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Annual

2012

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Table of Contents

Greenville Baptist Association Directory………………... 1 Purpose Statement of the Greenville Baptist Association. 2 Agenda…………………………………………………... 3 Program Participants………………………………….…. 4 Date and Place of 2013 Meeting…………………….…... 4 Appreciation to Host Church……………………….…… 4 Minutes of October 2012 Meeting……………….…..….. 5 Reports of the Association: Director of Missions…………………………..….. 8 Missions Strategy……………………………...….. 9 Hispanic Ministries……………………………….. 11 Disaster Relief………………………….……...….. 12 Baptist Collegiate Ministry……………………...... 13 Woman's Missionary Union…………………...... 14 Camp Marietta Report………………………….……...… 15 Crisis Center Listing/Schedule………………….…..…… 16 Committee Reports: Church Relations Committee…………………..…. 17 Constitution and Bylaws Committee Report …..… 18 Constitution and Bylaws…………………….……. 19 Property Committee……………………………..... 26 Finance Committee 2013 Budget………………………….….… 27 Auditor’s Report…………………………… 30 Tenant Income & Expense Report…………. 31 Building and Loan Update………………… 32 Committee on Nominations…………………...... …. 33 Deceased members during the year……………………… 36 Events of interest during the year………………………… 40 Historical Table…………………………………………… 43 Statistical Tables………………………………………… 46 Directory of Churches…………………………..….….… 84

220 Howe Street Greenville South Carolina 29601

864-242-4330, phone 864-421-9022, fax

www.greenvillebaptist.org

Ron Davis, Director of Missions [email protected]

Joel Thrasher, Missions Strategy Leader [email protected]

aniel esser, Hispanic Ministries Leader D M [email protected]

Wanda Bridwell, Missions Strategy Assistant [email protected]

Karen Lee, Office Manager [email protected]

Melissa Sample, Financial Assistant [email protected]

The Greenville Baptist Association shall be a self-determining partnership of autonomous Southern Baptist Churches voluntarily bound together for the purpose of mutual care and support in an effort to individually and cooperatively implement the Great Commission of our sovereign Lord. The Association shall endeavor to: assist churches in bringing people to faith in Christ and developing believers; provide training opportunities which will enable the churches to be effective in their ministry; build fellowship among the churches designed to develop teamwork and unity; help churches discover immediate needs within their community and determine how those needs can be met; engage in specific, cooperative mission efforts which exceed the capabilities of any one church alone; serve churches as an information and resource center; promote the work of the Kingdom throughout the world in cooperation with other Baptist agencies.

Agenda 152nd Annual Meeting October 25, 2012 City View First Baptist Church

6:30 p.m. Registration 6:45 p.m. Pre-session Music………………………………………………………………….…..Kay Bayne 7:00 p.m. Call to Order……………………………………………………………………..…..Mike Runion *Music………………………………………………………………………..…..…Chris Murrell Scripture and Prayer………………………………….…………………………..…Mike Sanders Welcome…………………………………………………………....…………..…...Mike Runion Motion of Organization…………………………………………………….………. Anne Beaver Agenda Presentation…………………………………………………..………….…...Ted Adams Recognition of Visitors……………………….……………………….…………….Mike Runion Recognition of New Pastors and Staff………………………………….……….…..Mike Runion *Music……………………………………………………………..………...…Danny Culbertson Annual Meeting and Worship Committee Report…………..….…………...... Ted Adams Constitution and Bylaws Committee Report………...... …...…….…...... Jim Barnes Committee on Nominations Report……….….……………….…………..…….….Martin Atkins Finance Committee Report…………….…………………….…….……..……….Wade Leonard Church Relations Committee Report…………………………………..…….…..……Daniel Lee Property Committee Report……….……………………….…………..………… Ronald Geyer Marietta Baptist Camp……………………………………………………………....Matt Thomas Miscellaneous Business *Music.…………………………………………………………..……………….Steven Gillespie Association Emphasis……………………………………………….…..………Association Staff Special Music………………………………………………………………..Suresh Jonnalagadda *Hymn……………………..……………………………………………………….....Ted Adams Introduction of New Officers…………………………………………….………….Mike Runion

Benediction and Adjournment …………………………………………………...David Williams

*Congregation Standing

Program Participants

Kay Bayne Member, City View First Baptist Church Mike Runion Pastor, City View First Baptist Church Chris Murrell Minister of Music, Berea First Baptist Church Mike Sanders Pastor, Kentland Park Baptist Church Anne Beaver Member, Brushy Creek Baptist Church Ted Adams Minister of Worship, Lee Road Baptist Church Danny Culbertson Minister of Music, Monaghan Baptist Church Jim Barnes Member, Dunean Baptist Church Martin Atkins Pastor, Piedmont Park Baptist Church Wade Leonard Pastor, Mauldin First Baptist Church Daniel Lee Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church Ronald Geyer Member, Edwards Road Baptist Church Matthew Thomas Director, Camp Marietta Suresh Jonnalagadda Pastor, Asian Indian Congregation Steven Gillespie Minister of Music, City View First Baptist Church Ron Davis Director of Missions, Greenville Baptist Association David Williams Missions and Pastoral Care Pastor, Rocky Creek Baptist Church

2013 Annual Meeting Thursday, October 24, 2013 Simpsonville First Baptist Church

Appreciation

We express our deep appreciation to City View First Baptist Church for hosting this 152nd Annual Meeting of the Greenville Baptist Association and to those whose contributions made this a pleasant and comfortable venue.

2012 Annual Meeting and Worship Committee:

Ted Adams, Chair Johnny Andrews Tal Sexton Richard Corbin Danny Culbertson Jonnie Terry Ron Davis, ex-officio

Greenville Baptist Association Annual Meeting Thursday, October 25, 2012 City View First Baptist Church

 Pre-session music was presented by Kay Crow Bayne.  Moderator Mike Runion, Pastor of City View, called the 152nd Annual Meeting to order.  Chris Murrell, Minister of Music at Berea First, led the congregation in singing several old hymns.  Mike Sanders read the scripture and prayer.  Anne Beaver, Clerk of GBA and member of Brushy Creek Baptist, read the following motion of organization, “I move that the messengers presently registered and those who are still to register constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the 152nd Annual Session of the GBA.” The motion was seconded by Barry Jimmerson and approved.  Ted Adams, Annual Meeting and Worship Committee, made the motion that we accept the agenda as printed. There was no discussion. The motion was seconded and approved.  Visitors and new members to the association were recognized and welcomed. These were Larry Gunter from Grove Station and Steve Cowden from New Covenant Christian Fellowship.  Music and praises to God were led by Danny Culbertson from Monaghan.  Ted Adams gave the Annual Meeting and Worship Committee report. The next meeting is October 24, 2013, at Simpsonville First. No second was needed since the motion came from the committee. There was no discussion. Motion was approved. He also expressed thanks to City View for helping us worship at the 2012 Annual Meeting.  The Constitution and Bylaws report was given by Jim Barnes. He presented a report from the committee stating that in order to give more flexibility to the association, messengers will vote next year to eliminate the GBA Constitution and incorporate it into a new set of Bylaws. This was presented as information only. He also stated that each church needs to become non-profit, if they have not already done so.  Martin Atkins gave a report from the Committee on Nominations. He thanked committee members from last year and the present year, and then read the names of those who will serve next year. Rev. Atkins made the motion to adopt the report of the committee as printed. No second was needed. The motion passed by show of hands.  Wade Leonard, Finance Committee Chairman, gave a report from this committee, including highlights of the 2013 budget which is shown in the Book of Reports and made the motion that the 2013 budget be approved as printed. No second was needed and there was no discussion or questions. Vote was by uplifted hand. Motion carried.

 Church Relations Committee Chairman, Daniel Lee, shared the following information: No churches in the association became “dead, dissolved, or disassociated” with the association last year; there are only 10½ churches without pastors, down from 19 the previous year, with the ½ being Fountain Inn Baptist as Rev. Michael Bearden retires; there are three new churches to welcome into the fellowship of the association, these being Real Life, New Covenant Christian Fellowship, and Beechwood. Staff and members present from each church were recognized and motions were made separately to accept these new churches. No second was needed. Motions carried. A prayer for these new churches and those without pastors was offered to God.  Ron Geyer of the Property Committee spoke in the absence of Chairman Jack Dill. All of the work that was begun last year on the GBA offices has been completed and the staff moved into their new facilities on Howe Street in May. $900,000 was authorized to be spent, with $889,893.91 being used. The difference of $3,766.94 was spent from the general budget. No vote was needed.  Matt Thomas, Director of Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center, gave a report on the camp. Seventeen churches from Greenville participated with almost 800 campers for the summer of 2012. There were 88 campers saved. Praise was given to God for this.  The floor was opened for miscellaneous business. There was none.  Steven Gillespie, Minister of Music at City View First Baptist, led the congregation in song.  Ron Davis, Associational Director of Missions, led the Associational Emphasis by giving an encouraging word to the new churches. Dr. Davis then recognized Wanda Bridwell for her thirty years of work for the Lord at GBA. She was presented with a gift of $1,000 and two extra weeks of vacation for her service.  Bryan Cox, representing the Personnel Committee with Barry Jimmerson as chairman, recognized and thanked Ron Davis for his fifteen years of service to the association. He was presented with $400 and a plaque.  Ron Davis introduced the associational staff to the congregation.  The new associational officers for 2013 as printed in the Book of Reports were presented.  We were informed by Ron Davis of partnerships that have been formed by GBA with the McCreary (Kentucky) and New River (Tennessee) Associations. These associations are only a few hours from Greenville; therefore, churches were encouraged to go there for weekend trips or week trips to assist them. Ted Adams and Pam Horton from Lee Road Baptist told of their trip there where they held VBS, renovated the association office area in an old elementary school, did construction work, held free clinics, provided counseling, set up a computer lab, landscaped and repaired a playground area, gave away free boxed food and free lunches. God was with them the entire week and provided for them.  Ron Davis gave information about the mission trips to Honduras in 2012 and of an upcoming trip in 2013 to do construction work, Backyard Bible Clubs, neighborhood canvassing, etc. Michael and Sherrill Rigdon told of their trip to Honduras as they served the people and worshipped with them. Churches were encouraged to participate in this trip.

 Dan Messer told of how our ministry to Hispanics is growing. Hispanics are the largest minority group in Greenville County. There are two GBA churches presently ministering to the Hispanics (Brushy Creek and City View). There were a total of 56 baptisms last year among this group. Workers, space, prayer, ESL classes, VBS, financial support, tutoring, and more are needed for our ministry with Hispanics.  Joel Thrasher gave a report on our work with internationals. There are 87 people groups in the Greenville area. We can begin to “make disciples” right here at home through prayer and developing relationships with these people. Churches were encouraged to adopt a people group.  Special music was presented by Suresh Jonnalagadda who works with the Asian Indians in Greenville.  Ted Adams led the congregation in a song.  The gavel was presented to Mike Runion, Moderator. He stated that our task is missions and that our association is about missions and ministry. To all people of the world we are obligated to carry the gospel. May we be found faithful!  The benediction was offered and the 152nd Annual Meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted, Anne Beaver Association Clerk

Missions Viewpoint 2012 YEAR OF HAPPENINGS

If 2011 was a year of waiting, 2012 has been a year of happenings, some planned and some unplanned.

We started and finished construction on our building.

We signed the lease with American Renal Associates and it went into effect in May 2012.

In June we had a week of World Changers and Power Plant.

In July, we led two mission trips to Honduras. We started the construction of a new church and worked with children in an orphanage. We will return to Honduras in November and continue this work. We also have two weeks planned to go to Honduras in July 2013.

After years of cutting budget and staff, we have seen our finances stabilize this year. As I write this, we are in the best financial condition we have been in since the late 90’s. I want to thank all of our churches for being so faithful in supporting missions through the Greenville Baptist Association.

We had our first team, Lee Road, to go to New River/McCreary Associations to work in construction at the Ministry Center and help with Bible Clubs. First Baptist Mauldin is scheduled to go in November and we are looking for other teams for the winter months. These can be weekend trips, which will work well during the school year.

Thank you for your partnership in missions, here and beyond. It is a pleasure and joy to serve you.

Blessings,

Ron Davis Director of Missions

Missions Strategy 2012

I made a commitment to read the Bible through this year. At the same time, in GBA, we talk about immigrants – legal and illegal. We seek to identify the people groups in Greenville County. We work with various ethnic congregations. The Ethnic Ministries Summit was in our area this Spring. There is an IMB research workshop on people groups, and more. And a funny thing happened. In my Bible reading, I was hit, time and time again, with God reminding His people to care for the widows, orphans and foreigners. Those aren’t just Old Testament words for a different time. He still expects us to do this! A coincidence? I don’t think so!!

