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Obituary: David Mack Haynie

David Mack “Diesel” Haynie, 77, of Belton, died March 22, 2019, after an extended illness. A native of Belton, he attended Anderson College and Erskine College, and was a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He supported his growing... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Dusty Bradshaw

Vernon “Dusty” William Bradshaw Jr., 56, of Summerville, died March 23, 2019, at Palmetto Heart Center, Columbia. A native of Gastonia, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was a graduate of Gardner-Webb University and... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Dan Boineau

George Daniel “Dan” Boineau, 90, of Barnwell, died March 26, 2019. He served in the Air Force from 1951 until 1954 in the 40th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Japan. He accepted the Lord while in Japan and dedicated the... Continue Reading »

Warren Wiersbe, ‘one of evangelicalism’s giants,’ dies

Warren Wiersbe, an author and pastor credited with influencing thousands of preachers toward biblical exposition, died May 2. He was 89. “I first heard Dr. Wiersbe at a Bible conference” in Chattanooga, Tenn., in the early 1960s, said Jerry... Continue Reading »

Church membership drop, anxiety spotlight Gospel need 

As recent polls put U.S. church membership at an all-time low and anxiety at an all-time high, some Southern Baptist leaders say the numbers are a wake-up call to Christians’ deep need to take the Great Commission personally. A... Continue Reading »

Spring break missions experiences shape students’ hearts

Parker Foster, of Boiling Springs, was among the hundreds of South Carolina students whose hearts were shaped through participating on mission trips during their spring breaks. While the junior secondary math major at North Greenville University previously had been... Continue Reading »

87-year-old pianist achieves dream of publishing song

For the past 15 years, Wynness Thomas has been homebound, battling daily pain from arthritis of the spine and Parkinson’s disease. But this former church pianist and choir member at Tilly Swamp Baptist Church hasn’t let her age or... Continue Reading »

Six from SC chosen to serve on SBC boards, commission, seminaries & committees

Six South Carolinians were among the nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the four denominational boards, the six seminaries, and the Committee on Order of Business. Selected by the 2019 SBC Committee on Nominations to... Continue Reading »

State Pastors Conference introduces new format for 2019

This year’s meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Pastors Conference will see a couple of changes, according to the group’s president. Schuyler Peterson, pastor of Southside Baptist Church in Spartanburg, said the conference will be held over two days... Continue Reading »

S.C. bill: ‘Personhood begins at conception’

A “personhood” bill has been introduced in both the South Carolina Senate and House that would set the legal definition of human life as beginning at fertilization and extend constitutional protections to all unborn children. If passed, the legislation... Continue Reading »

President’s Perspective: Engaging in ‘Convention Life’

Once a year, the churches of the South Carolina Baptist Convention send messengers from their congregations to help set the course for our cooperative ministry. This gathering of South Carolina Baptists is called the annual meeting. This meeting is... Continue Reading »

SCBC names Cliff Marshall as church planting team leader

Cliff Marshall has been promoted to church planting team leader for the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Marshall joined the SCBC in 2015 to work with church planting. He planted a church, Freedom Fellowship, in 2004, which has invested more... Continue Reading »