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In this 500th-anniversary year of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, a Baptist seminary professor will deliver a lecture on Martin Luther April 11 at North Greenville University. Open to the public and starting at 7 p.m. at the... Continue Reading »
The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina has voted to establish a formal partnership with Clamp Divinity School at Anderson University. Clamp Divinity School will be the designated center for graduate theological education for the 1,100 predominantly... Continue Reading »
Whatever you call it — Sunday school, life groups, Bible study, or a name unique to your own congregation — the gathering together of people in small groups is central to the process of producing mature and effective disciples... Continue Reading »
From the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s, Southern Baptists lived on the cutting edge of church growth, primarily by growing strong and evangelistic Sunday schools. Today we are viewed as a denomination in decline, with decreases in baptisms, worship attendance,... Continue Reading »
Jim Goodroe, director of missions for Spartanburg County Baptist Network since 2000, will retire Feb. 28. He formerly pastored Camden and Sumter First Baptist churches. He was a Baptist Courier trustee for five years and served as chairman. He... Continue Reading »
Thomas Harn Westmoreland, 91, of Columbia, known to generations of South Carolina Baptists as the founding director of the state convention’s music department, died Dec. 23, 2016. Born Jan. 28, 1925, in Greenville, he attended Berry College... Continue Reading »
William Minor “Bill” Page Jr., 96, of Greenville, died Dec. 15, 2016. Born in Spartanburg, he served as pastor for 32 years at Friendship Baptist Church, Pauline, and 29 years at Mauldin First Baptist Church, where he was a... Continue Reading »
John Roosevelt Johnson, 84, of Charleston, died Dec. 21, 2016. Born in Charleston, he retired from the Army after 20 years of service as a master sergeant. He then earned a master of divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist... Continue Reading »
Cecil N. Johnson, 76, of Lancaster, died Jan. 3, 2017. Born in Shelby, N.C., he earned a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored churches in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, serving the longest... Continue Reading »
Jack S.W. Ellenburg, 80, of Anderson, died Dec. 14, 2016. Born in Greenville, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force and earned a B.A. degree from Furman University, an M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an... Continue Reading »
Charles Edward Castles, 66, of Amelia, Ohio, died Dec. 24, 2016. He grew up in Greenville and earned a B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina and an M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored Calvary... Continue Reading »
Huford Chatman Cash, 94, of Pelzer, died Dec. 10, 2016. Born in Chesnee, he was a Baptist minister for 58 years, pastoring seven churches in the area. During his later years, he did evangelistic and interim pastoral work. Survivors... Continue Reading »
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