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Cooperative Program gifts from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches are $250,408 ahead of last year’s pace but 4.44 percent below budgeted needs through the first three months of 2016. Through March, churches forwarded $6,808,525 to the SCBC, $316,474 short... Continue Reading »
Harold Patrick Perry, 81, of Simpsonville, died March 10, 2016. Born in Monticello, Ga., he was a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Furman University. He served as pastor of churches in Greenville and in Kentucky for 23... Continue Reading »
Cynthia Denise Morris, 55, former director of the Childhood Ministry Group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died March 27, 2016, in Ocean Springs, Miss., from complications related to diabetes. Morris served the SCBC from 1996-2014. She was a... Continue Reading »
Richard F. Burgess, 83, of Marietta, died April 10, 2016. Born in Pickens County, he served as a minister prior to his retirement, and was a member of Cox Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Callie C. Anderson... Continue Reading »
Most of us were shocked when we saw the video of orange-clad Coptic Christians kneeling in their last moments just before being beheaded by ISIS. We were alarmed when we heard about the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapping... Continue Reading »
For Christian music recording artist Laura Story, ministry is a family affair. “I travel doing music, and the kids are able to travel with me,” she said. “Even though that is so different from the way I grew up,... Continue Reading »
After lengthy and often passionate debate over the future of White Oak Conference Center near Winnsboro, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly to “authorize the Properties Committee [of the board] to work with the... Continue Reading »
Some of the nation’s most well-known preachers will gather in suburban Washington, D.C., May 17-19 for the 25th annual session of the National Conference on Preaching, sponsored by the College of Christian Studies at Anderson University and Preaching magazine.... Continue Reading »
Registration for the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s 2016 SummerSalt was sold out in early March, a record for the summer youth camp. Staff members anticipate 3,000 students will attend this year’s camps, held at White Oak Conference Center near... Continue Reading »
North Greenville University will present “The Dynamics of Church Conflicts and Avoiding Forced Termination” April 20 at 12:15 p.m. The event is free to the public and will be held in the Craft/Hemphill building. Monty Hale, director of pastoral... Continue Reading »
Charleston Southern University students and athletic program were honored at the Campus Compact Civic Engagement Leadership Summit and Awards Ceremony, hosted at the Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership on campus April 8. The Charleston Southern University baseball program received... 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. The deadline for receiving recommendations is... Continue Reading »
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