We already know of at least 90 nationalities, speaking 39 languages, living in Greenville County. Through conversations, observations, et cetera, we know of 4,000 – 6,000 Arabs here. There is a significant Kurdish population. Over 100 Asian Indians living in just two apartment complexes. At least 400 Kenyans are here. Then there is our Hispanic population that continues to see rapid growth. 4,500 deaf people also live here with about ½ of 1% of them actively involved in any evangelical church. And the list goes on and on. Did you know about the Hindu center in Mauldin? Did you know the Islamic Masjid on Wade Hampton Boulevard has outgrown their space and they now have a second campus?

There is a lot of talk these days, in Baptist life, about the Great Commission: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…” We don’t have to go very far to do that. God is bringing the nations to us. Do we see them? Are we willing to care for the foreigners? Make disciples of ALL nations? Here?

Local

Church Planting must continue to be an important part of what we do to transform the changing populations in Greenville County. There are currently 26 church plants in the GBA! Twelve are language congregations. Hispanic Ministries are needed more and more with our rapidly growing Hispanic communities. Five of the church plants are Hispanic. Dan Messer provides tireless leadership to this ministry. There is also some exciting work taking place in two businesses in the area. PowerPlant returned to Greenville this year. Rocky Creek church hosted the more than 75 mission volunteers who served alongside four church planters. With at least 90 different, identifiable, nationalities here (not including all the sub groups), with our local church involvement lower than it was 25 years ago, with the increasingly irreligious neighbors around us, we must be planting new churches!

Multihousing ministries are nothing new to Greenville. For years, there have been churches and teams doing a wide variety of ministries primarily in low-income communities. That will continue as churches have a passion for impacting those communities. We continue to be supportive of Apartment Life. They provide churches with the opportunity to place CARES Teams into selected middle/upper income apartment communities. More and more congregations are also seeing multihousing communities as serious mission fields in our own backyards. With over a third our population living in some kind of multihousing, we must!

WorldChangers has impacted Greenville since 1999. There were over 125 participants. Edwards Road church did a wonderful job housing the group. Eric Wooten, from Edwards Road, is our project coordinator. Twelve homes were made better. Most projects were from the City of Greenville. One was church sponsored. While it takes the participants to work on the houses, WorldChangers does not happen without over 300+ volunteers from our churches who prepare meals, serve as first aid coordinators, and more. Best of all, there were two people who became followers of Jesus! A special thanks to Southeast Baptist Association in Georgetown, South Carolina and Wallace Memorial Church in Knoxville, Tennessee for allowing us to use their shower trailers. This also was the last summer for World Changers in Greenville! Due to policy changes at LifeWay, we will no longer be partnering with them in this ministry. The partnership with the City remains strong, and we are looking at how God wants us to move forward in this type of local ministry. Pray with us about this, and look for news in the near future.

Day Camp for Deaf Children did not take place this year. We hope to see it return June 17 – 21, 2013.

Thanks to Blake Kersey and the mission team from First Baptist Church, Trussville, Alabama. They returned for a second summer and worked with Westview church to lead a VBS and Mision Bautista Hispana la Gracia to lead a kids club. There were seven decisions for Christ that came as a result of their ministry. They hope to make this an ongoing partnership.

Crisis Centers: Eastside, Westside, and Golden Strip Emergency Relief. The centers are staffed by more than 2,000 volunteers from 30+ churches. Spencer LeGrand continues to provide effective leadership for the Eastside Center. The same can be said of Jim Barnette at the Westside Center. The Golden Strip Center is a partnership with the Golden Strip Emergency Relief and Resource Agency coordinated by Julia Baynes. Food is provided by churches, groups, and individuals as well as purchased from various locations. The centers spent $42,481 on food. We received $8,968 from the World Hunger Offering to assist the centers. With the up and down economy, and with the current funding from the state convention, the centers still assisted a record number of 7,673 families (20,615 individuals) with basic needs including food, clothing and financial aid this past year (September 2011 – August 2012). Thanks to all who make these ministries possible.

Woman's Missionary Union continues to provide valuable training, encouragement and ministry opportunities for our churches. I don’t know what we would do without the faithful WMU missionaries in the Association and churches. Marcie Malone, from Mauldin First Church, serves as the Director.

Forty-one churches provided 1,470 prisoner packets for Christmas. Thanks to Pat Bradshaw from West Gantt First and other volunteers for all your help. Others helped Chaplain Andy Cooper at Perry distribute the packets to all the inmates there. Prison ministry is not just about Christmas packets. There are other volunteers in our churches who are actively involved in ministry with inmates, families of inmates as well as those who work within the correctional system. Multiple churches provided useful items such as paper goods, personal care items, health care items, school supplies and clothing for numerous agencies and organizations within the Greenville area. Eighteen churches provided 380 ministry kits. Thanks to all who prayed, gave and worked on these projects.

Baptist Collegiate Ministries is an important outreach and discipleship arm of our churches to college students. Matt Rogers concluded his service as a part-time Campus Minister at Furman. Tabby Hallman is a contract worker who serves at the main Greenville Tech campus. Their reports are listed elsewhere. With changes at the Furman BCM, we are moving into a stronger partnership with BCM at Greenville Tech. This includes handling funds for the BCM as well as other assistance to Tabby.

Regional/National

Disaster Relief volunteers were on the road again. Our Disaster Relief coordinator is Jim Whitworth, from Augusta Road Church. As I write this report, our unit is deployed in Louisiana to assist with efforts following Hurricane Isaac. We have a DR training event scheduled at Pendleton Street church on Saturday, January 12. Be watching for more information.

We are committed to maintaining a partnership through Appalachian Regional Ministries. Work is completed at Plain View Baptist Church in Virginia. A new partnership has been established with New River/McCreary Association in Winfield, Tennessee. Lee Road Church has already been involved in the partnership and Mauldin FBC is going up there in early November. We look forward to the growth of our work with the folks there.

We are working with Ken Kwast for a project in Hawaii March 28 – April 5, 2013. This will include minor construction on a church in Kona. For more information, contact us.

Global

We continue to seek opportunities to make a global impact. Our new partnership in Honduras kicked off this year with two trips in the summer. Mission team members came from Brushy Creek, Mauldin First, Simpsonville First, Origins and Eastlan. We were able to begin construction on a new church building. We also worked with children in an orphanage as well as a local church community. In the process, 18 persons became followers of Jesus! We will be returning in November to continue work on the church. Two projects are also on the calendar for July 2013. Bryan Pittman, from Lee Road, has been involved in several Olympics related ministries. He led a team to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. We are already praying and talking about volunteer opportunities at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Equip…Engage…Transform

So, we move forward as we believe God is leading. We move forward knowing that the top 25 most unreached areas of the Upstate are all in Greenville County; the most unreached zip code in the state is 29601; at least 70% of our entire population is unreached and 40% of our population is not only unreached, but uninterested!

Missions Strategy relates to Multihousing Ministry, New Work, Hispanic Outreach, Mission Partnerships, Community Ministries, Summer Ministries, Demographics, WMU, Men’s Ministries, Baptist Collegiate Ministries and a few other things. I am so appreciative of Wanda Bridwell who tries to keep us straight as Missions Strategy Assistant.

Equip…Engage…Transform is something you will continue to hear from us. We must be transformed first in order to impact/transform the lives of others in our mission field, and to the ends of the earth.

Joel E. Thrasher Missions Strategy Leader

Hispanic Annual Report – 2012

Praise the Lord for a good year in the Hispanic ministry. There has been steady growth in the missions we have. We lost the mission we had at Fountain Inn, but the other six works saw increase in baptisms and attendance.

1) Mission Bautista Hispana (Cherrydale) baptized three converts, and had an average attendance of 25-30 in worship. 2) The mission at SonPoint had four baptisms with an average attendance of 25. 3) Mision Bautista de City View baptized 22, and averaged 65 in worship. 4) Filadelfia (Brushy Creek) mission had three baptisms with a weekly average attendance of 35 in worship. 5) Christ the Open Door (Chuj) had 2 baptisms and a weekly average of 80 for worship attendance. 6) Iglesia Hispana de Greenville baptized 22, and had an average attendance in worship of 65.

We are looking at several places to plant new works in the near future. We also are searching for those who can lead these groups. We have two companies in the area that allow their employees to attend weekly Bible studies during the workday. Iglesia de Greenville has started several ministries this past year; ESL, music lessons, and a seminary class. I am presently talking with churches about partnering with the Chuj congregation. I am constantly amazed at God’s faithfulness in providing for the needs of His people. Continue to pray that God will raise up workers for the ever increasing Hispanic community in Greenville County.

Respectfully submitted, Dan Messer Hispanic Ministries Leader

11 Disaster Relief Report 2012 2011

October 7th & 8th Greenville Baptist Association (GBA) Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, provided Unit Leader Training at the South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) semi-annual Disaster Relief Training Conference at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

December 8th Jim Whitworth attended and represented GBA, SCBC and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as Chairman of the Greenville County VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster).

2012

January 23rd-25th GBA Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, represented South Carolina Disaster Relief at the Southern Baptist Convention’s National Disaster Relief Roundtable meeting in Oahu, Hawaii.

February 10th Jim attended the SCBC State-wide Disaster Relief Task Force meeting at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

February 27th-March 1st Jim Whitworth participated in NAMB Disaster Relief Incident Commander Training at the Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Shocco Springs, Alabama.

March 2nd & 3rd Jim provided Unit Leader Training at the SCBC semi-annual Disaster Relief Training Conference at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

March 22nd Jim Whitworth attended and represented GBA, SCBC and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as Chairman of the Greenville County VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster).

April 12th GBA Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, met with the leadership of the Reedy River Brotherhood of the Reedy River Baptist Association to discuss their interest in SC Baptist Disaster Relief at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on White Horse Road in Greenville, South Carolina.

April 28th GBA Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, presented SC Baptist Disaster Relief at a meeting of the Reedy River Baptist Association at the Reedy River Baptist Church on Mauldin Road in Greenville, South Carolina.

April 28th Jim Whitworth attended and represented GBA, SCBC and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as Chairman of the Greenville County VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster).

July 30th Jim attended the SCBC State-wide Disaster Relief Task Force meeting at SCBC in Columbia, South Carolina.

July 31st GBA Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, along with Ed King of the GBA Disaster Relief Ministry Team attended the annual state-wide “Unit Leader Update” training. 12 September 24th-28th GBA Disaster Relief Team member and Unit Leader, Wayne Pressley, led a Disaster Relief volunteer team to Louisiana. GBA Disaster Relief Team Members Roger Reid and Jeff Heath were on the unit as well as Dan Messer of the Greenville Baptist Association office. The ten-person team utilized the GBA Flood Relief Unit # SC MT 004 in providing assistance to hurricane Isaac victims in the Port Sulphur, Louisiana area.

September 27th GBA Disaster Relief Coordinator, Jim Whitworth, attended and represented GBA, South Carolina Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief as Chairman of the Greenville County VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster) at the Greenville Baptist Association Office.

Respectfully submitted, Jim Whitworth Disaster Relief Coordinator Baptist Collegiate Ministries

Furman University The 2011-2012 school year saw development in maturation and Christ-likeness from the students that call BCM there home away from home. While the nature of the evangelical landscape continues to recede, Furman continues to develop seasoned leaders that God is using to accomplish His purposes. In fact, it is largely due to the climate of persecution at Furman, that God grows mature leaders capable of withstanding the host of challenges that Furman presents. Below are a few ways that we saw God grow our students over the last year.

Gospel Centrality – The gospel provides the only fixed anchor and sure support for students during their time at Furman. While many come to Furman with a thorough background of church attendance, few come with a robust knowledge and application of the holistic gospel. Through active teaching and passive modeling, BCM seeks to provide a means of gospel growth in the lives of our students.

Missionary Living – Old models of evangelism often lack fruitfulness in the hostile climate of Furman. Inviting students to attend religious programs is not nearly as productive as it once was. Rather, we are seeing our students grow in living out their missionary identity in the unique circles of influence that God has placed them.

Meaningful Church Partnership – The most basic step for a college student is into meaningful partnership with the local church. Sadly, this has often not been the case. During my time at Furman, we saw a marked increase in the number of students meaningfully connected to a church home and passionately serving in multi- generational ministry.

Biblical Community – Deep, intimate friendships are the key to walking with Christ at Furman. Students need one another to love and support them during this time when their faith is often challenged. BCM provides an environment for students to know one another and be known by each other. These relationships provide a rich tool for their sanctification.

The end of 2012 also marked the end of my tenure as BCM director at Furman. The increasing demands of pastoral ministry at Renewal Church, where I serve as pastor, caused me to relinquish this role at the end of this school year. The Baptist Convention has hired Ryan Brooks, from Taylors First Baptist Church, to serve in this role beginning in the fall of 2012. Ryan is a Furman graduate with a passion to continue the good work that God is doing through Furman’s BCM.

