Todd Deaton

?What on earth are we here for?? For 40 days in late September and October, nearly 30 churches in Charleston and the surrounding area dared to asked themselves that question. And they are discovering that when it comes to... Continue Reading »

A 25-member ?chain-saw team? from 11 Pee Dee Association churches completed a variety of acts of Christian love in Columbia, Miss., during the week of Sept. 12. The 18 men and seven women were housed and fed in the... Continue Reading »

?Most residents suffered a total loss, and some of them have no other place to go,? Wade Leonard of Mauldin said, observing that this was indeed the case for one woman in Biloxi, Miss., who was among those helped... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Hampton, has received word that a seven-member family from New Orleans will move into a house that it has offered to Hurricane Katrina victims willing to relocate and make a ?fresh start? in the Lowcountry.... Continue Reading »

Columbia Metro Baptist Association churches are ?right in the middle? of the work with approximately 1,500 persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina who were relocated to Columbia, said director of missions Bill Dieckmann in a Sept. 22 letter to pastors... Continue Reading »

Dale Crowe knows almost instinctively what to do with a basketball.... Continue Reading »

After seeing pictures of devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in media reports, a Lancaster physician knew he had to help. He began calling his colleagues and friends and put together a medical team to help the victims in a... Continue Reading »