South Carolina H 5499: 30th Anniversary of Right Direction Church International

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2025-2026 Bill 5499 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 02, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5499

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO recognize and honor the pastors and congregation 
of RIGHT DIRECTION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL OF COLUMBIA FOR three DECADES OF ministry 
and SERVICE AND TO CONGRATULATe THEm on the OCCASION OF THE CHURCH'S ThirtIETH 
ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that Right Direction Church 
International of Columbia is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2026; and

Whereas, created in 
1995 as Right Direction Christian Center (RDCC), the church began as a weekly 
Bible study in the home of Pastors Herbert and Marcia Bailey, who had moved to 
Columbia in 1995 with their four young children. At the Bible study, the Bailey 
family, along with three other adults and one child, became charter members of 
RDCC; and

Whereas, in April 1996, 
the fledgling church held its first worship service in the former Holiday Inn 
Express on St. Andrews Road, where membership grew to forty. Later that year, 
RDCC began hosting its services in the nearby Postal Workers Union Hall, where 
the congregation grew to nearly sixty members; and

Whereas, when another 
move became necessary for the growing congregation, the church relocated first 
to River Drive, and again in March 2001, it moved to its first property at 1230 
St. Andrews Road. By December 2001, weekly Sunday attendance soared to more 
than six hundred people, with three hundred attending Wednesday Bible study. 
Pastor Marcia Bailey created Women's Bible Study at noon on Fridays, and Pastor 
Herbert Bailey began the noonday Wednesday Bible Break; and

Whereas, in January 
2004, the church expanded with the building of a "sprung structure" sanctuary 
design on its Broad River Road property. In July of the same year, RDCC moved 
into its new worship center, commemorated by a march from the St. Andrews Road location 
to the new facility; and

Whereas, the next two 
years brought more milestones. RDCC purchased a business complex on St. Andrews 
Road, which now houses the church's administrative offices and learning center, 
and paid off the balance on the worship center in full only one and a half 
years from its completion. RDCC went on to purchase an additional seventeen 
acres on the property, bringing the total to forty acres; and

Whereas, since that 
time, RDCC has changed its name to Right Direction Church International (RDCI); 
planted campuses in Orangeburg and Florence; constructed a family life center; 
established Dee's Haven as transitional housing for women; founded the Compass 
CDC, which includes My Sister's Closet and the Hub; refreshed its vision and 
mission to empower people to live successful lives through the teaching of 
faith principles that transform thinking and impact future generations; and 
opened Kids Town, a facility dedicated to children's ministry; and

Whereas, Dr. Herbert 
Bailey Jr. was elevated to the office of bishop at a Service of Episcopal 
Consecration and Installation in September 2018; and

Whereas, RDCI will host 
a special gala for the thirtieth anniversary on May 2, 2026, at the Columbia 
Convention Center and will feature acclaimed psalmist Micah Stampley. This 
event is part of a series celebrating three decades of ministry, which includes 
a separate Anniversary Service on April 26, 2026, with guest speaker Dr. 
Charles Jackson; and

Whereas, Right 
Direction Church International has faithfully sent forth the gospel of Jesus 
Christ for thirty years and, Lord willing, will carry on its ministry in many 
more years of worship and service. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the 
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor the 
pastors and congregation of Right Direction Church International of Columbia 
for three decades of ministry and service and congratulate them on the occasion 
of the church's thirtieth anniversary

Be it further resolved that 
a copy of this resolution be presented to Right Direction Church International.

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