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Leroy McKinley Sheppard II, 45, of Spartanburg, died April 7, 2016. He served as youth and children’s minister at the Laotian Baptist Mission, and founded and directed Shepherd’s Door Ministries for over 10 years. He was a member of... Continue Reading »
Kenneth Wade Rooks, 43, of Simpsonville, died April 4, 2016. He was born in Griffin, Ga., and was a graduate of Georgia Tech and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and was teaching pastor and minister of outreach at Simpsonville First... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program gifts from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches are $250,408 ahead of last year’s pace but 4.44 percent below budgeted needs through the first three months of 2016. Through March, churches forwarded $6,808,525 to the SCBC, $316,474 short... Continue Reading »
Harold Patrick Perry, 81, of Simpsonville, died March 10, 2016. Born in Monticello, Ga., he was a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Furman University. He served as pastor of churches in Greenville and in Kentucky for 23... Continue Reading »
Cynthia Denise Morris, 55, former director of the Childhood Ministry Group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died March 27, 2016, in Ocean Springs, Miss., from complications related to diabetes. Morris served the SCBC from 1996-2014. She was a... Continue Reading »
Richard F. Burgess, 83, of Marietta, died April 10, 2016. Born in Pickens County, he served as a minister prior to his retirement, and was a member of Cox Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Callie C. Anderson... Continue Reading »
As The Courier went to press, the names of three pastors were to be placed into nomination for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the denomination’s annual meeting June 14-15 in St. Louis. They are listed below in... Continue Reading »
First Baptist Church of Myrtle Beach has called Richard C. Floore as minister of youth. Floore graduated with a master of divinity in Christian education degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has pastored churches in Georgia and... Continue Reading »
Chet Andrews began duties as senior pastor of State Street Baptist Church in Cayce on March 1. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a master of divinity degree from Gardner-Webb University and a doctor of ministry... Continue Reading »
North Greenville University will present “The Dynamics of Church Conflicts and Avoiding Forced Termination” April 20 at 12:15 p.m. The event is free to the public and will be held in the Craft/Hemphill building. Monty Hale, director of pastoral... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention is accepting recommendations for persons to serve on the state denomination’s standing committees, on the boards of trustees of the convention’s institutions, and on the SCBC Executive Board. The deadline for receiving recommendations is... Continue Reading »
Birthright of Columbia, a pro-life emergency pregnancy service, presented Congaree Baptist Church of West Columbia with the Dr. Herbert M. Black Memorial Award Feb. 16. Janie Pye, WMU director, accepted the award on behalf of the church. Hank Chardos,... Continue Reading »
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