Matt Rogers Pastor, Renewal Church Former Leader of BCM at Furman University

Woman’s Missionary Union 2011-2012 Report of Director “Unhindered”

The WMU Auxiliary of the Greenville Baptist Association has come to the conclusion of the two-year emphasis of the theme “Unhindered.” This past year we have incorporated our Critical Issue: Human Exploitation with “Unhindered” and learned about how we can become unhindered in dealing with the issues of: Exploitation of natural resources for personal gain; Bullying, cyber bullying, queen bee bullying; Human trafficking – labor; Human trafficking-sex; Media’s exploitation of children and families; and Pornography and sexting.

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV).

The fall leadership-training meeting was held August 25 at Lee Road Church. Training was offered in each age-level organization. Reservations for 73 were received. Food was gathered for the crisis centers.

Two churches in the association began WMU organizations at the beginning of the new church year: Greater New Hope and Sandy Springs Churches.

Four churches served as hostesses for the Baptist Women World Day of Prayer on November 7: Overbrook, West Gantt First, Five Forks, and Woodside Churches. A total of 131 attended from 22 churches. An offering was received at each meeting and forwarded to the Women’s Department of the Baptist World Alliance. The total offering was $535.

Forty-one churches in the association provided 1,475 Christmas prisoner packets to be sent to the state. Our goal was 1400. Twenty volunteers helped process the packets before they were sent to Columbia.

Mauldin First hosted a salad supper “Don’t be a Basket Case” for Focus on WMU Week. Catherine Rich Guess spoke and just happened to bring Miz Eudora with her. Catherine is the author of 23 books, all of inspirational genre, including fiction, non-fiction, and children titles. She is a composer and a frequent speaker/musician for a wide range of conferences and events. Food was gathered for the crisis centers. Reservations for 158 were received. The WMU Auxiliary Team prepared food for the event.

A brunch was held for WMU Directors and Pastor’s Wives on March 17 at Northgate Church. This event was planned with the idea that it would be a support and networking opportunity for our pastors’ wives. The theme was “You Make a Difference.” We hope that attendance will increase in future years. Mrs. Jane Foster, a pastor’s wife, spoke about circumstances she overcame growing up.

Several team members as well as area WMU church members attended the South Carolina WMU Missions Encounter and Annual Meeting March 23-24 at Millbrook Church, Aiken. The theme was “Go…Persevere…”

Monaghan Church hosted the Greenville Auxiliary Annual WMU meeting on April 17. Live Sent was the theme for the evening. Sandra Tapp, Assistant Executive Director of the South Carolina WMU, was our state representative; and Don and Evelyn Copeland, retired missionaries to Nigeria and later to Central Asia shared some of their experiences with us. Reservations for 106 were received. We gathered baby items for our crisis centers.

WMU Auxiliary team members participated in state-sponsored workshops and training sessions during the year.

A special thanks goes to retiring team members Linda Scarbrough, Secretary/Treasurer; Ella Jones, Girls in Action/Children in Action Consultant; Debbie Hall, Baptist Nursing Fellowship; Marian Wofford, Area 2 Director; Gail Marshbanks, Area 7 Director; Peggy Thompson, Area 10 Director; and Mary Ridgeway serving as interim Area 4 Director. We give a big welcome to Marcie Malone, our new WMU Director for 2012-2013.

Also special thanks goes to Edwards Road Baptist Church for allowing the Auxiliary to use their facilities for quarterly team meetings while the Greenville Baptist Association office was being renovated.

“Change a life, Change the World”

Janet N. Castles

WMU Director 2012 Marcie Malone 201 Sims Alley, Mauldin 29662 288.5205 Mauldin First Administrative Assistant Janet Castles 112 Royal Oak Rd., Greenville 29607 233.3213 Simpsonville First

Summer 2012 was a great success! By God’s grace and the work of the Holy Spirit, 88 campers repented of their sins and confessed Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior for the first time. Many others repented of their sin and left camp with a renewed focus on Christ and His kingdom work. In addition, several campers felt the call to pursue full-time Christian service as their future vocation. Nearly 800 campers attended Camp Marietta this past summer. I give all the glory to God for what He has done and continues to do at camp. Now that the summer camping season has ended, the off-season programs are in full swing. We have hosted a band camp, several family reunions, the North Greenville Soccer team, and many church group functions during our off- season so far. The off-season is filling up and I would love to schedule you in for a weekend retreat, reunion, or picnic. I would love the opportunity to come and share with you and your church what God is doing at Camp Marietta. Thank you for all your prayerful and financial support in making the Summer of 2012 a great success.

Total Number of Campers in Summer 2012: 795 Total Number of Decisions for Jesus Christ : 353 New Believers: 88 Recommitted: 205 Full-Time Ministry: 60 (44.4% of 2012 campers made a decision for Christ) 208 campers from 17 churches of the Greenville Baptist Association helped to make up the total of 795 campers. “I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” –Psalm 121:1-2 HCSB

In Christ, Matthew Thomas Camp Director

15 Crisis Centers of the Greenville Baptist Association Center Location/Telephone/Coordinator: Days Open Hours Eastside Located at: East Park Church Monday, Tuesday, 9:00 A.M. until 12 Ebaugh Avenue Telephone: 242-9083 Thursday, and Friday 12:00 NOON Greenville Coordinator: Spencer LeGrand Golden Strip 1102 Howard Drive Golden Strip Human Resource Center Monday, Tuesday, 9:00 A.M. until Simpsonville Telephone: 688-2233/688-2222 Thursday, and Friday 11:30 A.M. Coordinator: Julia Baynes Wednesday 1:00 P.M.until 3:30 P.M.

Westside 301 Woodside Avenue Woodside Church Monday, Tuesday, and 10:00 A.M. until Greenville Telephone: 271-2781 Thursday 12:00 NOON Coordinator: Jim Barnette Crisis Centers are operated by local volunteers. Funding is provided by the World Hunger Offering, as well as contributions from individuals, groups, and churches. The division of churches is as follows: Eastside Golden Strip Westside Arabic Capstone Augusta Heights Brushy Creek Cedar Shoals Augusta Road Chin Congregation of Greenville Chinese Beechwood Community Mission Clear Spring Berea First Crestview Connection Fellowship Berea Heights Daybreak Community Daventon Bethel Deaf First Element Brandon Disciples Fellowship Envision Calvary First Earle Street Fairview Street Cedar Lane East Park Five Forks Christ the Open Door Eastlan Fork Shoals City View First Edwards Road Fountain Inn First Covenant Grace Hampton Heights Freedom Fellowship David Street Laurel Greater New Hope Dunean Lee Road Grove Station Emmanuel LifePoint Happy Trails Cowboy Grace Lord’s Delight Hillside Grove Road Mision Hispana Filadelfia Hispana de SonPoint Hilltop Avenue Northgate Holly Ridge Iglesia Hispana Origins Kingdom Life Japanese Overbrook Igreja Batista Esperanca Kentland Park Pelham Road Mauldin First Mision Bautista de City View Pendleton Street New Hope Mision Bautista de La Gracia Providence New Life Community Mision Bautista Greenville Revolution Oak Pointe Monaghan Riverview Piedmont First New Covenant Rockvale Real Life Northpointe Roper Mountain Reedy Fork Oak Crest Rutherford Road Renewal Open Heart Sanctuary Rocky Creek Parisview Tapestry Sandy Springs Parkwood Vietnamese Blessings Simpsonville First Piedmont Park Vietnamese of Rutherford Road SonPoint Community Poe White Oak South Greenville Radiant Standing Springs Sans Souci Temple Second of Greenville The Well Shady Grove Unity Skypointe Way Point Tanglewood Westside Vietnamese of Greenville Washington Avenue Welcome West Gantt First West Greenville Westview Westville Westwood Woodside 16

Church Relations Committee Report 2012

The Church Relations Committee is pleased to report that we have three churches desiring membership in the Greenville Baptist Association. We have worked with these churches and feel that they meet our membership guidelines and will be an asset to our fellowship of churches.

The Church Relations Committee recommends the following churches be accepted into membership with GBA.

1) RealLife Church, Stan Bray is the pastor and they meet in Pelzer. They began as a church plant in January 2009.

2) New Covenant Christian Fellowship, Steve Cowden is the pastor. They meet at 111 Courtney Circle in Greenville.

3) Beechwood Church, M. Shayne Powell, Jr. is the Pastor for Preaching and Vision and Douglas R. Truax, Jr. is the Pastor for Teaching and Ministry. This congregation meets at 2415 New Easley Highway in Greenville.

Please continue to pray for each of our churches without pastors: Augusta Road, Berea First, Cedar Shoals, East Park, Fountain Inn First (Pastor is retiring at the end of December), Freedom Fellowship, Open Heart, Parisview, Standing Springs, West Gantt First, and White Oak

Our new works since last year are: Emerge Church, Asian Indian Congregation, Igreja Batista Esperanca (Brazilian Congregation)

Respectfully submitted,

Church Relations Committee:

Daniel Lee, Chair Bryan Burnley Scott Fitzsimmons Harold Moon Alex Sands Ron Davis, ex-officio

Constitution and Bylaws Committee Report 2012

The Constitution and Bylaws Committee has held several meetings this year, the latest being on August 30. We have discussed the need for some changes and updating of both documents.

In the process we realized two significant things about the constitution.

1. The state of South Carolina no longer requires that organizations have a constitution. This was changed with the new non-profit act in the early 1990’s. 2. The only significant matter still in the constitution concerned membership. We found that many associations address this subject in their bylaws.

Given this information and the need for swifter action on certain matters of change, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee makes the following motion:

That the Constitution of the Greenville Baptist Association be eliminated and all matters of the Association be addressed in a new comprehensive set of Bylaws.

Since this is a Constitution change it requires a one year waiting period and will be discussed and voted on next year at our 2013 Annual Meeting. If this motion carries, the committee will have a new comprehensive set of bylaws to be voted on by the Association. If you have any questions about this please contact Ron Davis, Director of Missions, or Jim Barnes, Chair of the Committee. Respectfully submitted, Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Jim Barnes, Chair Todd Stewart Marion Hare Stephen Clyborne Gene Seay Ron Davis, ex-officio

Greenville Baptist Association Constitution and Bylaws (Approved by Messengers at October 25, 2001, 141st Biannual Meeting) (Amended by Messengers at October 27, 2005, 145th Annual Meeting) (Amended by Messengers October 20, 2011, 151st Annual Meeting)

Article I - Name This body, a South Carolina non-profit corporation, shall be known as the Greenville Baptist Association, Inc., and is hereinafter referred to as “the Association.”

Article II – Vision and Mission Section A – The vision of the Association is to establish, equip, empower, engage, and encourage member churches to reach people, grow disciples, and minister in the name of Jesus Christ. Section B – The mission of the Association is to assist churches in: 1. Establishing new churches for reaching the lost in our area and helping re-establish existing churches that are seeking to minister in changing circumstances. 2. Equipping believers to be effective in Kingdom work by offering training in multiple areas of church ministry. 3. Empowering believers to serve the Lord through spiritual gifts discovery and development and the development and presentation of ministry opportunities. 4. Engaging believers in active, life-changing ministries both locally and globally. 5. Encouraging believers through prayer, relationships, and partnerships to fulfill God’s vision for their churches.

Article III - Membership Section A – The Association is a self-determining fellowship of autonomous Baptist churches, which are voluntarily bound together for the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Section B – Membership in the Association is held by churches. Member churches participate in the governance of the Association in two ways: 1. By sending their pastors and duly elected lay representatives to Executive Committee meetings as voting members thereof. 2. By duly electing and sending church members to regular and special Association business meetings as voting messengers.

Section C – An individual must be a member of a member church in order to be eligible to serve the Association in the capacity of officer, committee member, team member, or trustee upon his/her nomination and election in an Association business session, unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws.

Section D – Member churches shall be entitled to send voting messengers to regular and special Association business meetings as follows: 1. Three messengers for the first one hundred church members or fraction thereof. 2. One additional messenger for each additional one hundred church members or fraction thereof. 3. No church shall be entitled to more than fifteen messengers notwithstanding the above.

Section E – Membership in the Association shall be comprised of: 1. The churches which are members of the Association on the date of the adoption of this Constitution. 2. Those churches subsequently admitted according to controlling provisions of the Association’s governing documents and policies.

