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Joy Rust, wife of former SCBC exec, passes away

Joy Lucille Rust, wife of former South Carolina Baptist Convention executive director-treasurer Ray Rust, died Aug. 9 in Richardson, Texas. She was born June 20, 1926, in New Orleans, La. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m.... Continue Reading »

By the Stream

SCBC’s Monty Hale publishes ‘By the Stream’

A new book by Monty Hale, director of pastoral ministries for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, is directed toward ministers of the gospel who may have lost the passion for their calling. In “By the Stream” (2014, Tate Publishing,... Continue Reading »

Resolutions for annual meeting due by Oct. 11

Resolutions to be considered at the 2014 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting are due by midnight Oct. 11. Submissions must include the author’s name, address, email address, daytime and cell phone numbers, and church (with address). Resolutions for... Continue Reading »

Halifax vision team members from South Carolina pray for Canada

Church-planting vision tour targets Halifax

Nestled halfway up the eastern coast of Nova Scotia is the booming city of Halifax. Famous for its natural harbor, one of the largest in the world, Halifax is known as the cultural center of Atlantic Canada. With more... Continue Reading »

SCBC releases May CP giving report

Cooperative Program gifts from churches forwarded to the South Carolina Baptist Convention were 2.61 percent behind budgeted needs through May. In May, churches sent $2,220,729 in CP gifts, according to information released by Pam Carroll, the SCBC’s chief financial... Continue Reading »

Call for nominations for SCBC boards, committees

South Carolina Baptists are encouraged to nominate qualified persons to serve on the standing committees and the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention as well as the boards of the SCBC’s seven affiliated institutions. If you wish... Continue Reading »

Jim Austin stepping down as SCBC chief executive

Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention since April 2007, has announced that he will retire on Oct. 7 of this year. Dwight Easler, chairman of the SCBC Executive Board, confirmed to The Courier that Austin,... Continue Reading »

white oak

SCBC official: Bats cleared, White Oak Conference Center safe for summer campers

With summer camps for youth and children set to begin in early June, the problem of bats invading sleeping quarters at White Oak Conference Center appears to be solved, an official says. Parents should “absolutely” feel confident in sending... Continue Reading »

Robert Grant

SCBC’s Robert Grant joining staff of Baptist Foundation of South Carolina

Robert Grant, a veteran South Carolina Baptist Convention staff member, will become resource development director with the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina on July 7. The transition ends Grant’s 31-year career with the state convention staff, during which time... Continue Reading »

SCBC ‘on offensive for gospel’ despite shrinking CP giving, Austin says

In his report at the April 7-8 meeting of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, SCBC executive director-treasurer Jim Austin expressed optimism in the face of declining Cooperative Program gifts from churches. Austin noted that CP... Continue Reading »

SCBC spends $48,000 battling bats at conference center

A problem with bats invading buildings at the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s conference center near Winnsboro, in Fairfield County, has already cost $48,000 and still persists. In the past few weeks, bats have been found inside guest rooms at... Continue Reading »

State Cooperative Program giving behind budget through March

Cooperative Program gifts received from churches by the South Carolina Baptist Convention were more than $600,000 short of budgeted needs in the first three months of 2014. According to figures released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer, CP... Continue Reading »

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