RADIUS Saluda | 2025 Top 10

1. A Growing Church Family
We celebrated 8 baptisms this year and saw growth across the board—Sunday gatherings, small groups, and families stepping up to take ownership of their radius. The stories of life change have been incredible. Our church is learning what real, biblical community looks like, and it’s beautiful to watch.

2. Student Ministry Momentum
Our student group has grown tremendously and truly feels like a family. This year we had our largest group ever attend both Summer Camp and Fall Retreat. Students also traveled to Columbus County, NC for Mission Serve—repairing homes, serving others, and growing deeper in their walk with Jesus. God is clearly at work in the next generation.

3. Worship Night
Our worship nights have become powerful moments where our people gather to seek the Lord, unify as a church, and respond to His presence. These nights are some of the most meaningful rhythms in our year.

4. Small Groups at Full Strength
This year brought our highest small group participation ever. Stories of spiritual growth, generosity, care, and genuine community poured in week after week. People are owning their discipleship and stepping into deeper relationships.

5. Saluda Nursing Home Partnership
Every Thanksgiving, our church cooks for and blesses the employees of the Saluda Nursing Home—honoring the sacred work they do. This project is led by partners who gladly give up part of their holiday to love others well.

We also host a Christmas Candlelight Service for residents who can’t attend church elsewhere. Hearing them sing along with our band always brings tears.

6. Teacher Breakfast
We kicked off the school year by feeding over 400 employees from the Saluda School District. It’s far more than a meal—it’s a chance to bless, encourage, pray for, and speak life over the educators who shape our community every day.

7. Night to Shine
For the 6th year, we hosted Night to Shine—a prom experience for individuals with special needs. This year we saw our largest number of honored guests and volunteers yet. It continues to be one of the absolute highlights of our year.

8. Benevolence & Local Support
Because of your generosity, we were able to walk alongside families facing real hardship—helping a father who lost his job, covering an electricity bill, feeding a family of thirteen, supporting a child recovering from a stroke, providing food and a refrigerator for a family without transportation, and covering rent for a single mom raising four teenagers.

Through Christ Central and Serve Saluda, we also built multiple ramps and decks for families who needed safer access to their homes. God has been so faithful as we steward what you give.

9. Partnering with FCA & Christ Central
Our ongoing partnerships with FCA and Christ Central have allowed us to invest in students, families, and neighbors across Saluda—offering help, resources, and a consistent Gospel presence throughout the year.

10. Sending Out RADIUS Newberry
On December 14th, we will commission our first-ever church plant — RADIUS Newberry. We’ll pray over Marcus, Donte, and the Saluda partners stepping out in faith to plant a church in their hometown. This is something we’ve prayed about for years—and now we get to send them joyfully and generously.

Community Engagement
We continue to engage our town through every natural wave of Saluda life—Easter events, Water Day, 5th Quarters, Fall Festivals, and more. We show up, serve, love, and build relationships that open doors for the Gospel.

One Big Thing for 2026: Look Up, Look In, Look Out
In the year ahead, we want to follow Jesus with real faith in real life—investing deeply in others, seeking the Lord together, strengthening our community, and stepping into the mission He has given us.