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Brother DANNY PHILLIPS on Soul-Winning

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  “God didn’t recommend; he commanded,” said Brother Danny Phillips (pictured here) as he spoke on witnessing at Faith Temple’s Brotherhood meeting at 8:30 a.m., Sat., June 7, 2025, in Fleming Hall, Faith Temple, Taylors, SC. Danny read “You Never Mentioned Him to Me,” a song by James Rowe. Here is a verse and the chorus: “When in the better land before the bar we stand, how deeply grieved our souls may be if any lost one there should cry in deep despair, ‘You never mention Him to me. [Chorus] You never mentioned Him to me. You helped me not the light to see. You met me day by day and knew I was astray, yet never mentioned Him to me.’” Danny said 95% of born-again Christians never lead a person to Christ and that cults pollute the Gospel with works-based ideas. He read, “If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us” (1 John 8:10 ESV). “The Holy Spirit convicts,” Danny said. “The acknowledgement of sin is foundational … No one measures up to ...
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Five Folk from Faith Temple Honor Mothers

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Mrs. Diane Ebert   On Mother’s Day 2025, Sun., May 11, Mrs. Diane Ebert honored Mrs. Tweedie Few, her deceased mother. Diane’s sister Sally and Diane’s daughter Chelsea were present. Diane thanked Mrs. Sarah Lell, Tweedie’s sister, for “stepping right in where my mother left off… I thank God I had a godly mother,” Diane said. “She never wavered from her beliefs… always there for us… She did her best to raise us right… She may not have been perfect, but she was perfect for me. I will always love her and miss her.”  Mrs. Sandra Martin   Mrs. Sandra Martin’s late mother, Mrs. Frances Truett Long, was born in 1937 near Sumter, SC. Born next to last, with 6 bros. and 3 sisters, she picked cotton. She was saved under the Rev. Denny Long and married him when she was 16 in 1954 (wed for 68 years). Rev. Long worked full-time but preached too. “I was in middle school (1968) when he was assigned his first (PH) church to pastor,” Sandra said. They pastored 10 churches and raise...
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Ms. KAITY ROBERTSON: Happy Tears

  “I struggled a lot mentally,” Kaity Robertson, 21, said of her accident. “That sudden stop damaged me mentally and physically.”    Kaity says she enjoys Wed. night Faith Temple youth group meetings with David and Rebecca Cowan. Before the June 5, 2024, meeting, Kaity, then a student at North Greenville Univ. and a shift-leader at Della Ventura (eatery), was enjoying swinging high on swings located behind the original Faith Temple building (now used by Destination Church of God), Taylors, SC. The swing’s right chain broke where the chain fastened to its top bar.    “I was swinging forward and just went flying,” Kaity said. “I had no time to process, landed face-first with sand all over me, and hit my chin. The left side of the swing didn’t break. I heard snapping. My right wrist seemed a little off. My left wrist was broken.”    David Cowan broke off bracelets on her swelling arm. Pastor Trey Thompson of Destination Church of God brought “a holy, e...
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Mr. JIMMIE LELL HAS 'BEEN BLESSED'

   Mr. Jimmie Lell, 89, born June 2, 1935, is married to Mrs. Sarah Good Lell; they live in Travelers Rest, SC. They joined Faith Temple Church in 1970 and have always belonged to the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. “I remember teachers Emily Reynolds, Connie Bishop, John Few, Jon White, Don Lollis, and Beatrice Whitman,” Jimmie says. “I get a lot out of Sunday School.”     Jimmie’s parents were the late Mr. Lee Roy Lell and Mrs. Carrie Lou Bell Lell. His two brothers have passed on. His sister died at birth.     “Mother died at 54 due to a gall bladder operation,” Jimmie says. “Dad died at 64 from cirrhosis. He drank when younger but quit. After Mother died, he remarried and drank again, socially. I talked to him, but it didn’t do any good.”    Jimmie recalls World War II.     “I remember President Roosevelt. I was seven, and they were going to draft my dad,” Jimmie says. His father worked at Slater Mill (Slater...
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Southern Gospel Music Highlights Memorial Service for Tim Burrows

  A memorial service for Timothy “Tim” Michael Burrows, 47, of Chesnee, SC, was held at Faith Temple on Thurs., Nov. 14. The loving husband of Tammie Gillespie Burrows, Tim went to be with his Savior, Thurs., Nov. 7, 2024, at The Medical Univ. of SC in Charleston after a liver  transplant, complicated by spinal cord injuries during surgery.   His daughter, Ashley Burrows (Orchestra Teacher at Boiling Springs Middle School) of Chesnee, and son, Brandon Burrows (Firefighter at Pelham-Batesville Fire Dept. and a volunteer at Cherokee Creek Fire Dept.) of Chesnee, are the couple’s children. Mrs. Tammie Burrows teaches orchestra at Chesnee High School.     Born Aug. 8, 1977, in Florence, Tim was the only child of Rev. Raymond D. Burrows (Ann) and the late Victoria Fitch Burrows. Tim was a former Consultant with Bryan T. Smith Law Firm and Video Production Editor for Vogel Production; he had worked in printing for Southeastern Printing and Greenv...
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PASTOR BURROWS SPEAKS OF 'LOVE' AND HIS DEPARTED SON AT THANKSGIVING BANQUET

Faith Temple’s Thanksgiving Dinner evening celebration was held on Wed., Nov. 13, 2024, in Fleming Hall. Mrs. Amanda Campbell organized the event; Mrs. Cindy McCall and Mrs. Anna McCall decorated; Pastor Raymond D. Burrows recognized servers before blessing the food; and Mrs. Ann Burrows led in songs, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Sandra Martin.   “Dear ones, as a church family, if I could have one of my dreams come more fully true, it’s this: that we learn to, or grow into, appreciating our church family more and more,” Pastor said, as he spoke after the meal. “That we not take each other for granted — not in the least.” If we want to appreciate another person and not look down on anyone, we should realize that each person we meet knows something we don’t know, he said.    “That person’s been somewhere you have not been, no matter who you are or where you came from,” he said, adding that such an attitude should “escalate” here in the church family. “It can only happ...
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Ms. ALLINE AMOS EULOGIZED

  Mrs. Alline Christine Splawn Amos, 96, wife of the late Mr. Ralph Amos, died Aug. 28, 2024. A Chesnee native, she was a retired seamstress and homemaker, who loved making and sharing quilts and ornaments. A Faith Temple member, she loved Bible study.    She is survived by 4 daughters: Carolyn Mann (Frank), Norma Switzer (Earl), Christine Heisey (Mike); and Mary Ivester (Daniel); two sons, Johnny Amos (Juanita) and Raymond Amos (Aline); 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Amos was predeceased by a son, Phillip Amos, a grandson, Chad Amos, and a sister, Pauline Atkins.   Funeral services were held 11:00 a.m. Sat., Aug. 31, 2024, at Faith Temple. Burial followed in Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee.   At the funeral, Pastor Raymond D. Burrows read Psalm 23 and prayed. Mrs. Ann Burrows, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Sherry Outlaw, sang “The Lighthouse” and “In the Sweet Bye and Bye.” Dr. Frank Mann, Carolyn’s...
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