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Gwen Hollingsworth was watering flowers last September during a moment of quiet time with the Lord. She knew a South Carolina Baptist Convention search team had approached her husband about his possible candidacy for the state’s open executive director-treasurer... Continue Reading »
Gary Hollingsworth, newly elected executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, says he embraces the state denomination’s pillars of evangelism, missions, church planting and church revitalization, and he plans to sharpen the SCBC’s focus on serving churches. “Denominations... Continue Reading »
Gary Hollingsworth, a long-serving pastor and denominational leader with a record of church planting and international missions support, has been elected executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. He received the unanimous support of SCBC messengers who convened... Continue Reading »
In a Jan. 12 “Open Letter to South Carolina Baptists,” interim SCBC executive director-treasurer Richard Harris affirmed the nomination of Gary Hollingsworth as the next chief executive for the state denomination. Hollingsworth is the choice of a search committee... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention website is reporting that Gary L. Hollingsworth, senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., is the choice of a search committee seeking a new SCBC executive director-treasurer. South Carolina Baptist messengers... Continue Reading »
Luke 5 tells the story of Peter kneeling in the water, washing his nets, unaware of the throngs of people around Jesus. For Peter, along with James and John, the night had been long, and there was nothing to... Continue Reading »
Five years ago, Central Baptist Church in Gaffney was different from what it is today. Its fractured congregation struggled with financial debt from a building project, a painful experience with former leadership, and declining attendance. Today, Central stands transformed,... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptists recently provided 25,238 prisoner packets, reaching every state inmate over the Christmas season. The goal for the project was 25,000 packets, and was met through the work of local churches representing all of the state’s geographic... Continue Reading »
Candidate’s name to be announced Jan. 11 South Carolina Baptists could elect a new executive director-treasurer Jan. 14 when messengers gather for a special called meeting at Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia. In a Dec. 14 letter to the... Continue Reading »
The South Carolina Baptist Convention has pledged to send a $1 million year-end gift to the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention at a time when the missionary-sending organization has announced a reduction in its worldwide force... Continue Reading »
Cory Singleton, pictured with his mom, Connie, was only 5 months old when he attended his first South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting 40 years ago, as documented in the Nov. 27, 1975, issue of The Baptist Courier. Today,... Continue Reading »
Writers: Butch Blume & Scott Vaughan In a two-day meeting imbued with a sense of urgency for a return to personal evangelism, South Carolina Baptists gathered for their 195th annual meeting Nov. 10-11 at Spartanburg First Baptist Church under... Continue Reading »
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