Todd Deaton

?Maximize what advances the kingdom, and minimize what doesn't,? Jim Goodroe, director of missions for the Spartanburg County Network, urged South Carolina Baptists in the convention sermon during their annual meeting in Columbia, Nov. 15.... Continue Reading »

God did not call believers to bring the world to the church, but he called for believers to take the gospel message to the world, Jerry White, president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, reminded messengers during his Nov.... Continue Reading »

Bylaw revisions further defining the phrase ?cooperating Baptist churches in the state,? limiting trustee membership to instate churches, and declaring the Bible as the supreme authority for its activities and decisions were among the eight changes presented Nov. 15... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton, pastor of the 6,200-member First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, for the past 12 years, was elected as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for 2006 during the annual meeting Nov. 16.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the 185th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting in the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Nov. 15, adopted a $32.15 million budget for 2006. Also, as a part of the Executive Board report, Marshall Blalock,... Continue Reading »

Among the nine resolutions adopted by the nearly 1,075 registered messengers to the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention were statements expressing their support for a state constitutional amendment on marriage and the teaching of intelligent design... Continue Reading »

Consideration of a proposal to establish a Kingdom Fund for both international and state missions and evangelism projects, the adoption of a $32.15 million budget, and the election of officers are among the key items on the messengers? agenda... Continue Reading »

?What on earth are we here for?? For 40 days in late September and October, nearly 30 churches in Charleston and the surrounding area dared to asked themselves that question. And they are discovering that when it comes to... Continue Reading »

A 25-member ?chain-saw team? from 11 Pee Dee Association churches completed a variety of acts of Christian love in Columbia, Miss., during the week of Sept. 12. The 18 men and seven women were housed and fed in the... Continue Reading »

?Most residents suffered a total loss, and some of them have no other place to go,? Wade Leonard of Mauldin said, observing that this was indeed the case for one woman in Biloxi, Miss., who was among those helped... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Hampton, has received word that a seven-member family from New Orleans will move into a house that it has offered to Hurricane Katrina victims willing to relocate and make a ?fresh start? in the Lowcountry.... Continue Reading »

Columbia Metro Baptist Association churches are ?right in the middle? of the work with approximately 1,500 persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina who were relocated to Columbia, said director of missions Bill Dieckmann in a Sept. 22 letter to pastors... Continue Reading »