M.B. “Bobby” Morrow Jr., a former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and longtime pastor in the state, received the Richard S. Furman Baptist Heritage Award presented March 23 at Furman University’s Founders Convocation.
Bobby MorrowThe award recognizes an alumnus who, along with other qualities, “reflects Baptist ideals by thinking critically, living compassionately and making life-changing commitments.” The award is given in memory of the university’s namesake, Baptist leader and former South Carolina pastor Richard Furman, whose efforts at organizing Baptist churches and associations for missions and education led to the founding of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 1821, the first state Baptist convention in the South.
Morrow is a former trustee and recipient of an honorary doctorate from Furman, where he graduated in 1951. Also a graduate of Southern Baptist Seminary, he served churches primarily in South Carolina for 36 years before retiring in 1992 from the pastorate of Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson.
Morrow was president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 1984 and is the recipient of the state’s highest civilian award, the Order of the Palmetto.
He and his wife Beverly live in Gaffney.