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The 2013 South Carolina Baptist Pastors’ Conference will be held Monday, Nov. 11, at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce. The theme for the meeting is “Pass It On: Passing on Spiritual Health, Sound Doctrine and Servant Leadership,” said Pastors’... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches continues to trail budgeted needs through the first eight months of 2013. The $18.13 million received through the end of August was $871,087, or 4.58 percent, short of budgeted needs, according... Continue Reading »
South Carolina Baptist Campers on Mission volunteers worked alongside youth on probation and parole on a pilot project sponsored by the Department of Juvenile Justice Aug. 13-16 in Columbia. During the “Chairs4Charity” event, the volunteers got to know troubled... Continue Reading »
A new book by Mark Powers, director of the worship and music office of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, calls for worship that moves Christians beyond self-satisfaction and toward discipleship and missions. In “Going Full Circle” (Resource Publications, 2013),... Continue Reading »
In last month’s article, I mentioned that we will have panel discussions during the Tuesday morning and afternoon sessions of the upcoming annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention that will focus on the subject of “Why We... Continue Reading »
In a lot of ways, the Vacation Bible School that took place at a Midlands church in August was like many held in churches during the summertime. The children and adults experienced Bible study, music, recreation time, crafts and... Continue Reading »
Unchurched urban dwellers in Greenville have a new place to hear the gospel. Every Saturday night at the local YMCA, Emerge Church holds unique multiracial worship experiences called Unplugged. Services might have a concert atmosphere one week, or an... Continue Reading »
Do you know an individual or church that deserves recognition for Christian involvement in the public arena of politics, government or community affairs? If so, the Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention wants... Continue Reading »
Resolutions to be considered at this year’s South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting are due Oct. 12. Proposed resolutions must include the submitter’s name, address, email address, daytime and cell phone numbers, and the name and address of the... Continue Reading »
When Southern Baptists agreed to adopt the Cooperative Program in 1925 as our financial plan for supporting missions, it was an admission that we could not accomplish the Great Commission as individual churches and a recognition that we are... Continue Reading »
Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches improved in July but still trails budgeted goals for the year. Gifts received through the first seven months of 2013 totaled nearly $16 million, which was 3.91 percent short of budgeted... Continue Reading »
Zella Dew Woody, who served for more than three decades with South Carolina Woman’s Missionary Union before retiring in 1995, died June 23, 2013, in Columbia. A Meredith College graduate, she earned her master’s degree in Christian education at... Continue Reading »
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