MLK Day Speaker Shares Thoughts, Challenges Ahead of Celebration
**Due to Covid-19 pandemic factors, the MLK Day worship celebration planned for Jan. 17, 2022, has been canceled. Dr. Goatley has been invited to join a CMBA Racial Reconciliation Conversation slated for March 2022. Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley was to be the keynote speaker at the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Worship Service scheduled […]
Pray for Wes Church, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church in Columbia
During this October Minister Appreciation Month, show your appreciation by praying for the ministry of Wes and Rachel Church as Wes serves as pastor of First Baptist Church in Columbia.
Wes Church Believes First Baptist Can Leverage Its Unique Historic, Downtown Distinctives
Download this article — Wes Church Since becoming senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Columbia, in August 2018, Wes Church has taken a Baptist history class. After 17 years on the church staff as College Minister and as Minister of Discipleship, Wes knew that First Baptist was a historic congregation […]
How to Transform the World Through Collegiate Ministry
Registration is required for the FREE lunch. Use this link to register: https://forms.gle/qDB48V8FGs3nE15i6. The April 23rd Vision Day Lunch and Panel will be moderated by Jamie Rogers, the new Baptist Collegiate Ministries Director in the Midlands. It will address the issue of How to Transform the World Through Collegiate Ministry. The focus will be on […]
A Lay Leader’s Hopeful Perspective on Local Church, Associational Work
Buck Williams is hopeful. He’s optimistic about the local church and its ability to share the gospel, and he’s hopeful about the missional work of Baptist associations. His long-term dedicated lay leadership within Mt. Elon Baptist Church in Hopkins and the Columbia Metro Baptist Association give him a great perspective. In late 1979, Buck joined […]