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South Carolina Baptist Convention messengers on Tuesday (Nov.15) adopted a budget and approved resolutions addressing pastor fatigue, biblical illiteracy, church-school partnerships, and reaching previously unreached people groups at home and around the world. Messengers also affirmed a resolution on... Continue Reading »
Messengers from South Carolina Baptist churches are set to gather at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia Nov. 15-16 for the state convention’s annual meeting. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »
Maurice Bernard “Bobby” Morrow Jr., 87, of Gaffney, died Oct. 25, 2016. Morrow graduated from Furman University in 1951 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952-1956. He graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a master of... Continue Reading »
On Nov. 11, representatives from Southern Mutual Church Insurance Co. presented a check for $10,000 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention for disaster relief. Pictured, from left: SCBC executive director-treasurer Gary Hollingsworth, SCBC disaster relief operations manager Sue Harmon,... Continue Reading »
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 »
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