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Alissa Cooper Sande, founder of Heart for Uganda, will be the guest speaker on Sunday, Nov. 22, at Red Dam Baptist Church in Hardeeville, S.C. Sande will talk about her Clarion County, Pa.-based organization during the Sunday school hour... Continue Reading »
Five years ago, Central Baptist Church in Gaffney was a completely different church than what it is today. Its fractured congregation struggled with financial debt from a building project, a painful experience with former leadership, and declining attendance. Today,... Continue Reading »
Several members of Ridge Spring Baptist Church’s WMU were honored at an awards ceremony on Oct. 29, in which Saluda Nursing Center received the “Spirit of Caring” award for the Easter Hat Parade sponsored by Ridge Spring Baptist. The... Continue Reading »
The youth group of Hunt’s Memorial Baptist Church, in the Dacusville community, collected enough items during Vacation Bible School this summer to fill 50 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.
Churches experience fluctuations in attendance throughout the year, with some Sundays higher than others as part of a normal, healthy pattern. Yet, sometimes, a gradual decline in attendance can turn into a steep drop, leaving a church in a... Continue Reading »
After years of prayer, pastor Jamey Collins was thrilled to see God open a door at Jamestown Baptist Church in Conway. He and his wife, Paula, had been praying for 18 years for an opportunity to move to the... Continue Reading »
The numbers are staggering — 19 dead, thousands of homes with sodden floors and walls, hundreds of roads and bridges impassable — but the story emerging from the floods that devastated Columbia and other areas of South Carolina in... Continue Reading »
Apalache Baptist Church, Greer, recognized Doris Hodge, who recently retired after 40 years of service as Sunday school teacher in the children’s department, during morning worship on Aug. 30. Sunday school director Ken Wilson (left) presented a commemorative plaque... Continue Reading »
Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church, Union, honored pastor Carrol Caldwell and his wife, Audrey, on Oct. 25 in observance of Pastor Appreciation Day. The Caldwells have been at Padgett’s Creek for 11 years, and he has served in pastoral ministry... Continue Reading »
First Baptist Church of Clover celebrated its 125th anniversary Oct. 4 with a homecoming celebration. Former pastor of 30 years Dave Stanford delivered the message in the newly renovated sanctuary. Other speakers included George Jones, the great-grandson of church... Continue Reading »
Greenville First Baptist Church has withdrawn from the South Carolina Baptist Convention. In May, the church adopted a nondiscriminatory policy that would allow gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgendered people not only to be members of the church, but to... Continue Reading »
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Springfield has embraced a long-term missions partnership with the people of India, sending annual teams to serve alongside a multiplying church in India, leading to new relationships with local Indians at work in the... Continue Reading »
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