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Metz named VP for enrollment at CSU

George Metz, dean of the School of Education, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Charleston Southern University, effective March 1. Metz has been at Charleston Southern since 2013. He was previously a professor of education at... Continue Reading »

Lexington Association celebrates 20 years with DOM Johnny Rumbough

Director of missions Johnny Rumbough has served Lexington Baptist Association for 20 years, and the anniversary was celebrated during a March executive committee meeting. Association staff, board members and other ministry partners shared meaningful words and presented Rumbough with... Continue Reading »

Loving ‘the People Nobody Wants’

Grant and Amber Hinson forsake comfort and security to live among the residents of Countryside mobile home park Imagine quitting your job, putting your roomy home up for sale, paring down your possessions by way of a yard sale,... Continue Reading »

‘Her Way’: How a daughter of the Palmetto State ‘blazed the missions trail’ in the antebellum South

Before there was Lottie Moon, Annie Armstrong or Woman’s Missionary Union, there was Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend, who overcame the societal constraints and paternalistic attitudes of her day to found the South’s first missionary society in 1811. In “Her Way:... Continue Reading »

South Carolinians among graduates at New Orleans Seminary

Two students with South Carolina ties earned degrees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in December. Marshall Locke, of Holly Hill, earned a master of divinity degree; and Sonja Myers, of Rowesville, earned a master of divinity degree with... Continue Reading »

Littleton named foster care director at Connie Maxwell

Rhonda Littleton, formerly minister of children at Simpsonville First Baptist Church, has joined Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood as foster care director. CMCH president Randy Harling called Littleton a “champion of children” and noted her previous experience in... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists’ CP giving up slightly in 2015

Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches increased in 2015, marking back-to-back years of modest growth. Churches forwarded $27,988,055.32 in CP gifts in 2015, an increase of $362,646.25 (1.31 percent) over 2014, according to information released by... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Keith Stephens

Timmy Keith Stephens, 33, of Duncan, died Feb. 5, 2016. He previously served as pastor of Reedy Fork Baptist Church, Converse Baptist Church, and as youth minister at Browns Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Price Stephens,... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Harold A. Shirley

Harold A. Shirley, 87, of St. Petersburg, Fla., founding pastor of NewKirk Baptist Church in Rock Hill, died Jan. 23, 2016. Born in Meridian, Miss., he graduated from Samford University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as a... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Willie Honea

Willie Adolphus Honea, 86, of Liberty, died Feb. 2, 2016, at the Hospice House in Anderson. Born in Westminster, he was a graduate of Anderson College and later attended Furman University and Erskine College. He also served in the... Continue Reading »

Obituary: David C. Hayes

David C. Hayes, 48, of Monroe, N.C., died Jan. 26, 2016. He served as senior pastor at Gowensville First Baptist Church in Landrum, and also churches in Texas and North Carolina, most recently as executive pastor of Hopewell Baptist... Continue Reading »

Obituary: George R. Hamer

George Raymon Hamer, 84, of Travelers Rest, died Jan. 13, 2016. A native of Carrollton, Texas, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of Korea and a retired Southern Baptist pastor, having served at Cross Plains, Cox Chapel, and... Continue Reading »