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We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Andrew David Eargle
The Reverend Andrew David Eargle, 83, of Newberry, died December 25, 2025 at Prisma Health Baptist. Born on August 27, 1942 in Newberry, he was the son of the late Willie Andrew and Lurleen Halfacre Eargle. Reverend Eargle was a 1960 graduate of Mid-Carolina High...
The Theme of our 2026 South Carolina Synod Assembly is “Created to Create”.
In Ephesians 2:10, Paul writes, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." The Greek word for "workmanship" is poiēma, from which we get the English word "poem." This verse...
Greetings from the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Election Committee
Advent Greetings from the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Election Committee. We give thanks for the faithful leadership of Bishop Ginny Aebischer for her nearly eighteen years of leadership to the South Carolina Synod as both Bishop and earlier, as Assistant to the...
We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Gary Ray Lyerly
Gary Ray Lyerly, 82, of Raleigh, NC passed into the Church Triumphant on 7 December 2025 with family by his side. He was born on the 19 June 1943 to Pearl Holshouser Lyerly & Carr R. Lyerly in Salisbury, NC. He began his Christian faith as a baptized child of God...
We Pray for the Family of Elizabeth Carswell
Elizabeth Cromer Carswell, 92, of Flat Rock, NC, formerly of Columbia, SC, passed away on December 1, 2025, at Tore's Home, following a long period of declining health. Born July 4, 1933 in Lincolnton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Voigt Rhodes Cromer and...
We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Doctor Mack C. Branham Jr.
The Reverend Dr. Mack Carison Branham, age 94, of Columbia, SC, passed away on November 6, 2025, at his residence with his wife and loving family members nearby. Dr. Branham was born on April 20, 1931, in Columbia, SC to the late Mack Carison Branham, Sr. and Laura...
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