Section F – Churches which are not members of the Association may apply for and be accepted into membership of the Association according to the following: 1. The Church Relations Committee, a full description of which appears in the Association’s Bylaws, shall serve as the Association membership committee. 2. Application for membership shall be made in writing and referred to the Church Relations Committee. 3. The Church Relations Committee will evaluate the applying church’s eligibility for membership and make a recommendation to the Association according to any policies and procedures which the Association may, in its discretion, officially adopt in its Bylaws or otherwise, and also according to the following criteria: a. The applying church must conduct its primary worship and educational functions within the confines of the geographic region generally accepted to be the area served by the Association. b. The applying church must be Baptist in polity and practice. c. The applying church must be found, upon examination by the Church Relations Committee, to be supportive of the Association’s vision and mission. d. The applying church must be found, upon examination by the Church Relations Committee, to be in general agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message and the purposes and intentions for which it was adopted.

Section G – Any member church may withdraw from the Association at its pleasure. Official notice of withdrawal should be communicated in writing to the Church Relations Committee.

Section H – Should a motion be made in a regular business session of the Association to dismiss a church from membership, it shall be referred to the Church Relations Committee. When the matter comes back before the Association for a vote after a one-year period expires, the Church Relations Committee shall make a report and recommendation to the Association regarding the motion. The Association may accept or reject the recommendation of the Church Relations Committee.

Article IV – Meetings The Association shall hold at least one business session annually, the details of such meeting to be determined according to the procedures provided for in the Bylaws of the Association.

Article V – Officers The officers of the Association shall be moderator, vice moderator, treasurer, and clerk; and they shall be elected and serve according to the provisions of the Bylaws.

Article VI – Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall be elected and serve according to the provisions of the Bylaws.

Article VII– Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures The Association shall have the authority to adopt bylaws, policies, and/or procedures governing all aspects of the work of the Association. Said bylaws, policies, and procedures shall not contradict any provision of this Constitution.

Article VIII – Amendments to Constitution Amendments to this Constitution may be made by a vote of two-thirds of the messengers present at any regular Association business session provided notice thereof shall have been given to the Association in business session at least one year prior to the vote and provided the proposed amendment was published in the minutes of the preceding meeting.

20 Bylaws

Article I – The Association Section A: The principal office(s) of the Greenville Baptist Association shall be in Greenville County, South Carolina. Section B: The Association shall convene annually in October or at such time and place as may be recommended by the Annual Meeting and Worship Committee. Messengers present shall constitute a quorum. Section C: A messenger shall speak no more than twice on any subject and shall confine himself to the subject under discussion. Section D: The parliamentary authority of the Association shall be Roberts Rules of Order (latest revised edition). The moderator shall appoint a parliamentarian to serve during his term of office. Section E: Special meetings of the Association may be called by the director of missions and moderator or by majority vote of the Executive Committee with at least a two-week written notice to each church giving purpose of meeting. Messengers present shall constitute a quorum.

Article II - Executive Committee Section A: The Association Executive Committee shall consist of the moderator, vice moderator, clerk, treasurer/director of missions, the pastor of each church (or his designee), one lay person from each church, and a representative of each mission in the Association. Each church shall duly elect a lay person from its membership to serve on the Executive Committee and report its election to the Association on the Annual Church Profile. Members of the Administrative Team shall be ex officio members of the Executive Committee.

Section B: The property and business of the Association shall be managed by the Executive Committee of the Association. Between meetings of the Association the Executive Committee shall have the full power and authority to act on behalf of the Association except for buying and selling real estate, borrowing money, and doing all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Constitution or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the Association in session. The Executive Committee shall render full report of all meetings and of all business transacted to each meeting of the Association, and a summary shall be printed in the Messenger.

Section C: The Executive Committee of the Association shall convene as needed to consider the ministries of the Association and to assist the Association staff with these ministries. The moderator or a majority of the Executive Committee members may call a special meeting with a two-week written notice giving purpose of meeting.

Section D: After due notice of the meeting has been given to the members of the Executive Committee, those present shall constitute a quorum.

Article III – Officers Section A: The officers of the Association are the moderator, vice moderator, treasurer, clerk, and such other officers as designated by the Association. Section B: The officers shall be nominated by the Committee on Nominations and elected by the Association in annual session. The moderator is not eligible to succeed himself unless he is filling an unexpired term. The terms of service for elected officers shall begin at the conclusion of the October Annual Meeting. Section C: Any officer may be removed at any time by affirmative vote of the Association in session and a two-week notice of such proposed action has been given. Section D: The moderator shall serve as moderator of the Association, the Executive Committee, the Administrative Team, and shall preside over all Association meetings and ensure that order and decorum are observed. The moderator shall be ex officio member of the Committee on Nominations. The term of office of moderator shall be one year.

Section E: The vice moderator shall serve as vice moderator of the Association and Executive Committee and shall preside during the absence or at the pleasure of the moderator and be ready to help wherever he is needed. He shall fill the vacancy arising from the resignation or removal of the moderator during the year. The term of office of vice moderator shall be one year. Section F: The office of treasurer shall be filled by the director of missions. The duties of the treasurer are listed in Article IV; Section A, Number 4 of the Bylaws. Section G: The clerk of the Association shall serve the Association in session and the Executive Committee. Responsibilities are: 1. Keep accurate records of all meetings. 2. Prepare summary of Executive Committee meetings for publication in the Messenger. 3. Publish annual minutes. 4. Mail Annual Church Profile to church clerks. 5. The clerk also may serve as historian.

Article IV - Director of Missions Section A - The director of missions shall be employed for an indefinite tenure of service. The director of missions shall give guidance to the ministries, activities, and programs of the Association and shall serve as treasurer for the Association. The director of missions shall be elected by the Association at a regular or special meeting upon the recommendation of a search committee that shall be elected by the Executive Committee. The director of missions is directly responsible to the Association. Areas of responsibility are: 1. Chief administrator, planner, and resource person for the Association. 2. Ex officio member of all teams and committees. 3. Counselor and advisor to the Association staff, ministers, and leaders of the churches. 4. Responsible for receiving the funds for the Association, administering the budget, keeping accurate records, and reporting to the Association in annual session and in Executive Committee meetings.

Article V – Administrative Team Section A: Membership shall be composed of the moderator; vice moderator; and chair of the Annual Meeting and Worship Committee, Church Relations Committee, Committee on Nominations, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Finance Committee, Personnel Committee, and Property Committee; and Woman’s Missionary Union director. Section B: Responsibilities: 1. Serve the Association staff in an advisory capacity and as a forum for evaluation and feedback; and assist with communication and coordination among administrative committees. 2. Prepare and present any resolutions (other than resolutions of appreciation which are the responsibility of the Annual Meeting and Worship Committee) that would be in the best interest of the Association. All resolutions shall be delivered in writing to the Administrative Team at least two weeks prior to the session in which the resolutions are to be considered. 3. Study any Christian life concerns and help educate member churches about such issues.

Article VI – Administrative Committees Section A: Administrative committees are committees that have continuing functions in the total administration of the Association. Section B: A person shall serve on no more than one committee of the Association unless he is a member of a special committee. A committee member shall be eligible to succeed himself. A committee member who finds he cannot serve is asked to inform the Committee on Nominations in order that he may be replaced. Section C: Terms of service for elected committee members shall begin at the conclusion of the October Annual Session.

Section D: Special committees, teams, or task groups may be developed at any time by the director of missions with Administrative Team approval. These groups shall have a one-year term of service unless otherwise stated.

Section E: All administrative committees shall have six (6) members, unless otherwise stated, with two (2) elected each year for a term of three (3) years except the Committee on Nominations whose members are appointed as outlined in Item 3a below. Committees and their responsibilities are:

1. Annual Meeting and Worship Committee a. Working with the Association staff, this committee shall plan the program for the annual meeting for inspiration and for promotion of Association ministries. b. Recommend the time and place for the annual meeting. c. Recommend the preacher and the alternate for the annual meeting. d. Responsible for all arrangements for the annual meeting. e. Prepare and present resolutions of appreciation as appropriate.

2. Church Relations Committee a. Develop the process and guidelines for the admission of new churches to the Association. The process and guidelines shall be consistent with the Constitution and shall be approved by the Executive Committee. b. Recommend new churches at annual meeting or at meetings of the Executive Committee as defined by committee guidelines. c. Serve as a Credentials Committee if a question concerning messengers should arise. d. Relate to any church named in a motion of dismissal. Any motion for dismissal must be referred to the Church Relations Committee. The Church Relations Committee will report at the next annual meeting. e. Develop a process of negotiation to be followed with churches named in motions of dismissal. f. Work with churches that are in conflict and request assistance.

3. Committee on Nominations a. The Committee on Nominations shall be composed of six members with two appointed each year for a three-year term. The outgoing moderator shall appoint the two new members, and he shall name the chair of this committee. b. The Committee on Nominations shall recommend to the Association the personnel of all special and administrative committees, and the Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center trustees. c. As needed, work with the Association Staff and Team Leaders for Associational ministries. d. Nominate moderator, vice moderator, clerk, and historian to the Association in Annual Session. e. Ministry Teams may be added or deleted as needed and approved by the Committee on Nominations.

4. Constitution and Bylaws Committee a. Annually read through the Constitution and Bylaws in order to keep the document current with the activities and ministries of the Association. b. Study any proposed change or revision and bring a report to the Annual Meeting. c. Read and study all constitutions and cooperative agreements in existence between Greenville Baptist Association, Martin- Webb Baptist Learning Center, Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center, and any others and report any revisions or recommended revisions in order to promote harmonious relationships.

5. Finance Committee a. Study the financial needs of the Association. b. Present a proposed budget to the Association in the October Annual Meeting. c. Give oversight to administration of the Association budget. d. Care for any financial emergency by bringing recommendations to the Executive Committee of the Association. e. Promote the Association budget in such a way as to solicit support from all the churches. f. Review annual audit. g. Meet with the director of missions as needed.

6. Personnel Committee a. Develop, maintain, and implement Personnel Guidelines and Procedure Manual. b. Work with director of missions to develop and recommend salaries and benefits for Association staff to Finance Committee. c. Work with director of missions to prepare position descriptions and update them as needed.

23 7. Property Committee a. Inspect and inventory Association properties. b. Develop and implement programs of preventive maintenance. c. Work with staff to develop policies for the use of Association facilities and equipment. d. Represent the Association in matters related to property.

Article VII – Partnership Ministries Section A: Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center 1. Marietta Baptist Camp and Conference Center is a partnership among the Greenville Baptist Association, Greer Baptist Association, and North Greenville Baptist Association. 2. Each association shall have four trustees, one elected each year; and each trustee shall serve a four-year term. 3. Trustees shall: a. Supervise the work of the camp. b. Hold title to camp property as outlined in camp constitution. c. Attend meetings of the trustees as scheduled by their board. d. Perform other duties as necessary for the stability, effectiveness, and future well-being of the camp and its ministries.

Section B: Collegiate Ministries Advisory Team 1. Collegiate Ministries Advisory Team is a cooperative effort of the Greenville Baptist Association, Greer Baptist Association, North Greenville Baptist Association, and Piedmont Baptist Association. 2. Shall relate to the local collegiate minister as assigned by the South Carolina Baptist Convention Collegiate Ministry Department. 3. The team shall be made up of representatives from each association. 4. Members shall serve a one-year term but may serve as many one-year terms as nominated and elected by the respective association. 5. The team shall assist the collegiate minister in planning, implementing, and evaluating student ministries on local campuses. 6. The team shall serve as a liaison between the collegiate minister and the local churches which are aligned with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. 7. The Association shall not be obligated to financially support the Collegiate Ministry Program.

Section C: Martin-Webb Baptist Learning Center 1. Martin-Webb Baptist Learning Center is a partnership among the Greenville Baptist Association and three National Baptist associations—Enoree River, North Enoree, and Reedy River. 2. The director is employed by the Cooperative Ministries Committee (executive and governing body). 3. Greenville Association director of missions is ex officio member of the Cooperative Ministries Committee. 4. Mission Statement: To encourage, promote, and train Christian workers in Christian education, evangelism, missions, stewardship, and church extension while endeavoring to combine the efforts of the churches and organizations in other ministries as determined by the Cooperative Ministries Committee.

Article VIII – Financial and Fiscal Policy Section A: The Association and its ministries and organizations shall operate on a unified budget. Each church shall be expected to contribute its proportionate share of the annual budget to defray the expenses of the promotional, educational, and missionary activities of the Association. Contributions on a monthly basis are requested of the churches. Section B: The Finance Committee will promote the Association budget. Section C: Association organizations may not solicit offerings except on prior approval of the Executive Committee. Section D: The business year of the Association shall be January 1 through December 31. Section E: Each year the finances shall be audited by a certified public accountant and a report made to the Executive Committee.

24 Article IX – New Work Properties and Assistance Fund

Section A: The New Work Properties and Assistance Fund is established to allow the Property Committee and the Finance Committee of the Greenville Baptist Association to borrow money against donated church property and administer these funds for the upkeep of these properties and for other New Work needs.

