Fellowship — Two Notch.
Midtown Fellowship’s downtown Columbia church plant began in 2007 with a Sunday worship gathering and intentional Life Groups to primarily express its vision to share Jesus with 100,000 people within a 5-mile radius of the South Carolina state capital. Though a believer since middle school, one of those drawn to Midtown’s vision was Antony “Ant” […]
A Message from George Bullard, Director This past Sunday I had a great opportunity to be with two churches meeting for a joint worship service, baptism, and fellowship lunch. Willow Lake Church on Farrow Road between the Killian area and Blythewood, hosted Rockton Baptist Church from Winnsboro. Both congregations are smaller membership churches. Their church facilities are 17 miles apart […]
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions at Columbia Metro Baptist Association, Strategic Leadership Coach, Lead Missiologist, and Virtuoso of all things church-related. […]