‘Concoxions’: A Creative Arts Ministry (That Almost Wasn’t)

How to get the message across? Throughout his ministry, Bill Cox has depended on God for the answer. How to get the message across? That’s the question dancing like heat lightning across Bill Cox’s thoughts. How to get the message across? It’s a persistent querying impulse, a waking thought that later might give rise to a creative flash — a song lyric … a line in a play … a bold slash of color on canvas … a new way to do an old thing. How to get the message across? It’s the question Bill Cox has depended on God to answer every day for more than 40 years, since he first began employing the creative arts to share the gospel in churches and at youth retreats when he was a college student. Today, at 65,... Continue reading »

SCBC President Bryant Sims: Like Father, Like Son

Bryant Sims, pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood and the 2019 president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, is only the second person in the history of the SCBC to have a dad who also served as president. His father, the... Continue reading »

Outside the Walls: What’s Your Name?

You never know who you may run into at a Waffle House. “What’s your name?” I asked our waitress as she gave us our menus. “Misty,” she said. We began to talk a little as I ordered a couple of cheesy eggs, and then I asked her how I... Continue reading »