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Eastview’s EMERGE promotes Acts 1:8 missions strategy at home

Published on August 5, 2009

More than 40 students and adults from Eastview Baptist Church, Rock Hill, completed EMERGE, a five-day local missions project concluding Saturday, July 25, with a community outreach event, EMERGEfest. The festival attracted more than 120 prospective church families of... Continue Reading »

Josephine Brunson Wells

Published on August 5, 2009

Josephine Brunson ?Jo? Wells, 91, of Hartsville, widow of David J. Wells Sr., a Baptist pastor, died July 15, 2009.... Continue Reading »

New book tells inspiring story of Camp McCall

Published on August 5, 2009

?McCall: A Camp to Match His Mountains,? a new book about the far-reaching influence of Camp McCall, was released as part of the camp's 50th anniversary celebration.... Continue Reading »

Rehoboth Baptist Church, Piedmont, celebrates 100 years

Published on August 5, 2009

Rehoboth Baptist Church in Piedmont will celebrate its centennial on Aug. 9 with a special worship service.... Continue Reading »

At Second Baptist Church, Dillon, soul-winning and altar prayer are heartbeat of growth

Published on August 5, 2009

In 2005, Richie Hicks became pastor at Second Baptist Church, Dillon. In three years, the church of 73 people that voted to call him as pastor has become 170. The story of the church's growth is a mirror of... Continue Reading »

Inman First Baptist nursing home ministry stretches back almost half-century

Published on August 5, 2009

A nursing home ministry that began 44 years ago at Inman First Baptist Church continues to flourish in Inman's four nursing homes, with volunteers leading the way.... Continue Reading »

Camp McCall celebrates 50th anniversary

Published on July 31, 2009

The impact that McCall Royal Ambassador (R.A.) Camp, now called Camp McCall, has had on the lives of South Carolina Baptist boys, men and families was evidenced in part on July 18 when nearly 600 persons returned to the... Continue Reading »

Faith Baptist Church ‘gets out of the way’ and allows Christ to do his will

Published on July 30, 2009

In 2006, Bob Crosby was a state wildlife officer, serving 30 years in law enforcement, when God 'turned up the volume.? Today he is pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Ridgeland, where the church has grown from 20 to around... Continue Reading »

Chesterfield team, Hispanic congregation join to complete new church in Pageland

Published on July 29, 2009

Volunteers with Chesterfield Baptist Association's disaster relief team joined with members of the community and congregation of the Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana, (First Hispanic Baptist Church) of Pageland, helping them complete the roofing of their new church building during... Continue Reading »

New IMB missionaries have state connections

Published on July 27, 2009

South Carolina natives Tim and Anna Norton have been appointed IMB missionaries to Sub-Saharan Africa. They will be involved in evangelism and church planting in Madagascar.... Continue Reading »

Upstate woman’s book asks hard question

Published on July 27, 2009

Christy Upton, a writer and minister's wife from Williamston, has published her first book, ?Come Away with Me.?... Continue Reading »

Pace pens ‘Simple Christianity’

Published on July 27, 2009

Joe Pace, pastor of Refuge Baptist Church, Central, has written a book, 'simple Christianity,? published by Tate Publishers.... Continue Reading »