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New state convention president Mike Moody discovers calling in Navy

Mike Moody, the newly elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, has a special admiration for military veterans and those who are currently serving in the armed forces. Perhaps that is because Moody first sensed God's call to... Continue Reading »

‘Give it away,’ Wilton urges South Carolina Baptists

Declaring that ?God has but one mandate for us,? Don Wilton, pastor of First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, urged South Carolina Baptists to ?give it away!?... Continue Reading »

Driggers receives Dodd award for exemplary CP support

Carlisle Driggers, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was recognized as this year's recipient of the M.E. Dodd Award during the convention's annual meeting Nov. 14-15 at Taylors First Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

Mike Moody elected SCBC president

Mike Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, Honea Path, was elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention during the Nov. 15 session of its 186th annual meeting in Taylors.... Continue Reading »

Resolutions express appreciation to Driggers, affirm ‘alternative assignments,’ address concerns

In addition to a resolution of appreciation for Carlisle Driggers, who will have completed 17 years of invaluable leadership to the South Carolina Baptist Convention when he retires in February, the 1,226 registered messengers to the annual meeting Nov.... Continue Reading »

SCBC adopts $32.75 million budget, honors Driggers, extends missions partnership 2 years

Messengers to the annual meeting of South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting at Taylors First Baptist Church Nov. 14, adopted a $32.75 million Cooperative Program budget and extended their missions partnership with South Asia for another two years.... Continue Reading »

Spartanburg Released Time seeing results, director says

Released Time programs in Spartanburg's District One schools, known as D1RT, began this fall with approximately 250 students and has already recorded about 30 students accepting Christ, reported Tracy Burns, who became executive director last January.... Continue Reading »

Along the Way: Citadel cadet sees his deployment to Afghanistan as opportunity to serve the High Commander in – ‘Operation Missions’

David Collier expects to be deployed to Afghanistan with his National Guard unit in the next few months. When this infantry man arrives there, however, he will be carrying more than the standard issued equipment: He will also be... Continue Reading »

Convention spokesmen elated by marriage amendment results

For months now, South Carolina Baptist Convention officials and pastors have been declaring a need to ?protect marriage.? An overwhelming vote on Nov. 7 in favor of a marriage amendment to South Carolina's Constitution has given South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »

Search team for next exec. ‘moving forward’

The seven-member search committee charged with recommending the next executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is ?moving forward with great confidence? in the process of finding a successor to Carlisle Driggers, who will step down from the... Continue Reading »

South Carolinian to head trustees as ERLC marks 60th year

On the eve of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's 60th anniversary, Hal Lane, its newly elected chairman of trustees, is as equally excited about how emerging technologies are enabling the Southern Baptist agency to place biblically based resources... Continue Reading »

Along the Way: ‘Facing the Giants’: Not just another football movie – by Todd Deaton

Facing the Giants is more than a movie about a football team that rises out of nowhere to play in a state championship game. Alex and Stephen Kendrick, associate pastors of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and a... Continue Reading »