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Sen. Larry Grooms - 2013 CLPAC Public Servant Award

Sen. Larry Grooms receives 2013 CLPAC Public Servant Award

Sen. Lawrence K. “Larry” Grooms, Berkeley County has been selected to receive the 2013 Public Servant Award by the Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee. Created in 2012, the Public Service Award recognizes a godly elected official who has... Continue Reading »

2013 Impact Your World Award recipient is East Cooper Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant

The Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee has named East Cooper Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant, as the 2013 Impact Your World Award recipient. The church is recognized for sharing the gospel, meeting needs and being actively involved in community... Continue Reading »

Robert Jackson - 2013 E.A. McDowell Award

Robert Jackson is recipient of 2013 E.A. McDowell Award

The Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee has recognized Robert Jackson as the recipient of the 2013 E.A. McDowell Award. A member of First Baptist Church, Boiling Springs, Jackson serves as a family practice doctor in Chesnee and is... Continue Reading »

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State CP loses ground in November

Cooperative Program gifts forwarded from churches to the South Carolina Baptist Convention were $1.57 million short of budgeted needs in November, with one month left in the fiscal year. According to figures released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial... Continue Reading »

Courier trustee Wayne Sumner passes away at 76

Charles Wayne Sumner, 76, of Taylors, a trustee of The Baptist Courier and self-described “radio man,” died Dec. 9, 2013. “Wayne Sumner was a godly man with a passion for Christ and ministry,” said Courier editor Rudy Gray. “He... Continue Reading »

Steve Lee

Mt. Olivet’s Steve Lee named ‘Small Church Pastor of the Year’

Steve Lee, pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Camden, has been named the 2013 Small Church Pastor of the Year by the South Carolina Baptist Convention. He was presented the award Nov. 12 at the SCBC annual meeting.... Continue Reading »

SCBC sets schedule for receiving year-end gifts

The South Carolina Baptist Convention will close its 2013 financial records on Jan. 7. The following will be counted as 2013 contributions: hand-delivered contributions received by the close of business on Dec. 31; electronic contributions with a transaction date... Continue Reading »

Senior Adult Resource Ministry

Resource ministry for senior adults to launch in 2014

South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging is introducing a new call-center ministry that will provide information and referral assistance to the state’s growing senior adult population. The Baptist Senior Resource Ministry, which will launch in the Columbia Metro... Continue Reading »

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The Pulse of Missions

“I have been involved in missions my entire life,” says Laurie Register, executive director-treasurer of South Carolina’s Woman’s Missionary Union. She trusted Christ as Savior as a child and participated in Mission Friends, Girls in Action, Acteens, youth choir... Continue Reading »

Connie Maxwell Children’s Home - Christmas Store

From the Editor: The Christmas Store

Each Christmas since the mid 1970s, the children at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home have shopped for gifts for their families from what has come to be known as the Christmas Store. A joint ministry of Connie Maxwell and Connie... Continue Reading »

Phillip Bethancourt

Bethancourt tells CSU students how to properly equip for spiritual battle

Phillip Bethancourt, executive vice president for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, continued Charleston Southern University’s annual Values & Ethics Series at the school’s chapel on Nov. 13. He told students, “There is no... Continue Reading »

Shandon Baptist Church

Annual Meeting wrap: South Carolina Baptists adopt vision theme: ‘Great Commission Living’

Writers: Butch Blume and Scott Vaughan Messengers to the 193rd annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, held Nov. 12-13 at Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia, adopted a new vision theme, approved a budget, elected officers and endorsed... Continue Reading »