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When its copier was repossessed, Powdersville First Baptist Church believed the end was near. The remaining members drew up papers turning the church’s property over to the next-door neighbors. Former members heard the news and started returning, praying for... Continue Reading »
Chad Poole was diagnosed with ALS 11 years ago. Today, he uses a power wheelchair equipped with a device that allows him to express his words since he is unable to speak. He and his wife, Erin, raised $7,000... Continue Reading »
You’re the pastor, and you suspect that one of your deacons — a respected family man and a person of some influence in your church — is abusing his wife. You’ve seen some warning signs, but you can’t be... Continue Reading »
In “Open for Business: Getting the Church Back on Solid Ground” (Courier Publishing, 2015), Brett Aiken poses a piercing question for anyone who would take up his cross and follow Christ: In our myriad and increasingly complex ways of... Continue Reading »
(Updated Aug. 31, 2015 to include the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina among the South Carolina Baptist Convention institutions that currently receive Cooperative Program funding.) A committee charged with developing a master plan for the future cooperative work of... Continue Reading »
Jerry C. White, former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was honored recently for 50 years of service in the preaching ministry. In 1965, White accepted God’s call to ministry at age 13 at Piedmont Baptist Church near... Continue Reading »
For 15 years, members of Deer Park Baptist Church in North Charleston have supplied hot and tired families with free lunch on move-in day at Charleston Southern University. According to the volunteers, church member Bob Ketchem is the driving... Continue Reading »
The second oldest Baptist organization in the South was on the brink of shutting its doors if something didn’t happen soon. Euhaw Baptist Church in Ridgeland, S.C., formed 331 years ago, had experienced internal friction over the past couple... Continue Reading »
In May, First Baptist Church of Greenville, already known as a more liberal church, took a step even more to the left when it agreed on a nondiscriminatory policy that would allow gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgendered people not... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention has asked a Greenville church to either reverse its decision to open marriage ceremonies, church membership and ordination to homosexuals or withdraw from the state convention. First Baptist Church, whose pastor in 1845 was... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist AllState Choir, Orchestra, and Praise Team selects outstanding high school musicians by video audition to participate in a January 29-31 2016 weekend of training and inspiration at White Oak Conference Center. Mark Powers, Worship & Music... Continue Reading »
The Transitional Worship Pastor Ministry is available to SCBC churches needing an interim worship pastor/music director. Churches needing this help may call Mark Powers, director, SCBC Worship & Music, to receive résumés of available candidates in their region. Those... Continue Reading »
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