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CP giving 2.41% above last year

Year-to-date contributions through the Cooperative Program are 2.41 percent above the same time frame in 2005, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee president and chief executive officer Morris Chapman.... Continue Reading »

Rufus Mitchell Sr.

Rufus Mitchell Sr., 94, of Anderson, a Baptist minister for 65 years, died June 4 at the Abbeville Nursing Home.... Continue Reading »

NGU Stadium Crusade Aug. 13

In August, football stadiums are usually reserved for early season pigskin action. However, on Aug. 13-16, the Melvin and Dollie Younts Football Stadium at North Greenville University will host the 2006 NGU Stadium Crusade.... Continue Reading »

In Orangeburg-Calhoun Association: Heddle retires as director of missions

Ron Heddle, director of missions for Orangeburg-Calhoun Baptist Association since 1995, retired at the end of July.... Continue Reading »

James M. Newman

James M. Newman, 82, of Abbeville, a Baptist pastor for more than 45 years, died June 29 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

Price honored for 60-year ministry

Howard Price Sr., pastor of Eastwood Baptist Church, Columbia, celebrated 60 years in the ministry July 16. Members from the six churches he has served honored him with a day of celebration, which concluded with the announcement that a... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for August 10, 2006

Jim Spencer JIM SPENCER began duties Aug. 1 as pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Easley. Since 1993, he had been pastor of Second Baptist Church in Lancaster. Prior to serving in Lancaster, Spencer was pastor of Lake Wateree... Continue Reading »

Ray A. Ridgeway

Ray A. Ridgeway, 86, of Williamston, former chairman of the board of trustees of The Baptist Courier and an active layman, died July 31 in Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

Loving the lost begins with revival, says Page

Loving the lost, as Christians should, begins with revival, Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page told a group of International Mission Board missionaries in southern Asia.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for August 10, 2006

Pastor Lamar McAbee, his wife Paula and their son Logan were honored July 9 by Mountain Springs Baptist Church, Piedmont. Deacon chairman Steve Ellison, right, presented a Masterpiece Collectors sculpture on behalf of the church. McAbee, who has served... Continue Reading »

W.A. Criswell’s widow dies

Bessie ?Betty? Marie Criswell, widow of legendary preacher W.A. Criswell, died Aug. 2 at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas at the age of 93.... Continue Reading »

SBC president finds refreshment amid missionaries in Asia

Frank Page went to South Asia to minister to others, but he also was ministered to as International Mission Board missionaries extended their love to him, prayed over him and laughed with him.... Continue Reading »