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Gerald Roper named pastor emeritus at Secona Baptist Church

Gerald Roper was named pastor emeritus of Secona Baptist Church in Pickens on Nov. 4. He served Secona on three different occasions as interim pastor. He is now a church member, is actively involved in the senior adult ministry,... Continue Reading »

21 baptized in Edisto River

Rocky Grove Baptist Church in Salley (Edisto Association) celebrated a baptism service in the Edisto River. Twenty-one believers, ages 7 to 88, were baptized. “God is so good,” said John O’Cain, 71, who has been in the ministry for... Continue Reading »

Cathcart named pastor emeritus of Highland Home Baptist Church

William H. “Billy” Cathcart was named pastor emeritus of Highland Home Baptist Church in Gray Court on Oct. 14. Cathcart served as pastor there from July 1989 until March 2002. He and his wife, Judy, are now members of... Continue Reading »

Gaffney octogenarian knits 1,000 caps for ministry to seafarers

Betty Eldridge, 86, was recognized by pastor Scott Peterson and the Woman’s Missionary Union of Providence Baptist Church in Gaffney on the completion of her goal to knit 1,000 caps for the International Seafarers Ministry in Charleston. Charleston Baptist... Continue Reading »

Surfside Beach woman sews 100 dresses for Haiti mission trip

Four members of Surfside Beach First Baptist Church — pastor John Gambrell, Allen Meyer, Simon Phillips and Zane Wall — went on a mission trip to Haiti Nov. 2-9. Church member Nellie Monroe, pictured above, made more than 100... Continue Reading »

Church Revitalization: SC’s population growing, but Baptist churches aren’t

South Carolina ranks 7th in the nation in population growth per square mile and is growing over three times faster than the national average. Nineteen of the state’s 46 counties are in the top 25 percent of the fastest-growing... Continue Reading »

Church Revitalization: Danny Burnley has a ‘heart for struggling churches’

In his trips around the state and into Georgia as a church revitalization consultant — his odometer ticked more than 2,600 miles in September alone — Danny Burnley has seen more than his share of churches torn apart because... Continue Reading »

‘Gospel of hope’ marks life of late pastor, deputy Daniel Inabinet

From the editor: As we were preparing to go to press with the November issue of The Courier, we were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Daniel Inabinet on Oct. 11, just one week after we interviewed... Continue Reading »

S.C. disaster relief volunteers launch ‘labor-intensive’ Florence response; mud-out teams needed

Nearly a month after Hurricane Florence came ashore in North Carolina and stalled over South Carolina, flooding thousands of homes and businesses in the Pee Dee region, South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief officials are calling on trained “mud-out” teams... Continue Reading »

Varnville’s Tommy Kelly Is ‘Pastor of the Community’

Tommy Kelly is a man on the go. The pastor of Varnville First Baptist Church is an inspiring leader and servant not only to the church, but to the entire community. To say he is well known in this... Continue Reading »

Courier Survey: Half of churches observe Pastor Appreciation Day

About half of churches represented in a recent informal BaptistCourier.com survey regularly set aside a day each year to honor their pastor or ministerial staff. A significant share of the 68 readers who took the online survey, 42.65 percent,... Continue Reading »

SBC personalities to speak at Simpsonville Bible conference

Former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt will lead a group of pastor-evangelists in speaking at a “Worship the King” Bible conference Oct. 28-30 at Temple Baptist Church in Simpsonville. Hunt, longtime senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock,... Continue Reading »