Article X – Annual Reports Section A: The churches affiliated with this body shall be expected to furnish annually the information requested by the Annual Church Profile and shall endeavor to get this to the clerk no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the October meeting. Section B: Each ministerial staff person employed by the Association or authorized to act as an agent for the Association shall submit an annual report giving clearly the facts of his/her ministry.

Article XI – Legal Representative Section A: The moderator and clerk shall sign all legal documents as directed by the Association or its Executive Committee. Section B: The moderator and clerk shall perform such other functions and duties as directed by the Association or the Executive Committee.

XII – Historian Section A: Gather and preserve Association records, documents, and articles of historical importance. Section B: Periodically publish articles that will make the membership more aware of our heritage.

XIII– Amendments to Bylaws These Bylaws may be altered or amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the messengers present at: 1. Any regular meeting of the Association provided a notice is given that proposed changes are to be considered. 2. Any special meeting of the Association provided the notice of such special meeting includes a copy of the proposed changes to the Bylaws that are to be considered.

Property Committee Report 2012

Last year our report included information about lease negotiations, construction plans, and financing needs.

I am happy to report that all has been completed and we are very pleased at the results.

The construction was completed in April of this year. The staff began the move from Eastlan back to Howe Street in April and completed the move in May.

American Renal Associates received their certificate of occupancy in early May and lease payments commenced at that time. Next May and every May thereafter, the lease payment will increase 2%.

Open house was held on May 22, 2012 and we had a good attendance of persons interested in the new building.

On June 11, 2012, the Property and Finance Committee met to hear details of the completed project. This financial report that was shared in that meeting is included on page 31.

As of now everything is running smoothly and we anticipate that it will continue this way.

By the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, the property will be under a property manager.

Hopefully the Property Committee will not be as busy in the future as we have been the last 2.5 years. Thank you for allowing each of us to serve the Association in this way.

Thank you for your patience and understanding throughout the building process.

Respectfully Submitted,

Property Committee:

Jack Dill, Chair Bruce Holcombe Ronald Geyer Shane Donald Kyle Turner Ron Davis, ex-officio

2013 ANNUAL BUDGET BUSINESS AFFAIRS TEAM 2013 Staff Support Salaries $ 121,268.95 Benefits $ 24,608.92 Expenses $ 12,930.28 Total Staff Support $ 158,808.15

Administrative Expenses Auditor $ 1,500.00 Mileage-Support Staff $ 300.00 Staff Christmas/Anniversary $ 6,000.00 Ministers Fellowship $ 500.00 Support Staff Conferences $ 300.00 Volunteer Appreciation Banquet $ - Total Administrative Expenses $ 8,600.00

Operational Expenses Office Supplies $ 4,000.00 Printing $ 6,000.00 New Equipment/Copier Payments $ 13,000.00 Postage $ 3,000.00 Telephone Fax Internet $ 10,120.00 Janitorial Service/Supplies $ 3,600.00 Grounds Maintenance $ 3,500.00 Building Maintenance $ 2,000.00 Storage Expense $ 2,500.00 Insurance $ 5,000.00 Utilities $ 12,000.00 Office Equipment Maintenance $ 3,000.00 Van-Gas, Maintenance, Insurance $ 3,500.00 Memorial Fund $ 250.00 Annual Session $ 700.00 Total Operational Expenses $ 72,170.00 TOTAL BUSINESS AFFAIRS $ 239,578.15

MISSIONS STRATEGY TEAM 2013 Staff Support Salaries $ 101,610.06 Benefits $ 46,940.96 Expenses $ 10,496.86 Total Staff Support $ 159,047.88

Missions Ministries Human Needs Ministry $ 4,800.00 (Crisis Centers, Disaster Relief, World Changers,Literacy,Hunger Relief and Prison Ministry) Local Ministry $ 1,000.00 (Day Camps, Multihousing, BCM, Mission Teams, Special Events) Partnership Ministry $ 10,000.00 (Honduras, ARM and Others.Does not include local partnerships) Church Planter Conferences $ 800.00

Total Missions Ministries $ 15,800.00

Local Partnership Ministries Martin-Webb $ 200.00 Marietta Camp & Conf Center $ 11,000.00 Adopt an Annuitant $ 1,200.00 Total Partnership Ministries $ 12,400.00

Hispanic Work Mission Support and Church plants $ 3,000.00 Chuj $ 2,400.00 New Plant $ 3,000.00 Literature $ 650.00 Pastor's Meetings $ 200.00 Hispanic Bible Institute $ 500.00 Festivals & Events $ 500.00 Total Hispanic Work $ 10,250.00

TOTAL MISSIONS STRATEGY $ 197,497.88

Church Health Initiative - Transform - Engage – Equip 2013

Encounter Ministries $ 12,000.00 Books, Seminars, Education Ministries $ 3,000.00

TOTAL CHURCH HEALTH INITIATIVE $ 15,000.00

TOTAL BUDGET EXPENSES $ 452,076.03

BUDGET FUNDING Church Contributions 2013 SCBC/NAMB $ 425,000.00 SCBC/New Work $ 39,626.01 SCBC/Multihousing $ - $ - TOTAL BUDGET FUNDING $ 464,626.01

Exp enses $ 452,076.03 Funding $ 464,626.01 $ 12,549.98

Tenant Income & Expense Report Tenant income and expenses May 2012 thru Oct 2012 Revenue

Rent received $ 51,275.16

CAM (shared expense fees) received $ 13,503.23

Total Rent & CAM (shared expense fees) $ 64,778.39

Expenses

Grounds Maintenance $ 1,250.00

Grounds Maintenance Supplies $ 662.84

Southern Mutual (Insurance) $ 2,609.00

I nterest Exp (Greenville First) $ 25,366.50

Total Expenses $ 29,888.34

Total Revenue $ 64,778.39 Minus Total Expenses $ 29,888.34 $ 34,890.05

Building and Loan Update

Loan Draws Beginning Balance $900,000.00

12/15/2011 12,126.97 To cover closing costs 3,000.00 Loan Origination Fee 2,800.00 Appraisal Fee 185.00 Title Search 200.00 Title Insurance 2,750.00 Attorney's Fees 1,890.00 Title insurance 50.00 Copy & Courier 13.00 Recording fees 11.00 Record assignment of lease 1,227.97 2011 County Taxes 12/15/2011 200,000.00 To cover costs associated with bldg. 69,683.94 Lee & Associates 16,047.00 Pangel Abatement 5,650.00 Brown & Massey 14,480.00 Moss & Associates 22,859.77 Moss & Associates 2/2/2012 210,000.00 To cover pay app #3 204,900.12 Moss & Associates 595.00 Moss & Associates 2/22/2012 200,000.00 To cover pay app #4 201,163.35 Moss & Associates 3/15/2012 172,000.00 To cover pay app #5 172,197.42 Moss & Associates To cover pay app #6 75,147.61 Mo ss & Associates 6/1/2012 60,000.00 To cover pay app #7 63,463.16 Moss & Associates 6/27/2012 32,000.00 To cover pay app #8 (includes retainage) 31,579.57 Moss & Associates

Total Draw 886,126.97 889,893.91 Total Used

D ifference (3,766.94) (spent out of general budget)

Loan balance available 13,873.03

32 2012-2013 Committee on Nominations All the positions and names carried under this heading are offered as a means of listing the information for every committee in one place. New committee members begin service at the conclusion of this annual meeting. All others were previously elected and are serving the remainder of their terms. Director of Missions is ex officio member of all committees.

Year Name Address Phone Church Email______

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 2013 Fred Finch 102 Kay Dr, Simpsonville 29681 313.0809 Hilltop Ave 2013 Warren Neely 106 Nicholas Dr, Greenville 29617 421.5293 David Street 2014 Dan Vincent 3018 Augusta St, Greenville 29605 299.1180 Augusta Heights [email protected] 2014 **Benny Littlejohn 625 S Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville 29607 288.5420 Eastlan blittlejohn@eastlan. 2015 **Ralph Carter 4999 Old Spartanburg Rd, Taylors 29687 244.5075 Brushy Creek [email protected] 2015 **Danny Burnley 2331 Laurens Rd, Greenville 29607 288.1711 Laurel [email protected]

**Appointed by Outgoing Moderator

Officers

The following persons are being nominated to serve as officers of the Association. Service will begin following this session.

Name Address Phone Church Moderator David Williams 1801 Woodruff Rd, Greenville 29607 288.1323 Rocky Creek Vice Moderator Bryan Cox 509 S Main St, Mauldin 29662 963.3547 New Hope Clerk Anne Beaver 633 Summit Dr, Greenville 29609 242.3805 Brushy Creek Historian Wanda Bridwell 220 Howe St, Greenville 29601 242.4330 Greenville Association

Administrative Committees

ANNUAL MEETING AND WORSHIP 2013 Richard Corbin 2300 W Blue Ridge Dr, Greenville 29611 246.9220 City View First [email protected] 2013 Jonnie Terry 1011 W Butler Rd #915, Greenville 29607 297.0615 Community Mission 2014 Tal Sexton 2 Two Gait Lane, Simpsonville 29680 884.0039 Reedy Fork [email protected] 2014 Danny Culbertson 1500 W Parker Rd, Greenville 29617 246.8411 Monaghan [email protected] 2015 Stephen Miller 1100 S Main St, Greenville 29601 232.7312 Pendleton Street [email protected] 2015 Martin Atkins 801 Piedmont Park Rd, Greenville 29609 244.4128 Piedmont Park [email protected]

Year Name Address Phone Church Email CHURCH RELATIONS 2013 Scott Fitzsimmons 1500 W Parker Rd, Greenville 29617 246.8411 Monaghan [email protected] 2013 Harold Moon 213 Libby Ln, Mauldin 29662 288.1755 Disciples Fellowship [email protected] 2014 Alex Sands 200 E Butler Rd, Mauldin 29662 627.8199 Kingdom Life [email protected] 2014 Daniel Lee 403 Sulphur Springs Rd, Greenville 29617 246.3347 Bethel [email protected] 2015 Furman Gatewood 611 S Fairfield Rd, Greenville 29605 244.7174 Community Mission [email protected] 2015 Calvin Holland 21 Allen St, Greenville 29605 233.7457 Dunean [email protected]

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS 2013 Gene Seay 600 Hunts Bridge Rd Lot #111, Greenville 29617 246.9580 Monaghan 2013 Jim Barnes 125 Knollwood Dr, Greenville 29607 235.1035 Dunean [email protected] 2014 Todd Stewart 1503 E Lee Rd, Taylors 29687 244.4678 Lee Road [email protected] 2014 Stephen Clyborne 225 W Earle St, Greenville 29609 233.5332 Earle Street [email protected] 2015 Eddie Howard 501 Hillside Church Rd, Fountain Inn 29644 862.5597 Hillside [email protected] 2015 Barry Dilworth 1500 W Parker Rd, Greenville 29617 246.8411 Monaghan [email protected]

FINANCE 2013 Will Kirby 19 View Point, Greenville 29609 244.5376 Northgate [email protected] 2013 Jimmy Robinson 1805 Wade Hampton Blvd, Greenville 29609 244.4955 White Oak [email protected] 2014 Roger Hall 2323 Roper Mountain Rd, Simpsonville 29681 228.6075 Simpsonville First [email protected] 2014 Howard Foster 112 Batesville Rd, Simpsonville 29681 288-9455 Five Forks [email protected] 2015 *Robert McKinney 457 Edinburgh Lane, Easley 29640 246.4329 Monaghan [email protected] 2015

PERSONNEL 2013 Bryan Cox 509 S Main St, Mauldin 29662 963.3547 New Hope [email protected] 2013 Freida Cole 1705 E North Street, Greenville 29607 235.6359 Overbrook [email protected] 2014 Cameron Byrd 301 Bethany Rd, Simpsonville 29681 963.4804 Clear Spring [email protected] 2014 Mo Howard Jr. 520 Reedy Fork Rd, Piedmont 29673 299.1574 Reedy Fork [email protected] 2015 Marty Price 1100 S Main St, Greenville 29601 232.7312 Pendleton Street [email protected] 2015 Ron Lewis 300 Roper Mountain Rd Ext, Greenville 29615 288.1911 Roper Mountain [email protected]

Year Name Address Phone Church Email

PROPERTY 2013 Kyle Turner 1 Alabama Ave, Greenville 29611 269.0371 Oak Crest 2013 Bruce Holcombe 400 Blakely Ave, Piedmont 29673 277.8096 Reedy Fork [email protected] 2014 Jack Dill PO Box 6066, Greenville 29606 235.2518 Northgate [email protected] 2014 Shane Donald 2801 Old Easley Bridge Rd, Greenville 29611 269.3455 Tanglewood [email protected] 2015 Tim Keagy #6 Halstead Ct, Simpsonville 29681 905.3304 Rocky Creek [email protected] 2015

