I really enjoyed yesterday – and not just because UK won their NCAA tournament game. What really gave me a great sense of satisfaction was being part of two experiences that reminded me how much our church is doing to change the world. Let me explain. First, Elliot Sneed preached a strong Biblical message on… Read More »
First Calvary Baptist Church
Yesterday I announced via video in both worship services that FBC has been asked to sponsor First Calvary Baptist Church for membership in the York Baptist Association. We did the same thing back in the 1990s for New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, which became the first predominately African-American church to join our local association. Over… Read More »
National Day of Prayer 2015
Yesterday I participated in a National Day of Prayer event at the AME Zion Church’s Kenneth Moore Transformation Center on Saluda Street in Rock Hill. The headquarters for the church’s SC and GA districts is located there and God has blessed them with a beautiful facility that is great addition to that part of our… Read More »
The Friendship 9
I spent much of this week “sick” and unable to work, but Wednesday I listened to the WRHI radio broadcast of Judge Hayes vacating the “criminal records” of the Friendship 9. In 1961 students from Friendship College in Rock Hill chose to sit at the segregated lunch counter in McCrory’s five-and-dime store on Main Street.… Read More »