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Pastor and Christian filmmaker Michael Catt will headline a group of speakers who will drive home the importance of passing down a “Legacy” at the 2014 State Evangelism Conference, to be held Feb. 18-20 at Rock Springs Baptist Church,... Continue Reading »
Mike Rushton, the youngest of three boys, grew up tough. His dad borrowed boxing gloves and taught his sons how to fight. “We were always told not to ever start a fight, but if we were involved in a... Continue Reading »
John B. Hill, 87, a former West Columbia resident and missionary to Nigeria, died Dec. 20, 2013, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens. Hill was born July 15, 1926, in Saint George, S.C., and professed faith in... Continue Reading »
A pro-life march and rally begun in 1974 and held each year since will take place Jan. 11 in Columbia. The event is sponsored by South Carolina Citizens for Life. David Barton, a constitutional expert, will speak at the... Continue Reading »
Robert Jackson is a family physician in Spartanburg who, for more than 30 years, has faithfully followed his mission: to promote the sanctity of human life. A dedicated Christian and Southern Baptist, Jackson said that during his second year... Continue Reading »
In his Dec. 12 commencement address at North Greenville University, John G. Rocovich Jr. told graduates to be intellectually curious and to have a love for learning and a thirst for knowledge. “These are hallmarks of people with truly... Continue Reading »
The term “declaring the office of pastor vacant” is a standard statement included in many church bylaws. The practice by many South Carolina Baptist churches of letting their pastor or staff go has reached epidemic proportions. Not a week... Continue Reading »
Two students from South Carolina received doctorates from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Dec. 14. Scott Palmer Stancil from Spartanburg, who serves as senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Lyman, received the doctor of educational ministry degree; and... Continue Reading »
Dwight Easler, pastor of Corinth Baptist Church in Gaffney, was elected chairman of the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Executive Board for 2014 at its year-end meeting on Dec. 12 at the convention building in Columbia. Easler, who has served... Continue Reading »
Ron Davis, director of missions for Greenville Baptist Association since 1997, will retire Dec. 31. In a letter to the association’s executive committee last May, Davis said it has been a “joy and privilege” to serve the association for... Continue Reading »
Greenville businessman and philanthropist T. Walter Brashier and his wife, Christine, have contributed $3 million to North Greenville University to help fund a new athletics arena and worship center. The 5,000-seat facility will be named for NGU president Jimmy... Continue Reading »
This fall, the South Carolina Baptist Convention held regional fellowship events for wives of pastors, ministers and church planters. The dinners were held in Greenville in September, in Charleston in October, and during the Pastors’ Conference in Columbia in... Continue Reading »
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