TRUSTEES, MARIETTA BAPTIST CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER 2013 Kirk Atkins 83 Topsail Court, Greenville 29611 220.5998 Rocky Creek 2014 Larry Dyer 118 Millbrook Circle, Taylors 29687 244.8598 Piedmont Park 2014 Joe Capitan 118 Beechwood Dr, Piedmont 29673 277.0277 Reedy Fork 2015 Charles Pickelsimer 306 Caroldean Drive, Travelers Rest 29690 834.2098 Covenant Grace

Ron Davis, ex-officio 220 Howe Street, Greenville 29601 242.4330 Greenville Association

* Serving unexpired term

Committee on Nominations:

Martin Atkins, Chair Dan Vincent Bob Whaley Fred Finch Warren Neely Moderator, Mike Runion, ex-officio Director of Missions, Ron Davis, ex-officio

Deceased Members During The Year

Augusta Heights Mr. George Davidson, Mrs. Mary Vaughn, Mrs. Ruth Blalock Mrs. Lucille Self, Mrs. Jane Carson, Mrs. Mary Ferguson, Mrs. Mattie Hamrick, Mr. Charles Gray, Mrs. Barbara Taylor

Berea First Mr. Clyde Hayes, Mr. Ralph Hawkins, Mrs. Doris Blakeney, Mrs. Delores Pearson, Mr. Leon Johnson, Mrs. Mary Kirksey Mr. Richard Babb, Mrs. Doris Rogers, Mrs. Ann Wyatt Mrs. Ruth Holliday, Mrs. Gus Yates, Mr. Doug Emory Mrs. Jessica Taylor, Mrs. Maree League, Mrs. Ruth Presnell Mr. Lee Cook, Mrs. Carol Morgan

Bethel Mrs. Ida Nash, Mr. J. Frank Williams, Mr. Perry Vaughn, Mrs. Rubylee Martin, Mrs. Frances Suddeth, Mrs. Ruth T. Trammell Mrs. Donna Keil, Mrs. Mary Lou Worley, Mr. Harlan O’Malley Mr. Byron Dill, Mr. Floyd Wagner Jr.

Brandon Mrs. Evelyn Carnes, Mrs. Doris Browning, Mrs. Alene Cooper Mrs. Gladys Holcombe, Mr. Troy Dickert, Mrs. Georgia Chambers Mrs. Iris Ivey, Mrs. Betty O’Kelley, Mrs. Grace Ouzts, Mr. Jim Poole, Mrs. Carrie Durham, Horace McAlister (Deacon)

Brushy Creek Frank Calvage, Joyce Roberts, Gail Crusco, Hazel Keller, Gene Dill, Juanita Hall, James Keasler

Calvary First Mrs. Brenda Richardson, Mrs. Catherine Key, Mrs. Dora Eppes Mrs. Margie Bryant, Mr. Melvin Darby

Cedar Lane Mr. Richard Patterson, Mrs. Sharon Laverne Anthony

Cedar Shoals Mrs. Carolyn Chapman, Mrs. Nola Cagle, Ned Tumblin (Deacon)

City View First Berry Medlin, Mickey Nalley, Sarah Owen, Bill Browning Mamie Garrison, Bill Payne, Curtie Mae Yeargin Geraldine Greenway, Wilma Lesley, Lloyd Allen, Flora Watson

Clear Spring Mrs. Frances Mayfield, Mrs. Elmina Cooper Mills, Mr. Angus Lancaster Mrs. Elizabeth Redding, Mrs. Clemis Mayfield

Covenant Grace Mr. Alton Wooten, Mrs. Madge Mattison, Mrs. Evelyn Bishop Mrs. Dot Peddycord, Mrs. Frances Roberts

Crestview Mrs. Louise Coley, Mrs. Margaret Grogan, Mr. Kenneth Knox

Dunean Mrs. Nellie Pridmore, Mrs. Dorothy Bryant, Mr. Claude Long Mrs. Maggie Hill, Mrs. Maxine Cartee, Mr. FM Campbell Mrs. Frances Eubanks, Mrs. Irene Williams, Mr. Parker Fennell

East Park Mr. Raymond Brown, Mrs. Edna Therrell, Mrs. Bea Pollard Miss Mary Ellen McDonald, Rev. Clarence McCarson

Eastlan Sharon Contreras, Chip Henderson, Ruby Barbour Shirley Herrell, Frances Buckley

Edwards Road Mrs. Gladys Tanner, Mr. Robert Fiedler, Mrs. Wilda Creehan Mrs. Lorraine Cornwell

Emmanuel Mrs. Carrie Jewel

Fairview Street Mrs. Clara Boggs

Five Forks Mrs. Kindness Babb, Mrs. Linda Ball, Mrs. Judy Pressley Mrs. Ruth Jones

Fork Shoals Mrs. Imogene Lollis

Fountain Inn First Mrs. Jane Chandler, Mr. Richard Massey, Mr. Ben McWhite Mr. Rodney Coon, Mrs. Myrtle Holland, Mr. Bill Kernell Mr. Richard Englert, Mrs. Virginia Edwards, Mrs. Sara Farrow Mr. Royall Meroney, Mrs. Ruby Lowery

Grace Mr. Ray Roach, Mr. Floyd Smith

Grove Road Mrs. Dorothy McKenzie Mayben, Mr. Danny Ray Lee Sr. Mr. William Pottenger

Grove Station Mrs. Thelma Campbell, Mrs. Ella Mae Lindsey

Hampton Heights Mrs. Bea Charping, Mr. Harry Blair (Deacon), Mrs. Etta Woodall Mr. Archie Mallory, Mrs. Jennifer Clark, Mrs. Gertrude Brookshire

Hillside Miss Trisha Feete, Mr. Deward “Buddy” Darnell, Mrs. Mary Edna Anderson, Mrs. Carolyne Alexander Darnell Mr. Zachary “Zac” DeVos

Hilltop Avenue Don Paige, Mary Hawkins

Kingdom Life Levi Perrin (Minister)

Laurel Mrs. Frankie Reid, Mr. Sam Jefford, Mr. Marion Thompson Mrs. Doris Ballenger

Lee Road Mr. Larry Gray, Doris Hill, Mr. A.D. Hardin, Mrs. Mildred Julian Mrs. Lucy Messinger, Mrs. Juanita McGaffic, Mrs. LaRue Ridley Mr. Carl Letterman

Mauldin First Mr. Bill Adams, Mr. Paul Adams, Mrs. Argel Ballenger Mrs. Mahala Bledsoe, Mrs. Janis Brown, Mrs. Bessie Broyhill Mr. Travis Casey, Mr. Richard Cato, Mr. Eddie Childress Mrs. Jean Conyers, Mr. Lawrence Davis, Mrs. Mary Eby Mr. Dallas Griffin, Mrs. Gloria Littlejohn, Ms. Ann Locke Ms. Beth Page, Mrs. Virginia Roberts, Mr. Dean Shook Mrs. Leona Smith, Mrs. Mary Townsend, Mrs. Hattie Mae Varner Mr. L.O. Vaughn, Mrs. Monnie Yeargin

Monaghan Mr. James Cantrell, Mr. Kenneth Chandler, Mr. Harry Degear Sr. Mrs. Alice Eades, Mr. Mark Garrett, Mr. Jack Gilliland Mrs. Wanda Green, Mr. Albert Haag, Mrs. Ethel Petrea Mrs. Betty Turner

Northgate Mr. Pete Bailey, Mrs. Irene Black, Mrs. Rachel Graves Mrs. Elaine Harp, Mrs. Ann Henderson, Mrs. Kate Jenkins Mrs. Louise Kerr, Mrs. Ruth O’Donnell, Mrs. Dorothy Sabean Mrs. June Scott, Mr. David Stroud, Mr. Robert White (Deacon)

Oak Crest Mrs. Gertrude Lane, Mrs. Linda Moore, Mrs. Jearldine Turner Mrs. Mary Stephens, Mrs. Barbara Griffin, Mrs. Summer Roach Miss Penelope Lyon

Overbrook Jean Ballard, Vernon Wade, James Carter, Cecil Gravley Janice Montjoy, Marie Henderson, Willie Mae Andrews John S. Elmore Jr., Nell Andrews, Paul Rossi, Juliaette Bagwell

Parisview Leroy Tucker, Wanda Thrift, Carlton Duncan, Dot Peddycord Bill Anders

Pendleton Street Mr. Lucius S. Fowler, Mrs. Mary Jean Mahon Adkins Mrs. Vivian B. Putnam, Mr. William M. Putnam Mrs. Ida Lee G. Watson, Mr. James Edward Elrod Mr. Edward Eugene Porter, Mr. Kenneth W. Linder Mrs. Caroline L. Lawton, Ms. Dena Driskell

Piedmont First Mr. Carroll Wynn, Mrs. Ruby Hulsey, Mr. John Davenport

Piedmont Park Mrs. Dot Brothers, Mrs. Frances Vest, Mrs. Edna Carlton

Reedy Fork Mrs. Earline Mowen, Mrs. Azalee Collins, Mrs. Lula Cothran

Revolution Mr. Scott Burdsal

Roper Mountain Mrs. Sybil Byars, Mr. Tom Jenkins, Mrs. Shirley Biggers

Sandy Springs Mrs. Almond Campbell, Mrs. Josephine Gossett Mrs. George Ansel McCuen Jr., Mr. John Gordon Pearson Mr. Paul Richey, Mrs. Mary McCollum, Mr. James McCollum

Sans Souci Mr. Tom Lineberger, Mrs. Ruth Ashmore, Ms. Helen Harrison Mrs. Sally Crumley, Mrs. Evelyn Clark, Mr. Hugh Watkins Rev. Jack Rich (Ordained Minister), Mrs. Hazel Vaughn Ms. Roy Haden

Simpsonville First Mr. Bruce Gentry, Mrs. Pat Abee, Mrs. Joan Glenn, Mr. Darryl McLendon Ms. Tricia Ede, Mr. Earl Carpenter, Mrs. Roberta McDougle Ms. Peggy Jo Soley, Mr. Raydee Wyatt, Mrs. Mary Ruth Taylor Mr. B.F. Banther, Mr. Frank “Bud” Dix, Ms. Ellen Burnham Mr. Ron Nalley, Mrs. Wendy Bailey, Mrs. Elna Sims Mr. Douglas Jones, Mrs. Thelma Williams, Mr. Harmon Farley Mr. Wesley Barnes, Mrs. Tammie Atwood

SonPoint Community Joanna Stallings

Standing Springs Mr. Billy Wooten, Mrs. Norma Robinson, Mr. Dennis Garrett Mr. Gary Hardy, Mrs. Janelle Boyce, Mr. James Boyce Mrs. Estelle Sullivan, Mrs. Nancy Bailey, Mr. Billy Smith Mrs. Shirley Payne, Mrs. Sandra Gooch

Tanglewood Mrs. Joan Martin, Miss Teresa James, Mr. Jack James

Unity Mr. Tim Brashier, Miss Stephanie Fowler, Mrs. June Leake Mrs. Ruth Anderson, Mr. Kermit Pursell, Mrs. Mae Watson

Welcome Mrs. Pat Green, Mrs. Lucille Boothe, Mr. Art Manning Mrs. Myra Landreth, Mr. Ed White, Mrs. Margaret Junkin Mrs. Reba Childers

West Gann First Mr. Ray Ramirez, Mrs. Eloise Campbell, Mrs. Jewel Tidwell Mr. Earl Watson, Imogene Burrell, Mr. Frank Rhoney Mrs. Sara Thomas, Mr. James Kohn

West Greenville Mrs. Agnes Hooper, Mr. Bruce Murphree

Westview Mrs. Novella Massey, Mrs. Margaret Strickland

Westwood Mr. Lewis Yates

White Oak Mrs. Linda Bowers, Mrs. Smitty Gregory Mr. Bobby Bennefield (Deacon), Mrs. Dot Dillard Mr. Michael Palumbo, Mrs. Mitzi Tzouvelekas, Ms. Pauline Brown Mr. Bill Phillips (Deacon), Mr. Bill Poteat, Mrs. Eleanor Forrest

Woodside Mrs. Margaret Townsend

Events of Interest during the year in Churches and New Works

Augusta Heights New Pastor, new Minister of Music and new Office Manager

Bethel Continuing ministries in our mission center in the apartment complex across from the church; mission trip to New Orleans; remodel began on restrooms in Family Life Center

Brushy Creek Ordained Suresh Jonnalagadda

Calvary First Ordained Rev. Buddy Miller and hired as part time Associate Pastor

Capstone We had lead pastor, Walt Tanner, and executive pastor, Chris Barrineau ordained at the end of 2011. We have been working with Hope Vision Ministry in Haiti. We built a building for a new church plant

