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CSU MFuge Campers

MFuge teens impact Charleston area through service

Charleston Southern University hosted 3,500 teens this summer who positively impacted the Charleston region. MFuge is a LifeWay camp designed to teach students to serve. “CSU is pleased to continue a partnership with MFuge — a partnership we launched... Continue Reading »

Martha Franks revival

Martha Franks residents hold revival services

Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens recently held its first revival services in more than five years. Visiting ministers and choirs came to “enrich the services and involve the surrounding community,” according to Lisa Yarber, marketing director.

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S.C. Baptist universities say goodbye to grads

South Carolina’s three Southern Baptist-affiliated universities awarded a total of 1,225 undergraduate and graduate degrees during spring commencement ceremonies in May. At Anderson University on May 4, 325 graduates braved chilly morning temperatures for the school’s annual outdoor service... Continue Reading »

Call for nominations for SCBC boards, committees

South Carolina Baptists are encouraged to nominate qualified persons to serve on the standing committees and the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, as well as the boards of the SCBC’s seven affiliated institutions. If you wish... Continue Reading »

NGU work site

Carpenters for Christ return North Greenville’s hospitality

“Go ye into all the world” is the mission of Carpenters for Christ. The volunteer members of this national mission organization take that biblical principle seriously and literally. Carpenters for Christ donate their knowledge of construction to help out... Continue Reading »

Fuge flag

NGU hosts LifeWay’s Fuge camps

North Greenville University is working with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention to host Fuge camps this summer. Camps began June 10 and will conclude July 27, said Steve Crouse, vice president for campus ministries. “We anticipate... Continue Reading »

North Greenville students bring home broadcasting awards

At the recent 2013 National Religious Broadcasters Convention and Exposition held in Nashville, Tenn., several student awards were awarded to North Greenville University mass communication students. “I commend these aspiring Christian media professionals for their excellent work,” said NRB... Continue Reading »

India visit

India Partnership Experiences — At Home and Abroad

Editor’s note: Some of the names in this story have been changed for security purposes. A short-term volunteer team from the Upstate went to Delhi, India, recently as part of an ongoing South Carolina Baptist Convention partnership with that... Continue Reading »

Phone ministry

Retirees launch TV/telephone ministry

Writer: Dina Hair A ministry that began after a simple prayer is becoming a God-sized ministry at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens, and it is having a positive effect on people from all across North America. I... Continue Reading »

Martha Franks presentation

Retirement residents support Mother’s Day Offering

Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community residents and staff raised $4,648 for the Mother’s Day Offering, a scholarship fund of South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging. Chaplain Russell Dean organizes the annual in-gathering at Martha Franks, where residents and... Continue Reading »

Radebaugh

Christ-centered Bucs program resurges

Writer: Zeke Beam Charleston Southern University’s men’s basketball program has been rebuilt — in more ways than one. This past season, the Buccaneers claimed their first Big South regular-season title in 26 years and reached the postseason for only... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board

Discipleship, pastoral health on Executive Board agenda

At its spring meeting, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention celebrated a supplemental gift from South Carolina Baptists to the International Mission Board and heard reports from the state’s ministry partners. Executive Board members conducted the... Continue Reading »