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Padgetts Creek Veterans Day

Padgett’s Creek honors veterans

Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church, Union, held a special service to honor veterans on Nov. 10. All areas of the armed services, from retired National Guard to active duty servicemen, were welcomed and given special recognition by pastor Carol Caldwell.... Continue Reading »

Bob Teems new pastor at Garden City Baptist Church

Garden City Baptist Church has called Bob Teems as full-time senior pastor effective Nov. 10. He has served as supply pastor there since January of this year. Teems and his wife, Mary Ann, come to Garden City from First... Continue Reading »

Joyful Sound at Rock Springs

Rock Springs hosts Joyful Sound

Joyful Sound, the Baptist Student Union music ensemble from North Greenville University, recently led a night of worship at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley.

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Mountain Rest - Locks of Love

Mountain Rest members donate hair to Locks of Love

Becky Walker and Sally Gravino, members of Mountain Rest Baptist Church in Oconee County, recently donated their hair to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a “public nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the... Continue Reading »

Edisto Association Pine Car Derby

Edisto Association holds RA Pine Car Derby

Edisto Baptist Association held its first RA Pine Car Derby Nov. 16 at Rocky Springs Baptist Church. The boys who participated represent the following churches: Dean Swamp, Rocky Grove, Rocky Springs and Tabernacle. Pictured with the 2013 winners, from... Continue Reading »

Jen Madak

Jennifer Madak is new children’s ministry director at Five Forks

Jennifer Madak was recently called as children’s ministry director at Five Forks Baptist Church, Simpsonville. She graduated from Toccoa Falls College in 1994 with a degree in elementary education, and has experience in church work and worship arts. Madak... Continue Reading »

New Pleasant Church, Gaffney, honors retiring pastor George Holland

The congregation of New Pleasant Baptist Church, Gaffney, honored retiring pastor George D. Holland on Nov. 10 for his 39 years in the pastorate — 23 of which have been at New Pleasant. Holland’s brother, former staff members and... Continue Reading »

Rose Calder - FBC, Lancaster

Rose Calder honored by Lancaster First Baptist for ministry to shut-ins

Rose Calder was recently honored with a dinner — and a KitchenAid mixer — by the Rose Calder Mission Group at First Baptist Church, Lancaster, to “help facilitate her ministry of baking breads and cakes for shut-ins.” Miss Rose,... Continue Reading »

Shandon Baptist Church

Annual Meeting wrap: South Carolina Baptists adopt vision theme: ‘Great Commission Living’

Writers: Butch Blume and Scott Vaughan Messengers to the 193rd annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, held Nov. 12-13 at Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia, adopted a new vision theme, approved a budget, elected officers and endorsed... Continue Reading »

Timothy George

Timothy George to speak at Charleston First Baptist’s Hamrick Lectures

Timothy George, dean and professor of divinity, history and doctrine at the Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., will be the featured speaker at the 19th John A. Hamrick Lectures at First Baptist Church of Charleston,... Continue Reading »

Ebenezer Welcome

Ebenezer Welcome honors veterans on Nov. 10

Veterans from Ebenezer Welcome Baptist Church, Landrum, were honored with a special service and luncheon on Nov. 10 to thank them for their service and sacrifice. Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson, USMC (Ret.) was guest speaker.

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2013 CP giving trails needs with two months remaining

Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches rebounded slightly in October, but not enough to overcome a giving deficit that stands at more than $1 million with two months left in the fiscal year. CP gifts through October... Continue Reading »