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SCBC Executive Board holds Dec. meeting, elects officers

Tommy Kelly, pastor of Varnville First Baptist Church, was elected chairman of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the board’s Dec. 7 winter meeting in Columbia. Kelly, who served as SCBC president in 2015, will... Continue Reading »

‘Never give up,’ Gov. McMaster tells NGU graduates

North Greenville University celebrated fall graduation on a snowy Saturday morning, Dec. 9, at Turner Chapel. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster addressed the more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral candidates. McMaster encouraged the graduates to “never give up”... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Mildred Lancaster

Mildred Dorothy Wood Lancaster, 95, of Fountain Inn, widow of pastor Leon Lewis Lancaster, died Nov. 4, 2017. Born in Simpsonville, she was a music director and Sunday school teacher at churches where her husband served as a pastor.... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Donald R. Royster

Donald R. Royster, 85, of Orangeburg, died Oct. 31, 2017. Born in Shelby, N.C., he joined the National Guard at age 14 and two years later he was inducted into the United States Air Force. He served in both... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Charles L. Hattaway Sr.

Charles Lamar Hattaway Sr., of Florence, died on his 87th birthday, Oct. 11, 2017. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Columbia Bible College, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Reginal A. Hill

Reginal A. Hill died July 27, 2017, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens. He pastored churches in Virginia and South Carolina prior to his appointment as a missionary by the International Mission Board. As a church planter,... Continue Reading »

AU presents Pastor of the Year awards

Anderson University presented its annual Pastor of the Year awards Nov. 6 at the South Carolina Baptist Pastors Conference. Pictured, from left: Johnny McDaniel, pastor of Greenwood Baptist Church in Florence Association (who received the award for churches with... Continue Reading »

Blalock’s vision for S.C. Baptists: ‘Building Bridges’

When newly installed South Carolina Baptist Convention president Marshall Blalock speaks of “Building Bridges,” his theme for the coming year, the reference is more than a metaphor. On Sunday evening, June 21, 2015 — four days after a white... Continue Reading »

Pastors Conference homes in on theme of ‘Renewal’

Church leaders gathered at Shandon Baptist Church Nov. 6 for the annual South Carolina Baptist Pastors Conference. Bruce Price, pastor of Buffalo Baptist Church in Blacksburg and president of this year’s Pastors Conference, developed the conference theme of “Renewal”... Continue Reading »

‘Meditations of a Sparrow’ offers poetic reflections on God’s care

Karen Green, of Anderson, has published her first book of poetry: “Meditations of a Sparrow: Psalms for the Modern Age.” “Meditations” is scheduled for release by Courier Publishing in early December in both hardback ($17.95) and softback ($13.95) versions.... Continue Reading »

Cynthia Winker publishes 4th novel

Cynthia Winkler, a mystery and crime author who writes from a Christian worldview, has produced her fourth novel, “You Did Not Weep: The Woman in the Grave.” Available in hardback ($25.95), paperback ($19.95) and e-book ($5.95) formats, “You Did... Continue Reading »

Author honors late grandfather with WWII memoir

It is the spring of 1944. Blace Davis has no thought of fighting in the war. After all, he is a man with dependents — a wife and six children, with a seventh on the way. But then everything... Continue Reading »