All About Us

What do we believe?

The Core of who we are

Our beliefs are foundational to who we are. Without these, nothing else that we do matters.
It is through these beliefs that we have reasons to do everything that we do and without them we are nothing.

We take seriously the challenge of 1 Peter 3:13-17 which says, "13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil."

As such, in the next several slides, you can find what we believe about sever very important topics that we would love to tell you more about.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us here and we would love to tell you more!

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What do we believe About...

Salvation?

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus.

Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ.

Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him.

Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.

Further Reading
Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 3:3-21; Romans 1:16-18; 3:23-24; 
1 John 1:6-2:11; Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.  

What do we believe about...

The Bible?

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy.

It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.


Further Reading
Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19; Joshua 8:34; Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11,89,105,140; Isaiah 34:16; 40:8; Jeremiah 15:16; 36:1-32; Matthew 5:17-18; 22:29; Luke 21:33; 24:44-46; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Acts 2:16ff.; 17:11; Romans 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21.

What do we believe About...

God?

There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.

God the Father
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.

God the Son
See the Next Slide

God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration. At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.


Further Reading
Genesis 1:1; 2:7; Exodus 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11ff.; 20:1ff.; Leviticus 22:2; Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6; 1 Chronicles 29:10; Psalm 19:1-3; Isaiah 43:3,15; 64:8; Jeremiah 10:10; 17:13; Matthew 6:9ff.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8; Acts 1:7; Romans 8:14-15; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:6; 12:9; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7. 

What do we believe About...

God the Son? (Jesus Christ)

Christ is the eternal Son of God.

In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.

Further Reading
Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 11:27; 14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19; Mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18,29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 16:15-16,28; 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20,28; Revelation 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16.  

What do we believe about...

Mankind?

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image.

He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God’s creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation.

Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

Further Reading
Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5,7,18-22; 3; 9:6; Psalms 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Matthew 16:26; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18,29; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19,21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11.

What do we believe about...

The Church?

The Church is a group of Christians gathered together, not a building.

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its two scriptural offices are that of pastor/elder/overseer and deacon. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor/elder/overseer is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.

The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.

Further Reading
Matthew 16:15-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-42,47; 5:11-14; 6:3-6; 13:1-3; 14:23,27; 15:1-30; 16:5; 20:28; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 3:16; 5:4-5; 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:8-11,21; 5:22-32; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:18; 1 Timothy 2:9-14; 3:1-15; 4:14; Hebrews 11:39-40; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 2-3; 21:2-3.

Looking for more?
For an extended version of our beliefs,
check out the links below

Extended Belief statement

Meet the team

Pastor Kevin Crosby

Pastor Kevin has served as Lead Pastor of Red Dam Baptist Church since 2007. A native of the Lowcountry, Kevin and his wife, Shanna, are grateful to call this area home. Together they have six children and three grandchildren.
Pastor Kevin holds multiple advanced degrees from Liberty University and is passionate about helping people grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. His desire is to faithfully teach God's Word and encourage others in their walk with the Lord.
 
Reach out to him at: pastor@reddam.org

Grace Wolfe

Childrens ministry Director
Grace Wolfe is our Children's Ministry Director. She joined our staff in July of 2025.  Her heart is to reach the next generation with the gospel through biblical learning, developmentally appropriate activities, and exciting events throughout the year!

Reach out to her at:
grace@reddam.org

Bryan Rollins

Pastor of Discipleship and Young Adults
Bryan Rollins is our Pastor of Discipleship & Young Adults. He joined our staff in 2026.  He oversees groups, classes, as well as serves locally through Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) at USC Beaufort.

Reach out to him at:
bryan@reddam.org

Ethan Wolfe

Student Minister
Ethan Wolfe is our Student minister. Since joining our staff in 2025, Ethan's heart is for reaching the Lowcountry with the gospel of Jesus Christ, while building biblical literacy of our students through discipleship focus, evangelistic training, and encouraging fellowship!

Reach out to him at:
ethan@reddam.org

Our History

Hardeeville Campus

Our Hardeeville campus was started in 1895. It began as a small gathering of families living along the old rice fields of Hardeeville who met regularly for worship, prayer, and fellowship.

The name "Red Dam" originates from this campus and comes from the Civil War era when trenches were dug for rice farming and a protective dam made of red clay was built to shield residents from advancing Union soldiers. The clay was later used in a brick-making operation (by I-95 and Highway 17), and the landmark became so well-known that the congregation adopted it as their name.

Today, Red Dam, in the Hardeeville community, has grown into a multi-generational church focused on biblical teaching, gospel mission, and serving the people of Hardeeville and Jasper County.

One Red Dam
Two locations

Our church is blessed with two locations where we share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the community around us, and serve one another to the best of our abilities. Here you'll find a brief history of each campus!

Ridgeland Campus

Our Ridgeland campus originally was one of the oldest Baptist congregations in South Carolina. It was formed in the late 1700's among settlers living near the Euhaw Indian lands in present-day Ridgeland. This church was among the first church plants from the Charleston Baptist Association, which is the oldest baptist association in the South. As such, Euhaw Baptist Church found itself playing a foundational role in South Carolina Baptist history.

The Euhaw campus for many years was it's own thriving local church, but after several years of turmoil in the 20th and 21st centuries, it found it's doors shut and membership dissolved. It was in 2015 that Red Dam acquired the former church underneath Pastor Kevin Crosby's leadership and it has been revived as the Ridgeland Campus underneath the Red Dam umbrella.

Today, Euhaw's legacy continues through the Ridgeland Campus of Red Dam Baptist Church, carrying forward its long-standing tradition of scripture, evangelism, and community.

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