Christ the Open Door Celebrated second anniversary of the church with 498 in attendance

City View First New ministry, Judgment House

Clear Spring Fed homeless one Sunday morning each month, helped with Good News Club at Bell’s Crossing during the last school term, and heading up the Good News Club at Monarch Elementary this year

Connection Fellowship Moved to a new location in January 2012, Velocity Sports Performance Bldg, 110 Powers Blvd. in Piedmont; Had 6th Annual Missions Conference in May 2012; Outreach events in April and May; Hosted Disciple Now week-end in April; Mission trips to New Jersey, San Diego, CA, and Greensboro, NC

Covenant Grace The merge of two churches- Leawood and Buncombe Road and became Covenant Grace; All is well and the church is growing

Crestview New Roof on both church buildings; new air conditioner installed for the church

Daventon Mike Conklin ordained in ministry

Eastlan Bryan Stokes ordained in ministry; Pastor Seok Bong Yang ordained in ministry

Encounter 3 people were baptized; Moved to pastor’s house from the movie theater; new groups started

Filadelfia Festival of the Family

Five Forks Majority of vision achieved; Renovation and fund raising for buildings; Creation of part-time Minister of Children, Jessica Preisig; 4 mission trips

Fountain Inn First Ordination to the ministry- Clint Carter

Grove Station Transitioned from interim pastor Rev. Jimmy Johnson to permanent pastor, Rev. Larry Gunter who started in April of 2012; Church began minor building renovations; 2012 also brought new families with young children which breathed a fresh spirit in this over one hundred year old established Christian body

Holly Ridge New pastor came in December 2012; new purpose & priorities; New church logo

Iglesia Hispana Completed two phases of a three –phase building program

Infinity Closed on new building April 27, 2012

Kingdom Life Started Navigators 2:7 Discipleship Training; started Elder Training and Completed in December 2012; opened food pantry September 2012

Lee Road Celebrated 50th Anniversary in October 2011

Mission Hispana la Gracia Had baptism at Table Rock; held a Revival; held 3 soccer tournaments for community; picnic at Table Rock

New Hope Awana program was started; Rev. Tim Shaw ordained

Northgate Blue Bryan, Minister of Students and Education, received his doctorate degree

Oak Crest In March of 2012 we began renting our sanctuary to a Spanish speaking church; The children of the Spanish speaking church meet with our children on Wednesdays; For the third year now, we have moved our evening worship services to a park a few blocks from our church during the month of May and we call it “Concerts in the Park”, the community is invited and we have singing, music from our band, preaching and food. Testimonies were shared and the drama team performed; One year our youth minister, Sam Cann, who is fluent in Spanish interpreted; this has been a successful event

Origins Ordained two men as Elders/Pastors- Matthew Elrod and Jon Poole

Overbrook Ordination of youth minister, Austin Trammell; Building renovations to Include Welcome Center and Worship Center

Parisview Celebrated Centennial

Reedy Fork Celebrated the 140th Anniversary (1872-2012)

Renewal Have ministries in the following areas: students, children, men, women

Revolution 39 professions of faith in 2012

Rocky Creek Ordained Josh Williams to ministry, January 2012

Sandy Springs Rebuilt front steps and ramp; added more lighting outside; completed playground area; gave support to youth minister and his wife as they applied and were accepted as Journeyman missionaries; started Wednesday nigh suppers; celebrated church’s 180th Anniversary in July

Simpsonville First Began new satellite location in Laurens- meets at Capitol Theater; Hosted Chik-fil-a Leadership simulcast and also Greg Laurie’s Harvest America Crusade simulcast; Annual Prayer Summit- four nights of guest speakers and corporate prayer

SonPoint Community Women’s ministry; youth ministry; men’s ministry; new roof on building

Standing Springs Ordination of Deacon Jeff Altman; Dedication of new Rev. Pat Perry Prayer Room

Temple New Family Life Center

The Well New location as of October 2012

West Gantt First One baby dedication

Westview Good News Clubs Ministry started at Hollis Elementary School

Westwood New Pastor, Dr. Sam Byrum, started in February 2012

White Oak Dr. Jimmy Robinson retired June 30, 2012

Woodside Installation of new pastor in May of 2012, Rev. James A. Tarrant

Historical Table of Association in Session

Preacher of Annual/Doctrinal Session Date Place Moderator Clerk Sermon Text 1860 October 5 Union-Marietta W.B. Johnson James Harrison 1 1861 October 4-7 Bethuel W.L. Ballard James Harrison S. Powell II Corinthians 5:20 2 1862 October 3-5 New Liberty W.L.Ballard James Harrison S.T. Dill Matthew 11:29 3 1863 October 2-3 Sandy Springs W.L. Ballard James Harrison J. Dean Philippians 3:10 4 1864 September 30-Oct 3 Lima W.L.Ballard James Harrison W.L. Ballard Psalm 29:1 5 1865 September 29-30 Double Springs W.L. Ballard James Harrison B. Holden Mark 16:20 6 1866 October 5-7 Fork Shoals H.L. Henderson J.L. Westmoreland H.L. Henderson Matthew 16:18 7 1867 October 4-7 Marietta W.L. Ballard J.L. Westmoreland W.L. Ballard Job 7:17a 8 1868 October 2-3 Pleasant Hill S.T. Dill J.L. Westmoreland T.J. Earle II Corinthians 4:5 9 1869 October 1-3 Rayburn Creek W.L.Ballard J.L. Westmoreland H.L. Henderson Genesis 1:3 10 1870 September 30-Oct 2 Enoree W.L. Ballard J.W. Harrison A.D. Bowers Matthew 6:10a 11 1871 September 29-Oct 1 Glassy Mountain W.L. Ballard J.L. Westmoreland S.C. Powell II Corinthians 5:20 12 1872 October 4-6 Grove Station W.L. Ballard C.N. Donaldson A.D. Bowers I Corinthians 16:13 13 1873 October 3-5 Marietta W.L. Ballard J. W. Harrison W.L. Ballard Psalm 17:4 14 1874 October 2-4 Enoree W.L. Ballard W.T. Shockley A.D. Bowers Matthew 11:29 15 1875 October 1-3 Fork Shoals W.L. Ballard W.T. Shockley T.F. Nelson John 3:1 16 1876 September 29-Oct 2 Ebenezer W.L.Ballard J.B. Patrick S.T.Dill Psalm 111:1 17 1877 September 20-23 Pleasant Grove J.C. Hiden J.B. Patrick T.P. Bell I John 4:19 18 1878 September 19-22 Bethuel J.C. Hiden M.L. Donaldson T.W. Reid John 8:12 19 1879 August 21-24 Gowansville T.J. Earle D.T. Smith T.J. Earle Proverbs 11:30 20 1880 September 29-30 Reedy River T.J. Earle D.T. Smith W.H. Strickland Romans 15:4 21 1881 August 23-25 Rocky Creek T.J. Earle D.T. Smith W.H. Strickland Revelation 22:21-22 22 1882 August 22-24 Berea T.J. Earle D.T. Smith F.R. Underwood I Corinthians 3:21-23 23 1883 August 21-23 Clear Spring Charles Manly D.T. Smith T.W. Reid John 14:16 24 1884 August 19-21 Mountain Creek Charles Manly D.T. Smith E.J. Mullinax Daniel 9:3 25 1885 August 18-20 Sandy Springs Charles Manly D.T. Smith T.J. Earle I Corinthians 1:21 26 1886 August 17-19 Columbia Charles Manly D.T. Smith T.W. Reid John 12:27 27 1887 August 23-25 Standing Springs Charles Manly D.T. Smith J.A. Mundy Matthew 25:14-30 28 1888 August 21-23 Pleasant Grove Charles Manly D.T. Smith T.M. Bailey II Peter 3:16 29 1889 August 20-22 Fork Shoals James A. Hoyt D.T. Smith J.C. Furman Matthew 16:15 30 1890 August 19-21 Welcome James A. Hoyt D.T. Smith R.H. Griffin Revelation 3:22 31 1891 August 11-13 Greenville First James A. Hoyt D.T. Smith T.M. Galphin 32 1892 August 16-18 Brushy Creek James A. Hoyt D.T. Smith B.S. Funderburk Jeremiah 9:23-24 33 1893 August 15-17 Berea Charles Manly J.J. Watson J.L. Vass Genesis 31:29 34 1894 August 14-16 Fountain Inn D.T. Smith J.J. Watson Charles Manly II Corinthians 6:1 35 1895 August 13-15 Greer D.T. Smith W.P. League C.S. Gardner Revelation 3:20 36 1896 August 10-12 Forestville D.T. Smith W.P. League W.L. Richards James 3:15-17 37 1897 August 19-21 Simpsonville D.T. Smith W.P. League D.W. Kay Acts 6:1 38 1898 August 16-18 Grove Station D.T. Smith S.R. Melichamp D.W. Kay II Thessalonians 2:16 39 1899 August 5-7 Pleasant Grove D.T. Smith J.E. Freeman R.G. Kendrick John 20:21 40 1900 August 14-16 Rocky Creek D.T. Smith O.B. Martin W.R. McMillan I Corinthians 13:13 41 1901 August 13-15 Bethuel D.T. Smith O.B. Martin D.W. Kay I Corinthians 9:22 42 1902 August 12-14 Brushy Creek D.T. Smith T.R. League W.W. Jones Mark 5:24 43 1903 August 4-6 Clear Spring M.L. Donaldson T.R. League Z.T. Cody John 8:36 44 1904 August 10-12 Berea M.L. Donaldson D.T. Smith R.H. Burriss Isaiah 41:21 45 1905 August 10-12 Columbia W.P. Taylor D.T. Smith J.E. Edwards Matthew 25:21 46 1906 August 9-10 Standing Springs William Goldsmith,Jr. D.T. Smith H.L. Riley Mark 16:3 47 1907 August 8-9 Reedy Fork William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith G.W. Bussey John 12:32 48 1908 August 7-8 Pleasant Grove William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith Z.T. Cody Matthew 28:19 49 1909 August 5-6 Laurel Creek William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith Henry Miller Matthew 16:18 50 1910 August 11-12 Greenville First William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith W.W. Williams I Corinthians 1:16 51 1911 August 10-11 Sandy Springs William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith S.T. Matthews Luke 12:15 52 1912 August 7-8 Fork Shoals William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith J.H. Washington Matthew 6:19 53 1913 August 6-8 Greer William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith D.M. Ramsay John 4:38 54 1914 August 5-7 Washington William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith G.W. Quick John 15:9-17 55 1915 August 4-6 Simpsonville William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith J.D. Chapman Ephesians 2:19 56 1916 August 9-11 Pleasant Grove William Goldsmith Jr. D.T. Smith J.P. Coleman John 14:12-13 57 1917 August 8-10 Daventon C.G. Burton D.T. Smith H.W. Provence Galatians 3:20 58 1918 August 7-8 Piedmont C.G. Burton D.T. Smith H.M. Fallow II Peter 3:15-16 59 1919 August 6-7 Fountain Inn First C.G. Burton D.T. Smith B.D. Hahn I Samuel 30:24 60 1920 August 4-5 Morgan Memorial C.G. Burton D.T. Smith J.H. Machen Matthew 5:13 61 1921 August 10-11 Greenville First C.G. Burton D.T. Smith W.L. McGlothlin Mark 1:14-15 62 1922 August 9-10 Unity C.G. Burton D.T. Smith G.W. Quick I Chronicles 29:5 63 1923 August 8-9 Standing Springs D.L. Bramlett D.T. Smith W.J. Bolt Jude 3 64 1924 August 6-7 Berea D.L.Bramlett D.T. Smith J.N. Wrenn John 13:14 65 1925 August 5-6 Pendleton Street D.L. Bramlett D.T. Smith J.L. Willis Matthew 6:9 66 1926 August 4-5 Rocky Creek D.L. Bramlett D.T. Smith George P. White Luke 16:9

