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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 »
Gapway Baptist Church had a Vacation Bible School with 100 enrolled that was right in line with the national attendance average, but their VBS offering this year was far from average. The Mullins-area church contributed more than $1,000 to... Continue Reading »
The biannual Hispanic Pastors’ Conference was held June 28-29 at the South Carolina Baptist Convention building in Columbia. Conference speakers included Jose Delgado, Samuel Hernandez, and church-planting catalyst Samuel Rodriguez, who shared resources and encouragement with the 80 pastors,... Continue Reading »
With the first half of 2013 in the books, Cooperative Program support from the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s 2,100-plus churches is running 6.83 percent short of budgeted needs. Through June, CP giving from churches was $13.28 million, nearly $1... Continue Reading »
Lewis Edgar “Eddie” Greene, 74, past president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington, S.C. Born in Charleston, W.Va., he graduated from Trinity College in Clearwater, Fla., Piedmont... Continue Reading »
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 »
In October 2012, Chen and Xiaoying (last name withheld), of Beijing, China, saw the sign in front of Calvary Baptist Church in Florence and paused at the advertisement for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes at the church. Earlier in the year,... Continue Reading »
North Greenville University is working with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention to host Fuge camps this summer. Camps began June 10 and will conclude July 27, said Steve Crouse, vice president for campus ministries. “We anticipate... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this story have been changed for security purposes. A short-term volunteer team from the Upstate went to Delhi, India, recently as part of an ongoing South Carolina Baptist Convention partnership with that... Continue Reading »
After rebounding in April, giving from South Carolina Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program slipped in May, falling 2.29 percent behind budgeted needs for the year. Receipts for May were $2,278,956, pushing year-to-date giving to $11,603,316, according to information... Continue Reading »
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