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Polished sermons and prepared Bible studies can inadvertently cause the average Christian to feel inadequate and ill-equipped to study the Scriptures themselves. The result is an ever-increasing level of biblical illiteracy in most churches and an over-dependence on preachers... Continue Reading »
Edgefield First Baptist GA girls visited Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in February. They hosted a pizza party with Valentine cookies and cheered on the residents during a basketball game. They also donated towels, washcloths and clothing.
The annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Ministry Assistants Association is slated for May 14-16 at Round Hill Baptist Church in Lexington. The meeting begins with a garden party on Thursday evening. The meeting will include seminars and... Continue Reading »
Larry and Sally* are missionaries serving in Africa. Larry, a physician, knows how important safe drinking water is. “Every day, I see and treat children and adults who are suffering from bad water,” he said. “Some end up dying.... Continue Reading »
Wayne Dickard, former South Carolina Baptist Convention president and pastor of Siloam Baptist Church in Easley, retired from the pastorate March 15, completing three decades in ministry. He plans to hold evangelism rallies, Sunday school conferences, and revival meetings... Continue Reading »
The Woman’s Missionary Union of Waccamaw Baptist Association held a children’s ministry day on Feb. 14. The children and their leaders put together 200 food packets for the homeless and participated in an interactive program to learn about what... Continue Reading »
Fred Samuel Miller Jr., 87, of West Columbia, retired pastor of Saint Andrews Baptist Church in Columbia, died Feb. 5, 2015. Born in Union, he was a graduate of Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was awarded... Continue Reading »
William Harold Killian, 92, of Taylors, a retired pastor, died Feb. 17, 2015. Born in Statesville, N.C., he received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also did post-graduate work at... Continue Reading »
Carey S. McElveen, of Lake City, a retired pastor, died Feb. 8, 2015, at the McLeod Hospice House. He pastored the following churches: Lynchburg Baptist, Scranton Baptist, Pageland First Baptist and Manning First Baptist. He also was interim pastor... Continue Reading »
Baptist Courier writers garnered three awards March 14 from the South Carolina Press Association. Editor Rudy Gray received a first-place award for “Remember to Care,” an op-ed piece published in August 2014 that recounted the tragedy of Jeffrey Baldwin,... Continue Reading »
The April 8 Chapel speaker at Charleston Southern University, D.A. Horton, an author, speaker and pastor, addressed the tension of the last few days in North Charleston regarding the killing of Walter Scott after a traffic stop by police... Continue Reading »
As Mother’s Day approaches, so does the Sunday when many churches across the South Carolina Baptist Convention receive an annual offering to directly support a few residents at two Baptist retirement facilities. The Mother’s Day offering for South Carolina... Continue Reading »
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