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Mark Powers, who has led the music and worship office of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for the past 10 years, has been called as worship pastor at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo. His last day with the... Continue Reading »
Ten months after he took office, Gene C. Fant Jr. was officially installed April 13 as the eighth president of North Greenville University. Nearly 1,000 people — including Fant’s family and friends, NGU students, faculty, staff, trustees, donors and... Continue Reading »
Allen Cleveland Bratcher, 64, of Belton, died March 15, 2018. A native of Anderson County, he served in the U.S. Navy. He was pastor of Masters Baptist Church in Whitmire, was a missionary in the Dominican Republic for one... Continue Reading »
Joseph Walter Hinton, 97, of Easley, died April 5, 2018. Born in Greenville County, he was a graduate of North Greenville Junior College, Stetson University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a World War II veteran. He... Continue Reading »
Lloyd Wayne Wiggins, 84, of Abbeville, died March 18, 2018. A native of Fort Mill, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was a graduate of Presbyterian College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention’s White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro is scheduled to be sold Sept. 30 for $5.4 million and will become a public charter school. White Oak, which has been operated by the state convention since... Continue Reading »
The Baptist Courier garnered seven prizes recently from the South Carolina Press Association. The awards, which recognized work published in 2017, were announced March 17 in Columbia. Competing in the SCPA’s Associate and Individual Division, The Courier won the... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention is accepting recommendations for persons to serve on the state denomination’s standing committees, on the boards of trustees of the convention’s institutions, and on the SCBC Executive Board. Deadlines for receiving recommendations are July... Continue Reading »
Alliance Defending Freedom recently launched an initiative called “Church Alliance.” The focus will be to help churches become more involved in preserving and protecting religious liberty. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern... Continue Reading »
Pam Tebow, mother of the prominent athlete Tim Tebow, was the guest speaker at the Piedmont Women’s Center Banquet for Life March 1. The Greenville event drew more than 1,800 people. Tebow recounted that while serving on the mission... Continue Reading »
Ben Davis, retired president of Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, has been named chairman of the South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission. His previous public service, before joining the Connie Maxwell staff in 1993, included 12 years as mayor of... Continue Reading »
The North American Mission Board estimates there are nearly 270 million people in North America who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. With phrases like “reaching the unreached” or “impacting darkness,” NAMB is leading a movement to... Continue Reading »
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