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Church Revitalization Resources Offer Help and Hope

Columbia Metro Baptist Association’s Church Health and Resources Team Leader David Waganer sees similarities between a 2024 news story of United States astronauts unable to return to earth and the pressing dilemmas some modern churches face to effectively share... Continue Reading »

Associations Partner Through State Fair Ministry

Every October, members of the Lexington and Columbia Metro Baptist associations partner for a strategic ministry to fair workers who are setting up rides, games, and food trucks for the South Carolina State Fair. Church members from across the... Continue Reading »

Collegiate Ministry leaders gather for largest-ever Summit conference

More than 700 Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) leaders from across the United States and Canada gathered May 1-3 for the 2024 Collegiate Summit held near Memphis, Tenn. This was the largest showing for the equipping event that is held... Continue Reading »

National Collegiate Summit to Meet May 1-3 in Memphis

Baptist Collegiate Ministry leaders from across the country will gather May 1-3 for the 2024 Collegiate Summit held near Memphis, Tenn. The equipping event is held every three years and features valuable resources, well-known guest speakers, and networking opportunities... Continue Reading »

Executive Board welcomes Wolfe, thanks Hollingsworth

Members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention welcomed newly elected Executive Director-Treasurer Tony Wolfe and celebrated outgoing EDT Gary Hollingsworth during their April 25 meeting in Columbia. In his first address to the board, Wolfe... Continue Reading »

‘Beach Reach’ offers spring breakers rides, gospel conversations

When a group of college students told a restaurant owner in South Padre Island, Texas, what they were doing in town during their spring break mission trip this March, her face lit up. She told them that in 1996,... Continue Reading »

SCBC executive director search team updates Executive Board

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention met Dec. 1 in Columbia to conduct year-end business. Chair Steve Hogg presided over the session that included an update from the Executive Director-Treasurer Search Team and greetings from an... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board approves one-day annual meeting

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Oct. 6 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia, has approved changing the upcoming annual meeting from two days to one, taking precautions precipitated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.... Continue Reading »

Out of the Ashes: Friendship and Racial Reconciliation in Kingstree

God was at work the day the church burned. The Bethlehem Missionary Church building in Salters ended up a complete loss, but its African-American congregation immediately rallied under the leadership of Pastor O’Tis Prioleau. He recalls receiving the tragic... Continue Reading »

1,000-plus professions of faith reported at Conway revival

A revival meeting has turned into a spiritual awakening for a coastal South Carolina community, resulting in more than 1,000 professions of faith. Langston Baptist Church in Conway planned a four-day youth-led revival to begin April 15, led by... Continue Reading »

Exec. Board hears reports on budget, annual meeting, ‘Advance’ initiative

Meeting April 24 at the South Carolina Baptist Convention building in Columbia, the SCBC Executive Board heard a report on the pending sale of White Oak Conference Center (see related story) and conducted other business. Board members met that... Continue Reading »

Aiken churches partner for school revivals with ‘Stand Strength Team’ events

In January, several churches in Aiken Baptist Association partnered to host a professional evangelism team in their community for a nine-day anti-bullying campaign presented in local schools. The churches prayed for God to move during the revivals that resulted... Continue Reading »