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Louis Hart retired April 27 as pastor of South Greenville Baptist Church, Greenville, after 44 years in the ministry. His first pastorate was at Laurel Baptist Church in Greenville. Other places of service include Woodlawn Baptist Church in Baxley,... Continue Reading »
South Carolina native Tom Hellams has been named vice president for denominational relations and chief of staff, Office of the President, at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, president R. Albert Mohler Jr. announced Aug. 19. “I’m very pleased that Tom... Continue Reading »
Jason Reid was recently called as student pastor of Five Forks Baptist Church, Simpsonville. He previously served in similar positions at Tanglewood Baptist Church, and most recently at Pendleton Street Baptist Church, both in Greenville. Reid earned a bachelor’s... Continue Reading »
Jack Hester (left) was honored Aug. 3 for preaching the gospel for 65 years. As a 20-year-old, he preached for the first time at his father’s church in Hendersonville, N.C., on Aug. 6, 1950. Tommy Brashier, pastor of Scenic... Continue Reading »
Sonny Holmes, 64, pastor of Northwood Baptist Church in North Charleston since 2003, has announced that he will retire from active pastoral ministry on Oct. 31. Holmes served as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 2011. He... Continue Reading »
James Greene (left) recently presented a check for $51,885 to endow Pacolet Mills Baptist Church’s scholarship fund in honor of his aunt and uncle, Louise and Leonard Greene. Also pictured is Norman Band, pastor.
Two churches in Fountain Inn have merged. Fairview Street Baptist Church was a declining 104-year-old congregation, and Capstone Church is a five-year-old church plant. Through the ministry of Kermit Morris, transitional pastor at Fairview Street, the two churches agreed... Continue Reading »
Students enrolling at Fruitland Baptist Bible College in the fall of 2014 have the option of completing an associate degree in Christian ministry and worldview entirely online. President David Horton said the program will enable students to pursue a... Continue Reading »
Matt Rogers, pastor of The Church at Cherrydale in Greenville, has published “Aspire: Developing and Deploying Disciples in the Church and for the Church.” The book contains a one-year strategy for relational disciple-making that can be used by members... Continue Reading »
LifeWay Christian Resources has suspended the sale of books by Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll in light of issues surrounding his ministry. Driscoll, founder of the Acts 29 church-planting network, and the Mars Hill Church he leads were removed from... Continue Reading »
Year-to-date Cooperative Program gifts of $16,096,129 from South Carolina Baptist churches represented 96.82 percent of budgeted needs for the first seven months of 2014. Churches forwarded nearly $2.8 million in CP gifts in July, according to a report released... Continue Reading »
Ten members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention have been appointed by chairman Dwight Easler to comprise a search committee to find a new executive to lead the state convention. Jim Austin, who has served... Continue Reading »
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