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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 »
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 »
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