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President Donald Trump signed legislation June 5 to make it easier for businesses or churches struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to take advantage of a payroll subsidy program that’s been a critical part of Washington’s response to the economic... Continue Reading »
The International Mission Board commissioned 61 missionaries in a virtual Sending Celebration on June 9. The missionaries represent churches in 15 states and will be serving in all nine of the IMB’s affinities. Sending Celebrations provide a forum for... Continue Reading »
Ray Lee Thompson Jr., 79, of Anderson, died May 5, 2020. A native of Monroe, N.C., he attended Furman University, where he met his future wife, Nena, and later attended the University of South Carolina. Sports were a big... Continue Reading »
Harold Walter Syfrett, 96, of Walterboro, died April 13, 2020. A native of Orangeburg, he was a graduate of North Greenville Junior College, Wofford College, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He was instrumental in helping to begin what... Continue Reading »
Chaplain Col. Carl E. Tolbert, 91, of Summerville, died May 9, 2020. A native of Oklahoma, he was a graduate of the University of Texas, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and East Texas State College. He joined the U.S. Army... Continue Reading »
Ronald “Ron” Bryan Jackson Sr., 77, of Gaffney, died June 4, 2020. Born in Lancaster, he became a Christian at age 12, and was a graduate of Baptist College of Charleston; New Orleans Theological Seminary; Southern Baptist Center for... Continue Reading »
Charles Alvin Hamlin, 93, of Liberty, died June 5, 2020. Born in Pickens County, he was a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served in the U.S. Navy and later in several capacities at churches in Louisiana,... Continue Reading »
Chaplain Col. William Kenneth Bagnal Jr., USA (Retired), 88, of Raleigh, N.C., died June 7, 2020. A native of Florence, he was a graduate of Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was pastor of Sardis Baptist Church,... Continue Reading »
In the wake of the COVID-19 virus and amid other declining metrics, Southern Baptist Convention institutions have enacted budget cuts for the 2020-2021 budget year. LifeWay eliminated its World Changers mission projects for this summer and closed all future... Continue Reading »
When Bonnie Gates Windle was a teenager in the 1950s in Pickens County, Ala., a “small lady with white hair” would visit her church and tell spellbinding stories about her years as a Southern Baptist missionary in China. The... Continue Reading »
Barry McCarty, longtime parliamentarian for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meetings, will join the faculty of Truett McConnell University as professor of rhetoric and communication. McCarty also will develop and serve as dean of the university’s new School of... Continue Reading »
Tony Beam will become the new director of the Office of Public Policy for the South Carolina Baptist Convention beginning Jan. 1, 2021. He will maintain his position as director of Church and Community Engagement at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »
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