East Clemson Baptist Church, 230 Frontage Road, Clemson, SC (2026)

To all who are spiritually weary & seek rest; to all who mourn & long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin & need a Savior; this Church opens wide her doors and offers love. Our Service Times Are:

Sunday School at 9:30am
Sunday Morning Worship at 10:30am
Sunday Evening Worship at 6:00pm
Wednesday Night - Choir Practice at 6:00pm

At East Clemson Baptist Church, we are a family of believers who gather together to study and learn from God’s Word to mature as His Disciples and encourage one another.

*On the first Wednesday evening of each month we join together as family for a “potluck” meal and fellowship.

*We provide opportunity for all ages to be involved in Bible Study, community outreaches and missions. This commitment to the Bible and a desire for a strong evangelical Baptist witness in this community were the motivating reasons for the establishment of this church in 1966. We are a Southern Baptist Church and we accept the Baptist Faith and Message as an accurate confession of our faith. But, in summary, this church stands firm upon these historic Christian beliefs:

The Bible is the inspired error-free Word of God and is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and atoned for our sins by His sacrificial substitutionary death on the cross. He arose bodily from the dead, ascended to heaven and will return to earth to resurrect the dead and execute judgement. We receive forgiveness of sin and eternal life by personally repenting of sin and turning in faith to Jesus Christ as Lord. We express that commitment to Him through baptism by immersion and growth in discipleship in the context of a local New Testament Church. Christ taught that true Christian love is the mark of those who follow Him. And, East Clemson Baptist Church promotes that attitude within our membership and to the world around us as well.

10/29/2026

East Clemson Baptist Church
Bobbie McNeil taught our Sunday School lesson on Sunday October 25th and did a great job.
The Source of Forgiveness.
Forgiveness reflects the character of God.
Psalm 103: 1-13
Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
>>>The psalmist reminds us that God forgives all our sins (v.3).
>>>When we repent, He forgives--not occasionally, but consistently and completely (Jer. 3:12; Hosea 14:2).
>>>And when sin leads to suffering or illness (Psalm. 32;38;
Jas. 5:15-16), God also brings healing (Psalm 103:3b).
>>>Beyond forgiveness and healing, God redeems lives from destruction. He lifts us from despair and crowns us with His steadfast love and compassion (Psalm 103:4).
>>>Forgiveness flows out of who God is. It is consistent with God's character, and He is consistent in forgiving His people
(Isaiah 55:7).
>>>God not only shows justice and compassion-He is also gracious and patient. He doesn't get angry quickly, a truth Moses learned after breaking the stone tablets in response to the people worshiping the golden calf (Ex. 32).
>>>Everyone sins (Psalm 14:1-3). No one deserves forgiveness. God forgives those who fear Him-those who repent and trust Him-because it is consistent with His character to forgive, and He forgives completely, without holding grudges.
>>>But while God removes sin completely, people often struggle to forget. Sin can define a person.
>>>However, God doesn't treat our sins the way society often does. When He forgives, He no longer associates those sins with us--He chooses not to remember them (Isiah 43:25).
>>>We don't receive God's favor because we deserve it. His mercy, love, and compassion aren't earned--they're given because of who He is.
>>>When He forgives our sins, He no longer accuses us (v.9); instead, He removes the sin and separates it for from us.
>>>The psalmist said it is "as far as the east is from the west" (v.12).

