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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 »

Deer Park Baptist

Deer Park Baptist feeds bodies and souls during opening days for college students

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 »

Red Dam Baptist takes struggling historic church under its wings; welcomes Christian school

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 »

First Baptist Church of Greenville moves to the left of left

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 »

Greenville First Baptist Church’s stance on homosexuality challenged

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 »

Music: Baptist AllState seeks to double participation in teen ensembles

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 »

Is your church looking for an interim worship leader/music director?

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 »

State CP gifts trail budget needs through July

Cooperative Program gifts received from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches through July 2015 were 4.23 percent below budgeted needs for the year, according to a report released Aug. 11 by Pam Carroll, the SCBC’s chief financial officer. Churches forwarded... Continue Reading »

McCorry called to Conway as Hickory Grove’s new pastor

Denis McCorry has been called as pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Conway. He previously served as pastor of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Nichols. McCorry holds a master’s degree in theological studies from Liberty University Baptist Theological... Continue Reading »

Greenville church receives ‘work of grace’ from disaster relief volunteers

Disaster relief volunteers from across the state gathered recently to help an Upstate church in need. Grove Road Baptist Church in Greenville had not experienced a typical disaster, but it welcomed the help of generous responders trained in mud-out... Continue Reading »