by ddouglass | Dec 11, 2019 | Latest News, Ministry Highlights
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Last month the board of directors of Regular Baptist Builders Club awarded $50,900 in grants and $10,000 in loans to fuel church plants, church planter residencies, facility renovations, and church revitalizations. The ministry approved grants and...
by ddouglass | Jan 15, 2019 | Disaster Relief, Ministry Highlights
PARADISE, Calif.—Two months after Calvary Baptist Church burned to the ground in a wildfire on Nov. 8, church members have finally been allowed back onto the property. “We have walked the site, and as we feared, nothing remains,” said Pastor Gerry Zordel. “We did find...
by ddouglass | Jan 4, 2019 | Disaster Relief, Ministry Highlights
PARADISE, Calif.—Even though most of its people are still living in temporary housing, Calvary Baptist Church gathered on a recent Sunday for a Christmas banquet. “The ladies really wanted to have it,” said board chairman Ron Hutto. Calvary Baptist was destroyed by a...
by ddouglass | Nov 16, 2018 | Disaster Relief, Ministry Highlights
PARADISE, Calif.—One church member is unaccounted for after a recent wildfire destroyed the facility of Calvary Baptist Church. The fire rapidly swept through the town, burning all of the church members’ homes and leaving 30 to 40 members homeless. GARBC...