We have been blessed by the teaching and the people of EBC the moment we stepped through those…read moredoors! Glad to call Emmanuel Baptist Church our home.

Never been to a worship service here but every year for the last few years my wife the…read more"Facepainter" has come here for their Trunk or Treat the Sunday before Halloween and they are always so nice and loving. They also have a great historic building. People are probably worth it!

Shelter staff is extremely unprofessional. Those homeless individuals should receive human…read moredecency. The " LaLa" lady is emotionally unfit. Physically she seemed fine, she cleaned, helped serve dinner. Just a very nasty spirit. The things I witnessed the lady do while I was there make my crew and I no longer want to volunteer, it was hard to watch. I'm assuming cameras aren't used to their full advantage. I did however notice when her higher up got there, she had a completely different attitude. Makes me wonder what the occupants staying at the shelter have gone through with her there. Signed a recent volunteer.

They were able to help me with electric bill twice since I moved to sumter in 2021, They are very…read morekind and they care!! Im not one to ask for help, im usually the one helping. They dont make you feel badly for having to ask in time of need!

First Presbyterian Church pastor Nick Cheek, writes amazing Sermons. Job well done Nick, it's a…read morehonor to listen to your sermons online! Keep up the good work!

I wish I would have taken a picture I just saw 2 ghost dogs they were full body dogs and all of a…read moresudden they disappeared. I looked up on haunted places in South Carolina and decided upon this church because they said the graveyard was haunted with a Confederate soldier and a woman that sat in a tree I didn't get to see them but I did see the 2 ghost dogs. That was the wildest thing I've ever seen in my life I did feel someone touching my arm several times and I said please stop and they did and I did smell something really weird that kind of smell like death maybe 3 or 4 times while I walked around the entire graveyard. I am still amazed that I saw 2 ghost dogs they were nice dogs and I was ready to take a picture and my phone rang and I picked up the phone and as I was watching the one turn around and walk away the other 1 turned and within 1 second they were both disappeared in mid air. That is the wildest thing I've ever seen in my life

Recently moved to Columbia from TX and finding a church was…read morea top priority. We found out about this church online and decided to visit this last Sunday. Upon arrival the greeters were so sweet, and then worship + sermon were great! The Pastor delivered the message smoothly and kept everyone engaged- which we really enjoyed. After it was over my husband and I met some of the church members, which were all so nice and welcoming. They also gave us a $5 Starbucks GF, which was so nice and greatly appreciated. My husband and I will visit again soon and hopefully make this our new home church. :)

We attended for the first time today. The service was good but it was not done by either of the…read morepastors. Loved the praise and worship. The welcome person was very kind and well, welcoming. We are trying to find our home church where we can raise our family and grow in our walk with Jesus and God but we did not feel very welcomed overall. We were not introduced to any of the pastors and in all we only spoke to one person. We thought it would be a bit different. Me, being retired Air Force, and my wife, growing up on Army bases in her youth, have attended churches on many military installations and are used to the camaraderie and welcoming demeanor of the people who attend. My wife and I have also attended Korean-American churches where everyone wants to meet you and the pastors are always the first to greet you and assist you. The military churches are quite transient though and our home church dissolved hence the search for a new permanent church. I'm sure we must've just picked an off day to go. Hopefully as we search for our new church home we will find that welcoming family. The one person we did meet and talk with was very sweet and we appreciated that.

Great new facility that is perfect for Sunday praise & worship, along with loads of kids programsread more

Found this church while driving through Sumter and fell in love. They are welcoming, have a great…read moremessage, tons of ways to get involved, and fantastic worship music. They have an awesome website (this is where I did most of my research) so I'd highly recommend checking it out and then coming by for a Sunday service. The services are at 9 am and 10:45 am.. lasting about 75 ish mins.