NorthStar Christian Center (formerly Forest Drive Church) recently relocated from Forest Drive to Longtown Road. The grand opening is Sunday, October 4. The pastor is Brian Thomas.

The church has been on Forest Drive since 1946 and has been a “less than traditional” Baptist Congregation since 1974. Thomas said, “The church is a fully integrated congregation that needed much more land than we had in order to do all that God had in store for us. The new area better reflected our congregational make up.”

• The church has strong Southern Baptist roots – although we are a spirit filled congregation and have been since 1974.

• Brian Thomas' father, Glenn Anderson, pastored the church from 1974–1999 .

• Brian Thomas had been his associate for many years and moved into the senior pastor position when he retired in 1999.

• The church is a very diverse congregation.

• The church purchased 41 acres in an area that better represents the demographics in a greater way than where we were before.

• NorthStar Child Development Center will open in the fall.

• Plans are being made to develop a recreation ministry complete with baseball and soccer fields, basketball leagues etc.

• A Christian School will open in the future.

• The heart of the church is for outreach into the community and we are busy finding ways to bless the community

• The members believe it’s their job to point the way to Jesus.

Their prayer is that NorthStar Christian Center shows our city and state that Sunday in the South does not have to be the most segregated time of the week if God is in the mix and people are willing to love each other as God loves and allow God into our hearts and truly make us one.
NorthStar Christian Center
711 Longtown Road
P.O. Box 290099
Columbia, SC 29229
803-736-9250