10/25/2026

East Clemson Baptist Church
Carl Roper taught our Sunday School lesson on October 18th and did an amazing job...Plenty of discussion...
The Cry for Forgiveness.
When we sin, we sin against God-so only He can forgive us.
Psalm 51:1-13A Prayer of Repentance
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.
>>>Our sin, which is against God, often affects other people. While David's sin caused harm to Uriah, Bathsheba, his family, his army and his nation, David's sin was really against God.
>>>God alone is holy and can demand our obedience. He set the standard that sin cannot reach.
>>>David's sin--all sin--is primarily against God Himself.
>>>David understood this and asked God to respond to him according to His character--and to be merciful.
>>>David admitted that he was completely sinful; he did not claim to be a good person that did a bad thing.
>>>David's sin was repugnant to him. He did not want anything to do with that behavior in the future.
>>>David wanted to be as pure as the snow was white. He was asking for God to forgive him; he was asking for complete restoration.
>>>While David was responsible for turning away from his sin, he knew that he could not remove the sin. Only God could do that.
>>>God removed David's sin, but David still experienced some painful consequences.
>>>Among the lingering results of his sin was the public shame that hovered over David for the rest of his life (1Kings 15:5).
>>>Sin separates us from God's favor. We no longer feel His delight. Our sin is ever before us(51:3) and keeps us from basking in our heavenly Fathers delight and the comfort that comes from the Holy Spirit.
>>>David was praying for a complete restoration of his right standing before God, including the joy of God's salvation (v.12).
>>>Like David, when we sin, we need to repent and ask God to forgive us.

10/20/2026

East Clemson Baptist Church
I taught our Sunday School lesson on Sunday October 11th and Jesus was right there with me as always...
God Speaks and We Respond.
When we discover God's will, we are to follow it.
Psalm 119: 30-40
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
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33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 [a]Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
37 Turn[b] away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
And revive me in [c]Your way.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
>>>A lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.
>>>The main function of God's teachings is to show what the way of love and gratitude looks like in response to His grace!
>>>God always has and always will desire for His people to know how to live out the way of love and gratitude in response to grace.
>>>We follow His teaching not out of compulsion but out of expectant trust and exuberant worship.
>>>We follow Him with our heart, soul, mind, and strength
(Mark 12:30).
>>>We do not just follow God with our wills, acting out of compulsion or fear; we follow Him with our hearts.
>>>When God gives us understanding, our response is unqualified and heartfelt obedience.
>>>The way of obedience is the pathway by which we experience freedom to join God in His activity.

10/05/2026

East Clemson Baptist Church
Margaret Crane taught our Sunday School lesson today and did a great job.
God speaks through His church.
God communicates to us through other believers.
Ephesians 4:11-29
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [a]edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and from and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as [b]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give [c]place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary [d]edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
>>>As leaders within the church promote spiritual health, they also promote spiritual safety. Paul was convinced that the church played a critical and irreplaceable role in protecting Christians-especially those new to the Christian faith or immature in their faith. >>>Any professed follower of Jesus who does not have a firm anchor-hold in Christ resembles a rudderless, wave-tossed boat-caught in the swirls of ocean currents or driven off course by
tempest winds.
>>>Paul mentioned two things to which the immature Christian is particularly susceptible; clever ideas and clever people. They are caught in the relentless crosscurrents of novel ideas, new truth, or new themes in the latest book, podcast, conference, or social media post.
>>>They are gullible and susceptible to false teachers employing trickery, emotionalism, or guilt.
>>>Truth can become hard if it is not tempered by love; love can become sentimental if it is not tempered by truth.
>>>Truth without love lacks its proper environment and loses its persuasive power; love without truth forfeits its identity, degenerating into maudlin sentiment without solidity, feeling without principle."
>>>Truth unties. Lies are divisive. Lack of integrity is divisive.
>>>Love unties. Selfishness is divisive. If the church is the body of Christ, then love is the circulatory system of that body.
>>>Christian love preserves community where it would otherwise cease to exist.
>>>In the body of Christ, we exist as interrelated body parts
(Eph. 4:16). We affect each other. We need each other. God works through the church to speak into our lives and cause us to grow.
>>>Spiritual growth in our lives is contingent on Jesus being in charge of our lives. As He passes on life, He also speaks to us through His body, the church.
>>>Those within the body of Christ (in whom is truth; v.21) should be well known in their communities as honest, reliable people whose word can be trusted-and even more so within the church.
>>>Our relationship with each other is very close: "we are members of one another" (v.25).
>>>We need each other. In His wisdom, God has chosen to do much of His work in our lives through the local church, it is so that He can work through us to build others up in their faith and work, and they can build us up in ours.

Address

230 Frontage Road
Clemson, SC
29631

Opening Hours

	10:30am - 11:30am
	6pm - 7pm

Website

http://www.cityseekr.com/clemson/practical-information/poi-east-clemson-baptist-church-899653.html

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