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South Carolina ranks 7th in the nation in population growth per square mile and is growing over three times faster than the national average. Nineteen of the state’s 46 counties are in the top 25 percent of the fastest-growing... Continue Reading »
The 198th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will be held Nov. 13-14 in Charleston. Marshall Blalock, pastor of Charleston First Baptist Church and current SCBC president, will preside. The theme is “Building Bridges.” Business sessions will... Continue Reading »
From the editor: As we were preparing to go to press with the November issue of The Courier, we were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Daniel Inabinet on Oct. 11, just one week after we interviewed... Continue Reading »
Mary Melle “Met” Burgess Schrieffer recently accepted the South Carolina Baptist Foundation’s Lonnie H. Shull Jr. Legacy Award for her and her late husband’s (George Alan Schrieffer’s) support of the foundation through the establishment of legacy gifts. Her husband... Continue Reading »
Two North Greenville University apologists have teamed up to write “Life Answers: Making Sense of Your World.” Tony Beam, vice president for student life and Christian worldview, and Alex McFarland, director of the center for apologetics and Christian worldview,... Continue Reading »
Meeting missionaries, decorating maracas and eating hamburgers were highlights of “Shake It Up,” a Sept. 22 missions event for Girls in Action and Children in Action at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood. More than 200 children and their... Continue Reading »
Jay Hardwick, a church-planting team leader for the South Carolina Baptist Convention for the past two years, has been named associate executive director and chief strategist for the state denomination. Gary Hollingsworth, SCBC executive director-treasurer, said Hardwick “is the... Continue Reading »
Matt Freeman has been named associate director of worship and discipleship for the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Formerly worship leader at Mill City Church in West Columbia, a congregation he helped plant in 2012, Freeman began his work with... Continue Reading »
Thomas “Spencer” LeGrand Sr., 84, of Greenville, died Sept. 25, 2018. A native of Lee County, he was a graduate of Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as a pastor in North Carolina and Virginia before... Continue Reading »
Kenneth Wayne Kirkland, 54, of Aiken, died Sept. 15, 2018. He served five years as missions director for Impact Ministries International and was associate pastor of Impact Ministries Cowboy Church for two years. He also was self-employed as a... Continue Reading »
Harold Norman Kirkland, 87, of Sumter, died Sept. 27, 2018. Born in Allendale County, he was a graduate of Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His pastorates included First Baptist Church of Wagener and First Baptist Church of... Continue Reading »
Francis “Frank” Joseph Banas, 70, of Bonneau, died Sept. 28, 2018. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, he served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War era and later earned a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist... Continue Reading »
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