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The Boy Scouts of America has filed a bankruptcy protection petition in the wake of a growing number of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. Approximately 12,000 boys reported sexual abuse from more than 7,800 abusers. That number is expected to... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from 16 associations responded to a Feb. 6 tornado that touched down in Spartanburg. Chainsaw and mud-out units assisted in cleanup efforts, completing more than 27 jobs, as of press time. Spartanburg County... Continue Reading »
Televangelist Jack Van Impe, known as “the walking Bible” for his memorization of nearly two-thirds of the Bible, died in January at age 88. He was an outspoken prophecy preacher who held to the premillennial dispensational view of the... Continue Reading »
A group of Southern Baptists announced an intention Jan. 14 to nominate Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC annual meeting June 9-10 in Orlando, Fla. Adams... Continue Reading »
The undeveloped 621 acres of White Oak Conference Center has been sold to Bravo-Charlie LLC of Sumter for $1.83 million. Scott Lee, chief administrative officer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, stated, “Their plan for the property is recreational,... Continue Reading »
Gerald Ross Lawton, 82, of Iva, died Sept. 24, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Cameron, Ariz. A native of Iva, he became a minister at the age of 17 while a member of Iva First Baptist Church. He... Continue Reading »
Engrum L. Johnson, 75, of Taylors, died Dec. 8, 2019. Born in Kingstree, he was a graduate of Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a retired Baptist minister, having served for 50 years. He previously served... Continue Reading »
Jerry Ray Davis, 85, of Timmonsville, died Feb. 12, 2020. A native of Missouri, he served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Following his seminary training, he founded a church in West Virginia, and later served Tans... Continue Reading »
Joseph Charles Blalock Sr., 72, of Muncie, Ind., died Feb. 8, 2020. A native of Alabama, he grew up in Spartanburg and graduated from Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute and Andersonville Baptist Seminary. He was a home missionary in New... Continue Reading »
Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s (PPFA) 2018-2019 annual report showed that the organization performed 345,672 abortion procedures in 2018. Abortions made up 4 percent of the organization’s total medical services for the year. The total number of the procedures... Continue Reading »
Chris Bolt, pastor of Elkton Baptist Church in Elkton, Tenn., has announced his intention to nominate Stephen Feinstein, pastor of Sovereign Way Christian Church in Hesperia, Calif., for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC... Continue Reading »
It wasn’t that long ago the LifeWay Global team dreamed about ways to resource pastors and other church leaders around the world — those with extremely limited or no access to formal theological training. The vision of Ariel Irizarry,... Continue Reading »
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