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2025 SCBC Resolutions Committee Report

For the full 2025 South Carolina Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee Report, see link below: 2025 SCBC Resolutions

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SCBaptists Approve $26M Budget, Bylaw Change, Five Resolutions

Messengers to the 205th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention adopted a $26 million Cooperative Ministry Plan, approved a bylaw change, and adopted five resolutions. More than 830 messengers attended the meeting held Nov. 10–11 at Taylors... Continue Reading »

SCBC Messengers Approve Sale of Retirement Communities, Elect Taylors Pastor

Messengers to the 205th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted to sell their two retirement communities and elected a Taylors pastor to serve as president-elect. Attendance at the Nov. 10–11 annual meeting, held at Taylors First... Continue Reading »

Messengers’ Majority Vote Favors the Sale of SCBMA’s Two Retirement Facilities

For more details about the history of the Martha Franks and Bethea retirement communities and a comprehensive story with details leading up to the decision, please read our previous article. On Nov. 11, 2025, during the 205th annual SCBaptist... Continue Reading »

SCBMA Announces Ministry Refocus

South Carolina Baptist Ministries of Aging (SCBMA) has announced a strategic ministry refocus initiative to SCBaptist churches’ senior population. Plans include an ownership transition of its two senior living communities. Like many faith-based senior living organizations across the country,... Continue Reading »

What SCBaptists Need to Know About the Upcoming Motion to Sell Our Two Retirement Facilities

The woman was dressed in light blue and wore a pearl necklace and earrings. Her glasses sat on her nose and her hair was the color of snow. Her name was Martha Franks, and she was forever posed in... Continue Reading »

2025 SCBaptist Convention Committee Nominees 

SCBaptist Convention Bylaws Part II, Articles II and III require that the names of those nominated be released to The Baptist Courier for publication in one of the following three ways: in a print edition, in an electronic edition,... Continue Reading »

EMMY Win, CFO Retirement, Evangelism Trends Highlight Executive Board Meeting

The fall meeting of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention was highlighted by reports of an EMMY win by Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries, encouraging evangelism trends and a retirement announcement. The meeting was held at the... Continue Reading »

Caldwell Candidate for SCBC Vice President

Carey Caldwell, senior pastor of Bellview Baptist Church in Woodruff, will be nominated for vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at its annual meeting in November. “For the last three years I have had the joy of... Continue Reading »

SC Send Relief’s Serve Tour Serves Hundreds, Sees Dozens Come to Faith

When the doors opened at 9:30 a.m., the crowd of international teachers hurried in. Madel Patal, who had been waiting since 5:30 a.m., went straight to the painting she had spotted through the glass doors hours before. Volunteers helped... Continue Reading »

Cory Horton to be Candidate for SCBC President-Elect

When South Carolina Baptists gather for their annual meeting at First Baptist Church, Taylors, on Nov. 10–11, Cory Horton, pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist Church, will be nominated to serve as president-elect of the state convention. Horton has led... Continue Reading »

Lowcountry Baptists Were Forged by Revival

The town of Beaufort, where I live, is steeped in history. Specifically Protestant history. Ribaut Road, one of the main thoroughfares in Beaufort, is named after the French Huguenot Jean Ribault, who colonized the area in 1562 on his... Continue Reading »