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Shannon Long, pastor of First Baptist Church, Whitmire, since 2006, will retire Dec. 31. Previously, Long served as associational missionary for Laurens Baptist Association. He and his wife, Loraine, formerly served as International Mission Board missionaries in Chile. After... Continue Reading »
Charleston Southern University announced the launch of Buc Promise, a new renewable scholarship for Pell-eligible South Carolina residents with a minimum 3.5 high school GPA. The only private university in South Carolina making this tuition guarantee, Charleston Southern will... Continue Reading »
Nigeria — a nation the U.S. Department of State has failed to designate as a Country of Particular Concern — is among the worst persecutors of Christians, an international religious freedom watchdog group reported. “Nigeria is arguably the most... Continue Reading »
Georgia Baptists have given an additional $1.7 million to the International Mission Board to support missionaries serving around the world. Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond, accompanied by Finance Committee Chairman Steve Browning, Executive Committee Vice... Continue Reading »
Howard Wayne Norton, 84, of Greenville, died Oct. 31, 2023. A native of Stony Point, N.C., he was a graduate of Carson Newman College, and served with his wife as missionaries to Oklahoma, working with the Choctaw Indians. He... Continue Reading »
Betty Ann Taylor Killian, 95, of Columbia, died Sept. 28, 2023. She was the widow of the late Harold Killian, who served as pastor of churches in South Carolina, North Carolina and Indiana. A native of Enon, N.C., she... Continue Reading »
Herschel Leonard Crain, 81, of Greer, died Oct. 20, 2023. He served as senior pastor at Apalache Baptist Church, Greer, for 16 years and at Central Baptist Church, Cowpens, for 18 years. Survivors include two daughters, four grandchildren and... Continue Reading »
Lester Province Branham Jr., 89, of Florence, died Oct. 22, 2023. A native of Camden, he was a longtime member of Springvale Baptist Church, Lugoff, where he first was called to ministry. He was a graduate of Wake Forest... Continue Reading »
Joseph “Joe” Borgkvist Jr., 79, of West Columbia, died Oct. 23, 2023. A native of Portsmouth, N.H., he served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam and was led to Christ by a Southern Baptist chaplain. After his call to... Continue Reading »
Messengers to the Columbia Metro Baptist Association annual meeting on Oct. 5 formally adopted a five-year missions partnership with International Mission Board personnel serving in Central Spain. Mission team scheduling is set to begin in 2024. The adopted partnership... Continue Reading »
War has come to the Holy Land. Following a brutal attack by Hamas terrorists on Saturday, Oct. 7, that killed and injured thousands of people, Israel officially declared war against the militant group. With the conflict expected to rage... Continue Reading »
Mark Krieger, pastor of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Belton and president of the 2023 South Carolina Baptist Convention Pastors Conference, extends an invitation to pastors to attend the event at North Trenholm Baptist Church on Nov. 13. “This... Continue Reading »
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