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NGU alumni and friend honored at Alumni Connect event

NGU alumni gathered at the fall Alumni Connect event at the Cannon Centre in Greer on Oct. 11. Four North Greenville University alumni and friend were honored by the university’s alumni association during an awards ceremony. Nathan Bramsen (’07),... Continue Reading »

SCBC resolutions address racial reconciliation, sports betting

South Carolina Baptist Convention messengers approved resolutions Nov. 14 ranging from opposition to the legalization of marijuana to support for religious liberty. Click here to read full-text versions of the resolutions. Appreciation Messengers expressed appreciation to pastor Augustus “Robbie”... Continue Reading »

Greenwood pastor Bryant Sims leads 2019 SCBC officers

Bryant Sims, pastor of First Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood, heads a slate of officers who will lead the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 2019. Sims, who served for the past 12 months as president-elect, officially assumed the... Continue Reading »

Pastors Conference attendees gather under banner of ‘Faithful to the End’

When the doors of the chapel at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston opened on Nov. 12 for the South Carolina Baptist Pastors Conference, pastors from all over the state gathered to worship, fellowship and receive encouragement.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University honors 4 with Pastor of the Year awards

Anderson University presented its annual Pastor of the Year awards Monday evening, Nov. 12, at the 2018 South Carolina Baptist Pastors Conference. The awards serve to recognize “the unique high calling of the pastorate,” according to an AU news... Continue Reading »

SCBC messengers address budget, bylaws in opening session

Messengers to the 198th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Tuesday morning adopted a $28 million Cooperative Program budget and approved a bylaw change that requires prospective trustees and Executive Board members as well as their churches... Continue Reading »

AU dean named president of Evangelical Homiletics Society

Michael Duduit, dean of the Clamp Divinity School and College of Christian Studies at Anderson University, became president of the Evangelical Homiletics Society at its recent annual meeting in New Orleans, La. EHS is an academic society with more... Continue Reading »

Church Revitalization: Danny Burnley has a ‘heart for struggling churches’

In his trips around the state and into Georgia as a church revitalization consultant — his odometer ticked more than 2,600 miles in September alone — Danny Burnley has seen more than his share of churches torn apart because... Continue Reading »

Church Revitalization: SC’s population growing, but Baptist churches aren’t

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 »

SCBC messengers to worship at historic African-American church

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 »

Schrieffer honored by S.C. Baptist Foundation for legacy gift

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 »

New apologetics book released by NGU staff members

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 »