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Outside the Walls: The Hitchhikers

As I drove to speak at an FCA rally in Clemson with my two boys, something caught my eye. A teenage boy and girl were walking down the interstate pulling suitcases. I tried to pretend I didn’t see them,... Continue Reading »

SCBC exec. holds listening sessions

South Carolina Baptists are invited to meet with Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, to discuss statewide Baptist work at two regional listening sessions this month. Austin will be at North Anderson Baptist Church on... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board

Discipleship, pastoral health on Executive Board agenda

At its spring meeting, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention celebrated a supplemental gift from South Carolina Baptists to the International Mission Board and heard reports from the state’s ministry partners. Executive Board members conducted the... Continue Reading »

State CP giving rebounds in April

Gifts from South Carolina Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program rebounded in April, eliminating most of an 8.65 percent shortfall posted in the first quarter of 2013. Receipts of $2,815,559 in April pushed churches’ year-to-date CP giving to $9,324,360,... Continue Reading »

Eddie Leopard

Eddie Leopard called to Fairview Church, Greer

Eddie Leopard has been called as lead pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, Greer. He began his ministry April 1. He came to Fairview from Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, where he served for 17 years. He previously pastored Lee Road... Continue Reading »

S.C. pastors weigh in on ‘1% CP Challenge’

Fewer than one in five pastors who responded to an informal online survey told The Baptist Courier their churches have accepted or plan to accept the 1% Cooperative Program Challenge. The 1% Challenge was launched by the Executive Committee... Continue Reading »

Carter leads slate of newly elected SCBC officers

South Carolina Baptist messengers elected a new slate of officers Nov. 14 at their annual meeting at the TD Convention Center in Greenville.... Continue Reading »

Hendrick new public policy liaison for SCBC

Mark Hendrick, a 2008 graduate of Clemson University, has joined the staff of the South Carolina Baptist Convention as associate director of the office of public policy. The Conway native began work March 2 and will coordinate with the... Continue Reading »