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Like everyone else in South Carolina, I was staring into the mid-afternoon dusky sky on Monday, Aug. 21. The Great American Eclipse was a remarkable and awe-inspiring event. That evening, as I listened to the news commentators share people’s... Continue Reading »
Anderson University and the South Carolina Baptist Convention are sponsoring “The Call,” a one-day conference Aug. 26 designed to help high school and college students explore God’s call on their lives to ministry, missions and other vocations. Clayton King,... Continue Reading »
Resolutions to be considered at the 2017 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting are due by midnight Oct. 8. Submissions must include the author’s name, address, email address (if applicable), daytime and cell phone numbers, plus the name and... Continue Reading »
At 2017’s midpoint, Cooperative Program gifts received by the South Carolina Baptist Convention trailed budgeted needs by $892,700. Through June, churches forwarded $13,357,299 to the SCBC, which is 6.26 percent short of budgeted needs, according to Pam Carroll, chief... Continue Reading »
E. Faye Garrett, of Cayce, and widow of the late Lawrence Garrett, who served as pastor in South Carolina, died July 3, 2017. Born in Piedmont, she attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. In addition to... Continue Reading »
Marion H. Hare, 87, of Greenville, died July 10, 2017. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., he was a graduate of Stetson University in Deland, Fla., and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Furman University awarded him an honorary... Continue Reading »
Vernon L. Fash, 86, of Wilmington, N.C., died June 29, 2017. He grew up in Charleston and joined the U.S. Coast Guard at age 17. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Southwestern Baptist Theological... Continue Reading »
Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Conway had a successful Vacation Bible School in July, with an average attendance of 105 and 23 new visitors. Also, 11 professions of faith were recorded, and 11 children were baptized during commencement services... Continue Reading »
LifeWay Christian Resources and Living Proof Ministries are partnering to simulcast Bible teacher and best-selling author Beth Moore, live from Ohio, on Sept. 16. Anderson University is serving as a host location for the Upstate area. Living Proof Live... Continue Reading »
Nathan R. McCarthy, a seasoned investments manager whose background includes work as a manufacturing engineer in the aeronautics industry, will be the next president and CEO of the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina. The Georgia native begins his official... Continue Reading »
At new Beginning Baptist Church in Waterloo, pastor Allen Gregory, a University of South Carolina fan, challenged the kids in Vacation Bible School to raise $250 for missions. If they met the goal, he promised to dye his beard... Continue Reading »
Danny Nicholson, a Hartsville, S.C., native who has spent his career as a development officer at colleges in South Carolina and other southeastern states, has been elected president of Connie Maxwell Children’s Home. Connie Maxwell trustees formally approved a... Continue Reading »
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