Over the last 50 years, we have seen how the Lord has not only grown East Cooper in size but also in generosity. In 1992, Buster wrote a letter to the members of East Cooper with a vision and goal to collect $275,000 to buy and renovate a new building to hold the growing congregation. He shared,

“A challenge awaits us. The challenge of reaching more people with the glorious news of Jesus Christ. The challenge of a growing church in a growing area. We must have a 'dream' or 'vision' to meet the challenge. The biblical proverb holds true: ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’”

Since then, East Cooper relocated to a new home on Egypt Road. In an effort to continue this goal of reaching people with the gospel and growing a culture of generosity within our church family, we set a goal to eliminate East Cooper’s debt several years ago. Thanks to the generosity of our people, we celebrated becoming a debt-free church in 2023. This frees up and reallocates finances towards Great Commission endeavors, including global, local, and discipleship ministries.