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Bobby Byrd has been called as the new director of missions for Carolina Baptist Association in Loris. He was a bivocational pastor in Marion Baptist Association for more than 30 years, and was director of missions there from 2002-2005.... Continue Reading »
Seivern Baptist Church, Wagener, held a GA recognition service Sept. 1. The girls were awarded badges by their leader, Michelle Bledsoe, for missions-related activities they participated in throughout the church year. Pictured are Savannah Smaltz, Sydney Smaltz and Avery... Continue Reading »
The 2013 South Carolina Baptist Pastors’ Conference will be held Monday, Nov. 11, at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce. The theme for the meeting is “Pass It On: Passing on Spiritual Health, Sound Doctrine and Servant Leadership,” said Pastors’... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches continues to trail budgeted needs through the first eight months of 2013. The $18.13 million received through the end of August was $871,087, or 4.58 percent, short of budgeted needs, according... Continue Reading »
The inaugural “Experiencing God at Home” conference slated for Sept. 16 and 17 in Lexington has been canceled due to poor response. The conference was to have been led by Richard and Tom Blackaby and their adult children. “Registration... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Campers on Mission volunteers worked alongside youth on probation and parole on a pilot project sponsored by the Department of Juvenile Justice Aug. 13-16 in Columbia. During the “Chairs4Charity” event, the volunteers got to know troubled... Continue Reading »
A new book by Mark Powers, director of the worship and music office of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, calls for worship that moves Christians beyond self-satisfaction and toward discipleship and missions. In “Going Full Circle” (Resource Publications, 2013),... Continue Reading »
Cletus Lynch knew from the time he was a boy that he had a younger sister. Barbara Mapes grew up knowing she was adopted, but she always felt she had a big brother out there somewhere, just beyond her... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: Last month, we asked our readers to share their stories about family life. We received several stories; each was unique, but all reflected a common thread: the constant presence of God in the knitting together and sustaining... Continue Reading »
When the girls from Brown Cottage at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home go out to eat, they link pinkie fingers and ask the blessing. The endearing ritual, which they call “praying the Brown way,” was started by a girl who... Continue Reading »
He kept praying over and over, “Dear Jesus, help me.” That was back in February. Today, Ed and Amy Sturkie are rejoicing in the miraculous grace of God. A member of First Baptist Church in Columbia, Ed, a retired... Continue Reading »
Tanglewood Baptist Church in Greenville was the first South Carolina Baptist Convention church to start an Awana Club 26 years ago. Today there are more than 350 Awana clubs in churches across the state, with 307 of them located... Continue Reading »
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