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When Izabella McMillon was a young child in Communist Romania, a pastor in a secret church she attended told her one day God was going to do something big with her, but for the moment she needed to be... Continue Reading »
Updated Nov. 10, 10:30 a.m. Editor’s note: Messengers to the 2015 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Nov. 10 approved a motion from the SCBC Executive Board that Augusta Heights Baptist Church “be disaffiliated from the South... Continue Reading »
On Sunday morning, Oct. 4, Rosewood Baptist Church pastor Bob Morgan and a few lay leaders met to check the church building following overnight flooding. Morning services were cancelled, and the group tended to minor leaks and reinforced other... Continue Reading »
Five years ago, Central Baptist Church in Gaffney was a completely different church than what it is today. Its fractured congregation struggled with financial debt from a building project, a painful experience with former leadership, and declining attendance. Today,... Continue Reading »
A Nov. 12 panel discussion at North Greenville University will explore “Evangelical Preaching in Contemporary Culture.” The event will be held from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the university’s Craft/Hemphill Building. Panelists will include Marcus Buckley, pastor of Riverside... Continue Reading »
The 2015 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will honor paid church ministerial staff with 50 years or more service at the Tuesday evening session, Nov. 10, at First Baptist Church, Spartanburg. A story appearing in the... Continue Reading »
The numbers are staggering — 19 dead, thousands of homes with sodden floors and walls, hundreds of roads and bridges impassable — but the story emerging from the floods that devastated Columbia and other areas of South Carolina in... Continue Reading »
Baptist Courier editor Rudy Gray will be giving away signed copies of his latest book, “You Can Live Until You Die,” at the upcoming annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Gray says some people stop living long... Continue Reading »
When South Carolina Baptists gather for their annual meeting Nov. 10-11 at Spartanburg First Baptist Church, they will choose a president and — for the first time — a president-elect. Meeting under this year’s banner, “Tell the Story,” messengers... Continue Reading »
Keith Shorter, pastor of Mt. Airy Baptist Church in Easley, will be nominated for president-elect of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the state convention’s upcoming annual meeting. Shorter, 55, is the first person to be nominated for an... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board has signaled its desire to move past a controversy surrounding the sudden departure of North Greenville University president Jimmy Epting earlier this year. The move came after a series of meetings between... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board members assembled at White Oak Conference Center Oct. 13 learned that the state convention’s conference facility near Winnsboro needs at least $4 million worth of maintenance work. “Our convention’s fund balance is at... Continue Reading »
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