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Evelyn Nelson Smith - Tucapau

Tucapau honors Evelyn Nelson Smith

Tucapau Baptist Church, Startex, honored Evelyn Nelson Smith on March 30 for 30 years as church secretary. The congregation presented her with a gift and held a retirement reception in her honor. Pictured with Smith is pastor emeritus William... Continue Reading »

Don Turner family

Round Hill Baptist Church honors pastor Don Turner

The congregation of Round Hill Baptist Church, Lexington, recently honored pastor Don Turner and his wife, Toni, with a surprise celebration and an all-expense paid trip to the Holy Land for their 18 years of service to the church.... Continue Reading »

Fousek retires after 40-year pastoral ministry

Ron Fousek retired Feb. 2 after serving more than four decades as a pastor. He completed his service at Eureka Baptist Church in Anderson, where he was pastor for eight and a half years. Previously, he pastored Shady Grove... Continue Reading »

Randy Harling

South Carolina churches observe Easter in different ways

Many churches mark the Easter season with special services, including musicals, dramas and sunrise services. We asked Courier readers to tell us about some of the ways their churches celebrate the resurrection of Christ. At Goucher Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »

Bill Pfister

Bill Pfister accepts position with Samaritan’s Purse

Bill Pfister, who served as senior pastor of Locust Hill Baptist Church in Travelers Rest for five years, has accepted a position as international regional director for Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child. He has previously served churches in North Carolina... Continue Reading »

Chris Yeargin commissioned as Army chaplain

Chris Yeargin was commissioned recently by Ridge Spring Baptist Church, Ridge Association, to serve as a chaplain in the United States Army. Yeargin, 40, who served as Ridge Spring’s pastor for seven years, is completing training at Fort Jackson,... Continue Reading »

Tony and Mary Ann Crouch

Fairview calls Tony Crouch as pastor

Tony E. Crouch has been called as pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, Kinards. He formerly served as senior pastor of Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Laurens. A graduate of Erskine Theological Seminary, Crouch has been in the ministry for more... Continue Reading »

Bryan Cox

Pastor hopes bike ride will spur churches to cooperate in evangelism

Bryan Cox believes churches can work better together to reach people for Christ, and he plans to pedal from one end of the state to the other to make his case. Cox, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »

Small, rural S.C. church typifies ‘the backbone’ of SBC, Page says

It’s fitting that Josh McClendon should pastor 200-year-old Philippi Baptist Church in quaint, rural Johnston, S.C. The 33-year-old said he senses a spiritual calling to the small-town setting. McClendon said his burden for rural communities began during his senior... Continue Reading »

Ken Howell

Men find good food, gospel at ‘The Barn’

On an unseasonably mild late afternoon in February, a setting sun expends the last of its warmth on a red barn in southern Greenville County, about five miles west of Fountain Inn. Two chattering boys toss a football near... Continue Reading »

Hebron calls Bill Greene as pastor

Bill Greene became pastor of Hebron Baptist Church in Scranton on Feb. 2. Joining him are his wife, Lila, and son, Dennis.

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Philippi Baptist Church celebrates 200 years of service

On Feb. 23, Philippi Baptist Church of Johnston celebrated 200 years since the church was organized to serve a rural area of the Johnston community. The bicentennial celebration began with the regular Sunday morning worship services by Philippi pastor... Continue Reading »