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Writer: Karen Hulvey, Columbia Metro Baptist Association By formal proclamation of the mayor, March 24 was William P. Dieckmann Day in the city of Columbia. It was the day Columbia Metro Baptist Association celebrated Dieckmann’s retirement after 40 years... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Convention president Keith Shorter was 229 miles from his family’s home in Easley, but he was feeling right at home at Charleston Southern University. “Four weeks ago, my granddaughter was born right across the street here,”... Continue Reading »
Spartanburg County has long been one of South Carolina’s most ethnically diverse areas of the state. Going back to the 1950s, it has been a place where people from around the world moved or resettled for work or education.... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention is accepting recommendations for persons to serve on the state denomination’s standing committees, on the boards of trustees of the convention’s institutions, and on the SCBC Executive Board. Deadlines for receiving recommendations are July... Continue Reading »
Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors will host a weekend event July 14-16 for the state’s deaf community (including parents, families, volunteers, and interested churches). The event will include entertainment, food, games, and prizes and will communicate the gospel... Continue Reading »
Dena Riley was thrilled when she and two others attended a South Carolina Baptist Convention “Heart 4 Schools” seminar last year. First Baptist Church of North Augusta, where Dena serves as director of children’s ministries, already had a relationship... Continue Reading »
Stephen Allen Aylesworth, 61, of Columbia, died Jan. 26, 2017. Born in New York, he had served as youth pastor of North Columbia Baptist Church for the past 34 years. He also volunteered with the disaster relief team of... Continue Reading »
Georgiana Haselden survived the devastating floods of 2015 that demolished her home in Hemingway. Almost exactly one year later, she faced Hurricane Matthew’s impact to the same area. Now, because of ongoing disaster relief survivor care ministry efforts in... Continue Reading »
Paul McKee, a missions ministry consultant for Spartanburg County Baptist Network for the last 10 years, has been named director of missions for the network. He succeeds Jim Goodroe, who retired after serving as director of missions since 2000.... Continue Reading »
The Baptist Courier garnered five prizes recently from the South Carolina Press Association. The awards, which recognized work published in 2016, were announced March 18 in Columbia. The Courier’s June issue, with a cover story on Clemson University head... Continue Reading »
Courier Publishing has partnered with Connie Maxwell Children’s Home to reprint “Someone Held My Hand,” a collection of uplifting stories by alumni and friends of the 125-year-old Baptist-affiliated institution based in Greenwood. With the latest reprint, more than 17,000... Continue Reading »
Spend a few minutes across a table from Gene and Lisa Fant, and you’ll appreciate that humor is part of the equation in getting to know North Greenville University’s new first couple. Ask about his earliest childhood memories of... Continue Reading »
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