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Tucker opens Congressional session with prayer

Tom Tucker, senior pastor of Sisk Memorial Baptist Church in Fort Mill, gave the opening prayer for the April 22 session of the United States House of Representatives. The tradition of ministers praying to open House sessions dates to... Continue Reading »

Children’s book features animals from the Bible

A new illustrated children’s book, “God’s Amazing Creation from A-Z” (2015, Courier Publishing, 96 pages, $15.95) offers a Scripture-based phonetic approach to reading, using animals mentioned in the Scripture as learning aids. Author Anita Dickard “has discovered the rich... Continue Reading »

Mike Baker’s ‘Wilderness Living’ targets men’s hearts

Mike Baker has worn many hats — music minister, IMB worker, director of missions — but no hat is more comfortable than the one he wears when he’s outdoors, reveling in the beauty and bounty of God’s creation. An... Continue Reading »

Dickard wins academic, leadership awards at Southwestern Seminary

Daniel Dickard, a native of South Carolina, has received the 2015 LifeWay Pastoral Leadership Award and the G.R. and Jessie Klempnauer Memorial Academic Award at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The LifeWay award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement... Continue Reading »

Tommy Kelly

President’s Perspective: Senior adults are an untapped resource

Since being elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, I have had the privilege of speaking in nine different South Carolina Baptist churches. These congregations vary in size, location and economic background, yet they all possess a valuable... Continue Reading »

Women experience community evangelism at GO Conference

The 2015 GO Conference was held April 17-18 at First Baptist Church, Spartanburg. Women from across the state were invited to learn new ministry and evangelism tools, then immediately put them to use in the local community. “The focus... Continue Reading »

Annie Eveleigh named director of advancement at SCBMA

Annie K. Eveleigh has joined the staff of South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging as director of advancement. She comes to SCBMA with almost 20 years of experience in nonprofit fund development. She is a native of Columbia... Continue Reading »

New website helps South Carolina Baptists reach international people groups in their own backyard

It is difficult for someone to have the opportunity to hear the gospel when no one knows they exist. Southern Baptists have been successful in efforts to comb abroad for unreached people groups. The International Mission Board has made... Continue Reading »

At CSU, Dockery advocates rebuilding community on Christian campuses

David Dockery, president of Trinity International University, was the speaker for the annual Lens conference at Charleston Southern University, hosted by the Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership. Dockery, speaking on spiritual, theological and character formation, said one of the... Continue Reading »

World’s unreached people groups can be found right here in South Carolina

An event designed to identify and engage unreached people groups in South Carolina was held March 26-28 in Columbia. Jeff Dunson, of the International Mission Board’s American peoples affinity group, coached 53 participants to understand and identify unreached people... Continue Reading »

State Cooperative Program giving trails budget

Through the first three months of 2015, giving from South Carolina Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program was nearly 8 percent below budgeted needs but slightly ahead of last year’s giving pace. Through March 2015, churches forwarded $6,558,117.66 in... Continue Reading »

Pastor, where do you find encouragement?

In a world where the majority of churches across the Southern Baptist Convention are plateaued or declining, where even faithful church members’ attendance is spotty, where congregations bog down in debates about things that don’t matter (like the carpet... Continue Reading »