The Baptist Courier

Recommendations of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Nominations Committee must be approved by vote at the 2010 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. If approved, terms begin Jan. 1, 2011. Rodney Hord, pastor at Juniper Bay Baptist Church,... Continue Reading »

The History Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is seeking newly written histories of South Carolina Baptist churches and institutions.... Continue Reading »

The greatest way to point out a difference between two things is to simply compare and contrast them. It has long been noted that the best way to see whether or not a stick is crooked is to lay... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University celebrated 118 years of existence on Sept. 15 with a Founders Day chapel service. Ken Hemphill, national strategist for the Southern Baptist Convention's Empowering Kingdom Growth and former president of Southwestern Seminary, was the keynote speaker.... Continue Reading »

Telling North American Mission Board staff ?considerable change? is coming, president Kevin Ezell shared a retirement incentive with employees that will be the beginning of an overall reduction in force in the months ahead. Details of the incentives were... Continue Reading »

The administrative committee of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention issued a report Oct. 12 in response to an assignment from the board to research issues and develop a plan of action regarding employee concerns at... Continue Reading »

In the face of declining church gifts, members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Oct. 12 at White Oak Conference Center, approved a trimmed-down budget for the coming year.... Continue Reading »

The annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Historical Society will be held Oct. 18 at First Baptist Church, Georgetown, in conjunction with the year-long celebration by the church of 300 years of Baptist presence in Georgetown.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University students covered the globe as mission and outreach teams headed out over the summer. More than 20 countries and five continents were reached by people from the NGU campus.... Continue Reading »

James Ollin Watson Sr., 96, of Columbia, a long-serving Southern Baptist missionary and pastor, died Sept. 17, 2010.... Continue Reading »

LARRY R. SIZEMORE has been called as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Fairfax. He formerly served as associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Rock Hill. Sizemore is a graduate of Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky., and earned his... Continue Reading »

Sonny Holmes, pastor of Northwood Baptist Church, North Charleston, will be nominated for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when messengers gather for the SCBC annual meeting Nov. 16-17 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Holmes is the... Continue Reading »