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South Carolina Showcase for September 21, 2006

Dizzy Felkel was ordained by Cassatt Baptist Church, Kershaw Association July 30. Felkel, assisted by his wife Erin serves as youth pastor. Danny Moore, center, was ordained as deacon by Nebo Baptist Church, Britton’s Neck, Aug. 20. With him... Continue Reading »

Erskine Seminary to host luncheon at SCBC annual meeting

Erskine Theological Seminary will host a luncheon for alumni and others interested in the seminary on Nov. 14 during the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

WMU to present national missions event at Ridgecrest

The stage is set for greater missions involvement and personal growth as hundreds gather for WMU's national missions event this fall at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C.... Continue Reading »

Marketing Monthly: Be careful with creative?ministry names

I receive more than 50 different church newsletters every month, and I try my best to scan and read each of them. The universal problem in all church promotion is the poor names given to church ministries, buildings and... Continue Reading »

Youth group from Greenville church ministers in Appalachia

As the foliage turns and the weather cools, the thoughts of one youth group in Greenville turn to the mountains, but not as tourists or sightseers, but rather as missionaries.... Continue Reading »

‘Croc hunter’ delighted in nature

Steve Irwin, known worldwide as the ?Crocodile Hunter,? is being remembered for his fearless encounters with wild animals after his death Sept. 4. Irwin, 44, was struck by a stingray barb to the chest while filming a documentary on... Continue Reading »

Wade Godfrey Jr.

Wade Godfrey Jr., 83, of Ninety Six, a pastor who served several Baptist churches in South Carolina during his ministry, died Sept. 3.... Continue Reading »

Walter C. Hudson II

Walter C. Hudson II, 75, of Anderson, a retired Baptist pastor, died Sept. 4 at the AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson.... Continue Reading »

Jim Staples

Jim Staples, 70, of Colorado Springs, Colo., a former church music and education minister in South Carolina, died Aug. 24.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University team participates in South Asian mission outreach project

Ten women from Anderson University traveled to South Asia for a mission trip in May 2006.... Continue Reading »

CSU host to church-planting conference

Charleston Southern University hosted a church planting conference Aug. 29. Les Dobbins, partnering church resource manager for the North American Mission Board, conducted an all-day training session using a step-by-step guide to planting churches.... Continue Reading »

SONICFLOOd mobilizes students for missions

The lights dimmed as the familiar intro to ?Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord? began. Screams from nearly 1,200 high school and college students filled the air as SONICFLOOd ran energetically onto the stage beginning their first-ever missions-oriented... Continue Reading »