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Henderson Baptist honors longtime Sunday school teacher

Henderson Baptist Church, Gray Court, honored Mary Dunn (center) during homecoming services in August. She has taught Sunday school for 62 years, 60 of which have been at Henderson. The class that she currently teaches was named in her... Continue Reading »

Holly Springs honors members for perfect Sunday school attendance

Holly Springs Baptist Church, Pickens, recently honored Darlene Cassell (center) for 43 years of perfect Sunday school attendance, and Donald Davis (right) for 48 years. Pictured with Cassell and Davis is pastor Barry Dilworth.

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Bethel women craft items for children, mothers

The women of the WMU group from Bethel Baptist Church in Lake Wylie have been working on several projects. They made more than 345 pillowcase dresses for children in Appalachia and baby kits for the Pregnancy Crisis Center of... Continue Reading »

Shiloh Baptist Church

Shiloh Church in Marietta celebrates centennial

Shiloh Baptist Church in Marietta celebrated its 100th anniversary Aug. 23 with 174 worshipers present at the morning service. Randy Bradley, director of missions for Three Rivers Baptist Association, brought the message, and Eastern Sky provided music. Dinner followed... Continue Reading »

Karla Lavender

Lavender retires as Gaffney First Baptist’s children’s minister

Karla Buhl Lavender, minister of activities and children at Gaffney First Baptist Church, retired Aug. 31 after 37 years of service to the church. She was honored at a special service Aug. 9 and was named Minister of Activities... Continue Reading »

Brown’s Chapel mission team ministers in Idaho

The Idaho mission team from Brown’s Chapel Baptist Church, Pacolet, traveled to Driggs, Idaho, in July. They worked with North American Mission Board cowboy church planters David and Sue Kite at a rodeo for young people at Teton Valley... Continue Reading »

Revitalization of once-dying church is ‘Lazarus story’

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 »

Locust Hill Church surprises member with transport van

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 »

A Call to Men to Confront Domestic Violence

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 »

Author Brett Aiken: Is your church really ‘Open for Business’?

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 »

SCBC Future Vision Committee: Keep less money in state, send more to international missions

(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 White honored for 50 years of ministry

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 »