News

North Greenville University welcomes 15th record enrollment
Three new four-year degree programs offered this fall
By Laverne Howell, North Greenville University
Date September 23, 2008

Continuing a 15-year trend of unprecedented growth, North Greenville University welcomed yet again the largest number of students in school history this semester.

Anderson University receives largest campus land gift in school history
By Barry Ray, Anderson University
Date September 17, 2008

Before an audience of students, faculty and staff gathered in Henderson Auditorium, Anderson University announced today during its weekly campus worship service that it has received the largest gift of property for campus use in its 97-year history.

Parson’s Pantry coming to aid of retired ministers, widows
Date September 23, 2008

More than $25,000 has been distributed this year to provide assistance to needy pastors, retired pastors or their widows, and married ministerial students through the ministry of the Parson’s Pantry.

Franklin Graham brings ‘festival’ to the Lowcountry
By Doug Dickerson, Special to The Baptist Courier
Date September 26, 2008

Suzy Lange walked through the corridor of the North Charleston Coliseum with her pre-teen daughter. Lange had driven from Beaufort to take part in the festivities of the Lowcountry Franklin Graham Festival.

Annual SCBC meeting returns to Columbia
Experience Kingdom Life meeting theme
By Amanda Thompson, SCBC Communications
Date September 26, 2008

The 188th South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting will be held Nov. 11-12 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln St., Columbia.

S.C. Baptists go as ‘servants of the Lord’ in hurricane’s wake
Date September 29, 2008

Some mainstream media outlets have given Southern Baptists a chance to explain their motivation for leaving home to help people in great distress along the Texas coastline following Hurricane Ike.

South Carolinians reaching South Asia for God’s glory
Date September 29, 2008

Barbara Bollman from First Baptist Church, McCormick, helps clean a home that was damaged by flooding during a volunteer trip to Sri Lanka.

‘Country fair’ boosts annual Chapman offering at Earle Street
Date September 29, 2008

The WMU of Earle Street Baptist Church in Greenville sponsored its second “country fair” Sept. 14 at Gower Park to promote the annual Janie Chapman Offering for State Missions.

Land tells ERLC trustees: Revival urgently needed
By Dwayne Hastings, Baptist Press
Date October 1, 2008

Addressing trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Richard Land said the state of the culture reflects the reality that it has influenced the people of God more than the people of God have influenced society.

ERLC trustee board expresses appreciation for Lane’s leadership
Date October 1, 2008

Trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission expressed thanks to Greenwood pastor Hal Lane for his leadership in a unanimous show of support at the close of their meeting meeting Sept. 16-17 in Nashville, Tenn.

2008 Committee on Committees
Date October 1, 2008

This is the final report of the 2008 Committee on Committees. If approved by messengers to the 2008 annual meeting, members begin serving Jan. 1, 2009. Rudy Gray from Seneca is the chairman.

Edwin Leap joins lineup of Baptist Courier columnists
By Don Kirkland
don@baptistcourier.com
Date October 1, 2008

In this edition of The Baptist Courier, most of our readers will meet for the first time a new columnist, Edwin Leap, who practices emergency medicine in the Upstate and is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at College Street Baptist Church in Walhalla.

Blackaby speaker for NGU Founder’s Day
By LaVerne Howell, North Greenville University
Date October 1, 2008

North Greenville University celebrated its 116 years of existence on Wednesday, Sept. 17, with a Founder’s Day chapel service on the northern Greenville county campus. Richard Blackaby, author, international speaker and president of Blackaby Ministries International, was the keynote speaker at the chapel service.

Matthews new SCBC director of revitalization
Date October 1, 2008

Don Matthews has been called as the South Carolina Baptist Convention revitalization director. Matthews, who is from Midlothian, Va., began his duties Oct. 1.

Cloud named interim associate director of SCBC visitation team
Date October 1, 2008

Steve Cloud has joined the South Carolina Baptist Convention staff as interim associate executive director of the church vitalization team. Cloud will serve on a temporary basis while the administrative committee of the convention’s Executive Board continues to review possible candidates to assume the position full time.

Fast Facts for October 2, 2008
Date October 1, 2008

Sujo John speaks at CSU 9/11 memorial
By Doug Dickerson, Charleston Southern University
Date October 1, 2008

Charleston Southern University marked the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a powerful presentation by 9/11 survivor Sujo John.

First Baptist Church, Norris, celebrates 100 years
Date October 1, 2008

First Baptist Church, Norris, celebrated its 100th anniversary Sept. 7. After a year of planning and preparation that included everything from commemorative plates, fans and Christmas ornaments to a detailed cleaning of the facilities, approximately 300 people attended the celebration, including former pastors, ministers of music and former members.

Hawkins: ‘Stay the course’ when market drops
By Mark Kelly, Baptist Press
Date October 1, 2008

Even though sharp drops in the stock market have many Southern Baptist pastors worried about their retirement funds, making an emotional decision to get out of the market is unwise, the president of GuideStone Financial Resources told members of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Sept. 23.

Pleasant to be nominated for 2nd vice president at SCBC
Date October 1, 2008

Terry Pleasant, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Gaffney, will be nominated for second vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at its annual meeting Nov. 11-12 in Columbia.

Bylaw amendment to be presented at annual meeting
Date October 1, 2008

The Bylaws Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will present an amendment to the messengers at its annual meeting Nov. 11-12.