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The South Carolina Baptist Convention has pledged to send a $1 million year-end gift to the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention at a time when the missionary-sending organization has announced a reduction in its worldwide force... Continue Reading »
Citing increasing regulatory requirements and a decline in financial support, officials of Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center have voted to sell the 56-year-old facility. The camp is jointly owned by Greenville and Three Rivers Baptist associations and is... Continue Reading »
Tony Crouch has been named director of missions for Woodruff Baptist Association. The Greenwood native formerly served as pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Kinards and Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church in Laurens. Crouch attended the University of South Carolina... Continue Reading »
Three new books from Courier Publishing focus on the biblical promise of life to be found in the love and person of Jesus Christ, even as they do so from different approaches. In “You Can Live Until You Die,”... Continue Reading »
Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community recently turned 30 years old. The occasion prompted a feature story in the Laurens County Advertiser. The newspaper reported that Martha Franks’ residents said the 55-acre campus elicits a “sense of coming home.” “Just... Continue Reading »
Cory Singleton, pictured with his mom, Connie, was only 5 months old when he attended his first South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting 40 years ago, as documented in the Nov. 27, 1975, issue of The Baptist Courier. Today,... Continue Reading »
Writers: Butch Blume & Scott Vaughan In a two-day meeting imbued with a sense of urgency for a return to personal evangelism, South Carolina Baptists gathered for their 195th annual meeting Nov. 10-11 at Spartanburg First Baptist Church under... Continue Reading »
Messengers at the SCBC annual meeting adopted a $28.6 million budget that is unchanged from last year but, if met, will send $1.13 million in supplemental funds directly to the International Mission Board. With anticipated Cooperative Program gifts of... Continue Reading »
Churches are reminded that the South Carolina Baptist Convention will close its 2015 financial records on Jan. 7, 2016. The following will be counted as 2015 contributions: Hand-delivered contributions received by the close of business on Dec. 31. Electronic... Continue Reading »
John Williamson, pastor of Ridgeway First Baptist Church, has published his ninth book, “Luther’s Hammer: A Concise History of the Protestant Reformation.” With the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation coming in 2017, Williamson’s book chronicles the events leading... Continue Reading »
On Thursday, Dec. 10, North Greenville University will hold its December graduation ceremony at Turner Chapel, featuring guest speaker Rev. Randy Harling. Harling currently serves as president of Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood, S.C. Prior to his tenure... Continue Reading »
Pastors should see themselves as “lead missionaries” within their churches, and churches must be more diligent in one-on-one relationships toward a goal of making disciples. That was the spirit of a panel discussion, featuring five South Carolina Baptist pastors,... Continue Reading »
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