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A veteran state denominational business executive has been tapped to lead Connie Maxwell Children’s Home until a new president can be found. James Wright, who was chief financial officer for the South Carolina Baptist Convention for 13 years and... Continue Reading »
Forgiveness, love, hope mark Townville community after fatal school shooting When the alert sounded Sept. 28 from Kyle Caudell’s scanner of an active shooter at Townville Elementary School, his first thought was that it must be a drill. Because... Continue Reading »
Bob and Phyllis Deaton will be officially honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual meeting of the Spartanburg County Baptist Network, which will meet Nov. 6 at Covenant Baptist Church in Spartanburg. Pictured with the Deatons is... Continue Reading »
Chris Neuenschwander, a business professor at Anderson University, has been named the recipient of the Christian Business Faculty Association’s Teaching Award for 2016. The award was established to perpetuate Christlike teaching and to recognize Christian business faculty members who... Continue Reading »
Pastors Bart Kelley and Marshall Blalock will be nominated for president-elect of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the denomination’s annual meeting Nov. 15-16 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia. The president-elect will serve a one-year term and... Continue Reading »
Bivocational ministry may be the new normal. More and more, congregations and ministers are seeing the advantages of this style of ministry. For some, bivocational ministry is born of financial necessity; for others, it is a deliberate commitment without... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program gifts received by the South Carolina Baptist Convention continue to run ahead of last year’s pace, according to information released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer. At the three-quarter mark for fiscal 2016, churches had forwarded... Continue Reading »
Bryant Sims, pastor of First Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood, will be nominated for first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when church messengers convene Nov. 15-16 in Columbia for their annual meeting. Sims, who currently... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Executive Board adopted a $28.5 million budget for 2017 at its one-day fall board meeting Oct. 18 in Columbia. The board meeting was rescheduled from Oct. 10-11 because of a statewide focus on disaster... Continue Reading »
Donna Thompson, a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Blythewood, has been added to a group of nominees who will be considered as trustees for the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina when messengers to the South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »
Writer: Josie Rabbit Dwight Herring didn’t know the men and women standing next to him as they prepared to make the drive from Greenwood, S.C., across the state to Florence, S.C., on Oct. 14 to serve Hurricane Matthew survivors.... Continue Reading »
Two other Palmetto State churches included on top-100 list Twenty Southern Baptist congregations are among the 2016 top 100 fastest growing and largest participating churches in the U.S., with NewSpring Church in Anderson, S.C., ranking highest in both categories... Continue Reading »
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