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Churches are reminded that the South Carolina Baptist Convention will count the following as 2016 contributions: Hand-delivered contributions received by the close of business on Dec. 22; electronic contributions with a transaction date on or before Dec. 31; mailed... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: This story was updated Nov. 22, 2016, to include the number of churches represented at the SCBC annual meeting. Photos by Burnie Flake With the theme “Launch Out,” South Carolina Baptist Convention church messengers gathered Nov. 15-16... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptists Nov. 16 elected new officers and heard from the Southern Baptist Convention’s chief public policy official on the second and final day of the 196th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Russell Moore, president... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Convention messengers on Tuesday (Nov.15) adopted a budget and approved resolutions addressing pastor fatigue, biblical illiteracy, church-school partnerships, and reaching previously unreached people groups at home and around the world. Messengers also affirmed a resolution on... Continue Reading »
Messengers from South Carolina Baptist churches are set to gather at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia Nov. 15-16 for the state convention’s annual meeting. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »
On Nov. 11, representatives from Southern Mutual Church Insurance Co. presented a check for $10,000 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention for disaster relief. Pictured, from left: SCBC executive director-treasurer Gary Hollingsworth, SCBC disaster relief operations manager Sue Harmon,... Continue Reading »
Pastors Bart Kelley and Marshall Blalock will be nominated for president-elect of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the denomination’s annual meeting Nov. 15-16 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia. The president-elect will serve a one-year term and... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program gifts received by the South Carolina Baptist Convention continue to run ahead of last year’s pace, according to information released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer. At the three-quarter mark for fiscal 2016, churches had forwarded... Continue Reading »
Bryant Sims, pastor of First Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood, will be nominated for first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when church messengers convene Nov. 15-16 in Columbia for their annual meeting. Sims, who currently... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Executive Board adopted a $28.5 million budget for 2017 at its one-day fall board meeting Oct. 18 in Columbia. The board meeting was rescheduled from Oct. 10-11 because of a statewide focus on disaster... Continue Reading »
Donna Thompson, a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Blythewood, has been added to a group of nominees who will be considered as trustees for the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina when messengers to the South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »
From the South Carolina Baptist Convention website: South Carolina Baptists are responding to meet needs in the name of Christ after the hurricane. All Disaster Relief units are on ALERT to respond, as we expect to be engaged with... Continue Reading »
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