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State Cooperative Program giving behind budget through March

Cooperative Program gifts received from churches by the South Carolina Baptist Convention were more than $600,000 short of budgeted needs in the first three months of 2014. According to figures released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer, CP... Continue Reading »

NGU students at NRB meeting

NGU students bring home religious broadcaster awards

North Greenville University’s mass communication students brought home seven awards from this year’s National Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media Convention and Exposition held in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 22-25. According to NRB’s website, the annual gathering is the largest recognized... Continue Reading »

Retired missionary supported by Mother’s Day Offering

A retired Southern Baptist missionary is the latest recipient of assistance from the annual Mother’s Day Offering for South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging. Barry Mitchell, who served with his late wife, Laura, as a missionary to Brazil... Continue Reading »

logos bible software

Anderson University to offer Logos training for pastors

Pastors and others who want to learn more about how to use Logos software for Bible study and sermon preparation are invited to attend a half-day workshop May 8 at Anderson University. The workshop will include sessions for both... Continue Reading »

Thornbury advocates ‘re-enchanting’ culture with Christianity

How did Christianity lose its influence in the West, and what are Christians to do about it? That was the question Gregory Thornbury, president of The King’s College in New York City, discussed March 4 during Charleston Southern University’s... Continue Reading »

Michael Catt and Lee Clamp

Evangelism Conference 2014: Passing the Truth of the Gospel to the Next Generation

Like most of the speakers at the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s annual Evangelism Conference, held Feb. 18-20 at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley, Michael Catt emphasized sharing Christ and reaching the next generation. Talking about the large numbers... Continue Reading »

My Grandpa’s Bible Series - Billy’s Early Years

First book in ‘My Grandpa’s Bible’ series released

Doug and Lana Bodem have published the first of three children’s devotional books for their “My Grandpa’s Bible” series. In “Billy’s Early Years: Having Fun Learning Lessons from Proverbs” (CourierPublishing, 2014) readers can follow Billy as he grows from... Continue Reading »

Kay Maynard - AU

Snowstorm stirs servant’s heart in AU librarian

A snowstorm bringing as much as 11 inches of snow to parts of the Upstate in February created havoc on the roads, cancelled classes and church services, and closed many businesses throughout the state. It was delightful for school... Continue Reading »

Eric Metaxas

Author Eric Metaxas to speak in Greenville

Bestselling author Eric Metaxas will speak April 29 at the annual banquet of the Taylors Free Medical Clinic at the TD Convention Center in Greenville. Metaxas, also a radio host and television commentator, is the New York Times bestselling... Continue Reading »

Small, rural S.C. church typifies ‘the backbone’ of SBC, Page says

It’s fitting that Josh McClendon should pastor 200-year-old Philippi Baptist Church in quaint, rural Johnston, S.C. The 33-year-old said he senses a spiritual calling to the small-town setting. McClendon said his burden for rural communities began during his senior... Continue Reading »

State CP giving behind budgeted needs

Two months into the fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts from South Carolina Baptist churches were $311,848, or 6.56 percent, below budgeted needs. Churches forwarded $1,929,931 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention in February and $2,508,221 in January, according to... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Hampton Irvin Perry

Hampton Irvin Perry, 85, of Andrews, died Feb. 13, 2014. Born April 12, 1928, in Cedar Springs, Ga., he served two years at Bethesda Naval Hospital during World War II. He later graduated from Furman University. Perry attended Southeastern... Continue Reading »