Cooper River Baptist

We are in the heart of the Park Circle community in North Charleston. Our rapidly changing neighborhood is diverse in both ethnicity and socioeconomic status. This area has been revitalized and is now a very sought-after, charming community in which to live. It has a classic small-town feel in the middle of a large city. Hallmark has used our parking lot as a staging area to film a recent movie (as have other movie companies) on our street. From the church’s front doors, you can see, hear, and smell the up-and-coming trendy restaurants with outdoor seating and live music less than one block away. Yet behind the church are several large neighborhoods with many young professionals and families.

Our community is considered post-Christian, with 78% of the population unaffiliated with a church. At the same time, this community is friendly and open to meeting new people and having conversations. There is a great amount of lostness and resistance to the gospel. For this reason, we believe that God has allowed Cooper River to be planted and to continue to exist for the last 68 years. God has placed us here for such a time as this. We believe there are exciting days ahead!

Our church has gone through a revitalization process of recovering our mission and purpose. Seven years later, our focus, vision, and identity are rooted in Jesus and His kingdom work. The majority of our Sunday morning crowd has joined over the last three years, and we continue to see movement in this direction today. We have a culture of change, and there is a continuous openness to try new things