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Six from S.C. receive degrees at Southwestern

Six students claiming South Carolina as their home state were among the Dec. 9 graduates at Southwestern Baptist Seminary.... Continue Reading »

More than 200 awarded degrees at Charleston Southern graduation

More than 200 students received degrees during Charleston Southern University's December graduation ceremony Dec. 17 in the Lightsey Chapel Auditorium.... Continue Reading »

Scholarships available

Scholarships for South Carolina Baptist university and seminary students pursuing a church-related vocation are available through the state convention's collegiate ministry group.... Continue Reading »

S.C. Baptist Convention exceeds budget goal

Gifts by South Carolina Baptist churches to the South Carolina Baptist Convention Empowering Kingdom Growth budget exceeded the budget goal of $32,150,000 by $43,209. This is the second year in a row that the convention has met and exceeded... Continue Reading »

Christian Worldview Today

One of the best quotes from C.S. Lewis's 'the Abolition of Man? describes Lewis's warning to scientific elites who believe they have won the war against any belief in the supernatural.?Lewis said, ?Each new power won by man is... Continue Reading »

S.C. Baptist disaster relief receives $1 million donation

The disaster relief ministry of the South Carolina Baptist Convention has received consistently high marks through the years for its quick, effective and compassionate response in tragedy's wake.... Continue Reading »

S.C. disaster relief will partner with Gulf Coast association

While children all over the world have visions of sugar plums this Christmas, the families of the Gulf Coast region are hoping just to hold their lives together. Four months after deadly Katrina tore apart Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,... Continue Reading »

Exec. Board revisits creating Kingdom Challenge Fund

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Dec. 8 in Columbia, approved a recommendation from the budget, finance and audit committee to create a Kingdom Challenge Fund. The board also approved allocating to the new fund... Continue Reading »

Prisoner packets reach anniversary milestone

This time of year, a flurry of activity descends on St. Andrew's Baptist Church in Columbia. On first glance, it is a strange crowd of folks assembled in the fellowship hall. From prison chaplains and inmates to church volunteers,... Continue Reading »

USC campus ministry center dedicated

After five long years of renovations and countless hours of volunteer work, the new University of South Carolina Baptist Collegiate Center was dedicated Nov. 6 with more than 200 friends and alumni in attendance.... Continue Reading »

Rural domestic violence coalition holds first meeting

A group targeting domestic violence in South Carolina held its first training session Nov. 17-18 at First Baptist Church, Hartsville. ?Domestic Violence and Community: Faith Based and Justice Response? offered judges, law enforcement, victim advocates? attorneys and faith-based leaders... Continue Reading »

Persecuted Christian delivers NGU address

Samuel Thomas, of Columbus, Ga., and president of Hopegivers International, delivered the commencement address for North Greenville University's graduation ceremonies Dec. 8. The 102 graduates were part of the first class graduating under the university name. Thomas spoke about... Continue Reading »