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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 »

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, at a called meeting Nov. 4 at the Baptist Center in Columbia, reversed itself by rescinding a motion it approved earlier to set in place a Great Commission Initiative, a... Continue Reading »

Charleston Lodging Company LLC is expected to break ground on a Wingate Inn hotel at Charleston Southern University later this year, making it the first hotel in the chain's history to locate on a university campus.... Continue Reading »

Six Ministry leadership houses were dedicated at Anderson University Oct. 16. The new concept provides for students with a common community service or ministry objective a place to live together and put their plans into action.... Continue Reading »

Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in northern France … Twenty-year-old Lloyd Batson and some of his Army buddies, pausing in their frigid march toward a titanic clash that later will come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge,... 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 »

Fairview Baptist Church, Greer, held its first worship service in its new facility Oct. 16. Carlisle Driggers, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was guest speaker for the celebration service attended by more than 900 people.... 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 »

As the 100th anniversary of the birth of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer draws nearer ? Feb. 4, 2006 ? a former South Carolina pastor has written his first book, which recalls the life of the martyred Christian pastor and... Continue Reading »

The Great Commission Initiative received nearly unanimous approval from the SCBC Executive Board during its fall meeting, Oct. 10-11, at White Oak. It has, however, raised concerns among institutional leaders over the loss in CP funding for their respective... Continue Reading »

At their annual meeting Oct. 19, messengers to the 135th meeting of the Abbeville Baptist Association approved changing their name to Lakelands Baptist Association. They also adopted a new constitution, by-laws and missions statement, reflecting the name change, during... Continue Reading »