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Cliff Satterwhite, a familiar face to thousands of South Carolina Baptists after 50 years of denominational leadership, retired May 15. Satterwhite began his ministry in churches as a youth and recreation minister and later served as campus minister at... Continue Reading »
The GuideStone hospitality room at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting has been reserved as a prayer room for South Carolina messengers attending this year’s convention. The room will be available June 11 at 9:15 p.m. following Monday’s pre-convention... Continue Reading »
Record number of students officially become alumni Thousands gathered on the Anderson University Alumni Lawn as a record number of graduates participated in 2018 commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 12. The total included about 450 receiving undergraduate degrees, with... Continue Reading »
Jay Strack graduated from (then) Baptist College of Charleston in 1975 Charleston Southern University bestowed an honorary doctorate of Christian leadership degree upon Jay Strack, president and founder of Student Leadership University, at commencement ceremonies May 5 at North... Continue Reading »
Earl Lewers, 79, of Greenville, who led his church in the late 1970s to become the first African-American congregation to join the Greenville Baptist Association, died May 26, 2018. Lewers was a pastor for 42 years and retired in... Continue Reading »
James Paul Rodgers, 84, of Anderson, died April 16, 2018. He retired in 1996 after serving for 28 years as minister of music at Anderson First Baptist Church. Born in Florida, he graduated from Stetson University in 1955, served... Continue Reading »
Milbra Ruth Franklin Reese, 81, of Columbia, died April 16, 2018. In addition to two nursing degrees, she earned a master of divinity degree and was a staff chaplain at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital for six years. Survivors include... Continue Reading »
Jack Reid Burnette, 81, of Conway, died Feb. 2, 2018. The first 10 years of his ministry were in Colorado and North Dakota under a program with the Home Mission Board called “Tent Makers.” He served as a Baptist... Continue Reading »
Lacey Emmett Browder, 78, of St. Stephen, died April 25, 2018. A native of Salters, in Williamsburg County, he accepted the call to ministry in 1971 and attended Anderson Junior College (now Anderson University). He served South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »
Charleston Southern University announced the winner of the College Tuition Giveaway in partnership with HIS Radio on May 14. Ashley Shaw of Anderson won a full year of college tuition at CSU. Her father, Doug Hoard, nominated his daughter... Continue Reading »
Ryan Neal assumes responsibilities June 1 Ryan Neal, assistant provost and professor of Christian studies at Anderson University, is the school’s new provost, AU officials announced May 14. Neal assumes his new responsibilities on June 1 with the retirement... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention will meet later this year, Nov. 13-14, and for the first time in many years we are having the meetings in Charleston. Personally, even though I am from Charleston, I believe having the meetings... Continue Reading »
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