67 1927 August 10-11 Earle Street C.O. Milford D.T. Smith J.C. Owen Ezra 7:10 68 1928 August 8-9 Augusta Road C.O. Milford D.T. Smith W.L. McGlothlin Acts 9:6 69 1929 August 7-8 Columbia C.O. Milford D.L. Bramlett L.K. Simpson Luke 13:34-35 70 1930 August 6-8 Reedy Fork C.O. Milford D.L. Bramlett I.L. Yearby Galatians 4:4, John 20:2 71 1931 August 5-6 Simpsonville First H.T. Cox D.L.Bramlett F.G. Lavender I Timothy 3:15 72 1932 August 10-11 Brandon H.T. Cox D.L. Bramlett G.W. Quick John 14:12 73 1933 August 9-10 Welcome H.T. Cox D.L. Bramlett S.W. Jolly Galatians 6:14 74 1934 August 8-9 Greenville First L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett W.L. Ball Ephesians 2:10 75 1935 August 7-8 Fork Shoals L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett C. Frank Pittman II Chronicles 7:14 76 1936 August 5-6 Sans Souci L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett Leon H. Latimer Isaiah 40:9 77 1937 August 4-5 Pleasant Grove L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett L.H. Miller John 15:1-14 78 1938 August 10-11 Central L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett J.E. Willis Matthew 14:16 79 1939 August 2-3 Clear Spring L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett D.A. Martin Acts 2:1-15 80 1940 July 21- August 1 Berea L.K. Simpson D.L. Bramlett B.W. Bailes I Corinthians 2:2 81 1941 July 30-31 Pendleton Street B.C. Wright D.L. Bramlett J. Dean Crain Colossians 1:18 82 1942 July 29-30 Fountain Inn First/ Brandon D.L. Bramlett J.A. Orr Grange S. Cothran Revelation 3:8 83 1943 July 28-29 Piedmont/ Monaghan D.L. Bramlett J.A. Orr, Jr. J.A. Wilcox Galatians 6:14 84 1944 August 2-3 Poe/ Second of Greenville D.L. Bramlett J.A. Orr, Jr. S.J. Gardner Acts 20:31 85 1945 August 1-2 Dunean/ Simpsonville First D.L. Bramlett J.A. Orr, Jr. J.R. Bruce Matthew 16:18 86 1946 July 24-25 Rocky Creek/ Morgan Memorial D.L. Bramlett J.A. Orr, Jr. J.A. Howard II Timothy 2:15 87 1947 July 23-24 Brandon/ Brushy Creek C.F. Pittman J.A. Orr, Jr. D.D. McCraw Exodus 14:15 88 1948 July 21-23 Augusta Road/ Sans Souci C.F. Pittman J.A. Orr, Jr. Nathan C. Brooks II Timothy 2:5 89 1949 July 21-22 Temple/ Judson J. Dean Crain Lewis C. McKinney D.W. Satterfield Exodus 14:15 90 1950 July 19-20 East Park/ Earle Street J. Dean Crain Lewis C. McKinney B.F. Rogers Hosea 14:1-11 91 1951 October 18-19 Greenville First/ Pleasant Grove Nathan C. Brooks Lewis C. McKinney A. Boyd Turner Matthew 16:13-20 92 1952 October 14-15 Welcome/ Piedmont Leon M. Latimer Lewis C. McKinney Robert Cochran Romans 1:7-17 93 1953 October 14-15 Leawood/ Reedy Fork Leon M. Latimer Cullen B. Crook Walter E. Boone Romans 10:1-17 94 1954 October 13-14 City View/ Fountain Inn First B.F. Rogers Cullen B. Crook S.H. Jones Luke 10:23 95 1955 October 12-13 Sans Souci/ Brandon D.D. McGraw Cullen B. Crook Thomas L. Painter Psalm 133:1 96 1956 October 12-13 Simpsonville First/ Pleasant Grove D.D. McGraw Cullen B. Crook Cullen B. Crook Acts 5:12-15 97 1957 October 16-17 Laurel/ Rock Hill Jesse M. Hill Cullen B. Crook L.H. Miller John 16:7 98 1958 October 15-16 Washington Avenue/Piedmont Park Cullen B. Crook Ollin J. Owens J.J. Sparks I Corinthians 12:31 99 1959 October 14-15 Earle Street/ West Gantt Clyde M. Johnson Ollin J. Owens J.H. Walker Hebrews 10:35-39 100 1960 October 12-13 Greenville First/ J.N. Evans Ollin J. Owens A. Howard Wilson Luke 2:40, 52 Pendleton Street * O.F. Owens I Thessalonians 4:13-18 101 1961 October 11-12 Northgate/ Augusta Road A. Howard Wilson Ollin J. Owens O.B. Lancaster John 14:27 * T.J. Kelley Luke 16:23 102 1962 October 24-25 Welcome/ Eastlan T.J. Kelley Ollin J. Owens Roy Q. Gregg John 10:7; Mark 16:15 * Andrew Coltharp II Timothy 3:16 103 1963 October 23-24 Fountain Inn First/ White Oak Ollin J. Owens J.H. Simpson O.O. McGinnis Matthew 16:13-20 Mrs. Ollin J. Owens, *Henry L. Anderson Matthew 18:21-22 Pro Tempore 104 1964 October 21-22 Augusta Heights/ Central O.B. Lancaster Carlton M.Robinson C. Leon Chandler Ezekiel 22:30 * Marion Hare I Peter 1:1; 2:3 105 1965 October 21-22 Berea/Reedy Fork/City View A. Boyd Turner Carlton M. Robinson C.B. Rollins II Corinthians 4:1-7 * C. Frank Pittman 106 1966 October 20-21 Mauldin First/ Furman University/ A. Boyd Turner Carlton M. Robinson E.W. Lawrence Revelation 2:1-7 Piedmont First * Lloyd Self Psalm 11:1-7 107 1967 October 19-20 Dunean/Pendleton Street/ C.B. Rollins, Jr. Carlton M. Robinson J.J. Bandy, Jr. Matt 9:35-38, John 4:35 Monaghan * R. C. Eustace Matthew 18:21-35 108 1968 October 24-25 Lee Road/ Washington Avenue Marion Hare Carlton M. Robinson Paul M. Sullivan Acts 4: 1-22, 31 * M. A. Martin I John 5:11 109 1969 October 23-24 Northgate/ Welcome W. Daniel Greer Carlton M. Robinson William M. Page, Jr. Joshua 11:15 * Hugh Cooper Exodus 15:14 110 1970 October 22-23 Clear Spring/Overbrook Cooper Patrick Woodrow W. Harris Cooper Patrick Ephesians 2:1-8 * Dwight Hughey 111 1971 October 21-22 Standing Springs/ Rocky Creek M.A. Martin Woodrow W. Harris T.J. Kelley Hebrews 12:12 * Marion Hare 112 1972 October 19-20 Calvary/ Leawood E.W. Lawrence Woodrow W. Harris W. Daniel Greer Romans 8:14 * Charles Thompson II Corinthians 7:1-16 113 1973 October 25-26 Greenville First/ W. F. Rochester Woodrow W. Harris Haywood Cosby I Corinthians 3:1-9 Fountain Inn First * A. Boyd Turner John 14:1-11 114 1974 October 24-25 Brandon/ Forest Hills Charles Thompson Woodrow W. Harris D.B. Webber Matthew 28:16-20 * William J. Bennett John 9:1-4 115 1975 October 23-24 Berea Heights/ Edwards Road Haywood Cosby Jerry Stubblefield Troy Godwin Matthew 16:13-20 * William F. Rochester Acts 4:23-30 Ephesians 5:25-27 Exodus 20:1-17

116 1976 October 21-22 Poe/ Grove Station S. Martin Atkins Jerry Stubblefield Billy Huff Ephesians 3:14-21 * Tom DeVenny II Corinthians 4:1-15 117 1977 October 20-21 Judson/ Fork Shoals S. Martin Atkins Clyde E. Wright J.R. Baker Luke 7:19-23 * Robert H. Freeland John 3 118 1978 October 19-20 Clear Spring/ Tanglewood Joseph Weber Lester C. Rich S. Martin Atkins Matthew 16:13-16 * Marion Hare Hebrews 2:3 119 1979 November 1-2 East North Street/ Augusta Road Robert Whaley Lester C. Rich James Fuller I Corinthians 2:2-14 * Howard Wimmer Mark 5:1-20 120 1980 November 6-7 Berea First/ Overbrook Spencer LeGrand Lester C. Rich Charles W. Brown Jeremiah 13:23 * James Whetstone John 6:8-11 121 1981 November 5-6 Piedmont First/ Central Grady Bridwell Ollin Owens Engrum Johnson Psalm 23 * Gerald Roper II Timothy 3:16

122 1982 November 4-5 Judson/ West Gantt First Gerald Roper Ollin Owens Earl Crumpler Matthew 25 * Ed Norris II Timothy 3:16-17 123 1983 November 3-4 Washington Aveune/ Clyde Wright Ollin Owens E.W. Lawrence Matthew 13:3-24 Simpsonville First *Robert Whaley John 17:11-20 124 1984 November 1-2 Brushy Creek/ Grove Road Harold Killian Tommy L. Lowe William M. Page, Jr. * Roy Q. Gregg 125 1985 July 18 East Park William Page, Jr. Tommy L. Lowe * Richard Dyar Acts 1:1-4 November 7 Parisview William Page, Jr. Tommy L. Lowe Wayne Turner Mark 9:4 126 1986 July 17 Cedar Shoals Roger Couch Tommy L. Lowe * Douglas Baker November 6 Earle Street Roger Couch Tommy L. Lowe Clyde E. Wright 127 1987 July 16 Reedy Fork Ansel McGill Tommy L. Lowe * Clarence Freeman Matthew 24:1-4 November 5 Pendleton Street Ansel McGill Tommy L. Lowe Walter Fortune Jude 1:1-3 128 1988 July 21 Woodside W. Greg Thornhill Tommy L. Lowe * William H. Hightower Ephesians 2:12 November 3 Rocky Creek W. Greg Thornhill Tommy L. Lowe Earl Lewers II Timothy 3:15 129 1989 July 20 Laurel Walter B. Fortune Lester C. Rich * Curtis Waters Jeremiah 37:17 November 2 Lee Road Walter B. Fortune Lester C. Rich Carl A. Fiske Matthew 9:36-38; Psalm 126:1-6 130 1990 April 5 Mauldin First Robert R. Craig Lester C. Rich Larry L. Lewis Matthew 28:18-20 October 25 Leawood Marshall E. Sargent Lester C. Rich T. Spencer LeGrand Mark 10:35-45 131 1991 April 11 White Oak Marshall E. Sargent Lester C. Rich Lloyd Elder Titus 1:1-5 October 24 Monaghan Marshall E. Sargent Lester C. Rich Ansel R. McGill I Kings 19:11-23 132 1992 April 30 Eastlan Harry C. Smith Lester C. Rich Dellanna O’Brien John 20:21 October 22 Sans Souci Harry C. Smith Lester C. Rich James W. Davenport Exodus 3:7-14 133 1993 April 29 Central Earl Lewers Lester C. Rich Carlisle Driggers Luke 19:1-10 October 28 Augusta Road Earl Lewers Lester C. Rich James R. Culbreath I Corinthians 2:1-5; I Samuel 17:29 134 1994 April 28 Five Forks Clarence L. Freeman Lester C. Rich David Lee October 27 Bethel Clarence L. Freeman Lester C. Rich James G. Wooten Joshua 6:1-20 135 1995 April 20 Welcome James Thomason Lester C. Rich Jerry Rankin Matthew 24:14 October 26 Edwards Road D. Eugene Lloyd Lester C. Rich Michael Bearden Luke 14:23 136 1996 May 2 Temple D. Eugene Lloyd Tommy L. Lowe James D. Williams October 24 Brushy Creek D. Eugene Lloyd Tommy L. Lowe Darrell A. Thompson Matthew 5:14-16; John 16:13-18 137 1997 April 24 Berea First Danny I. Burnley Tommy L. Lowe Albert Mohler October 30 Overbrook Danny I. Burnley Tommy L. Lowe J. David Osborne 138 1998 April 30 Standing Springs Ralph F. Carter, Jr. Tommy L. Lowe Richard D. Land Jeremiah 1:4 & 6:13-18 October 29 Northgate Ralph F. Carter, Jr. Tommy L. Lowe W. Greg Thornhill Luke 15:11-24 139 1999 April 29 Brushy Creek Glenn T. Bryant Wanda K. Bridwell Joseph Martin, Pianist October 28 West Gantt First Nathan K. Gilstrap Wanda K. Bridwell Ralph F. Carter, Jr. Mark 2:1-5 140 2000 April 27 Palmetto Expo Center Nathan K. Gilstrap Wanda K. Bridwell Jim Cymbala October 26 Fountain Inn First Nathan K. Gilstrap Wanda K. Bridwell J.T. Cromer I Corinthians 1:17-18 141 2001 April 26 Monaghan Albert S. Allen, Jr. Wanda K. Bridwell Wendell R. Estep Genesis 6 October 22 Simpsonville First Albert S. Allen, Jr. Wanda K. Bridwell Ronald E. Davis Exodus 33 142 2002 October 22 Laurel Gary E. Strickland Wanda K. Bridwell Mark S. Roberts II Timothy 3 143 2003 October 21 Five Forks J. T. Cromer Froline G. Thomas Remigio Aguirre, Jr. Acts 24:14-16 144 2004 October 26 Eastlan W. Randy Harling Froline G. Thomas Dan T. Robinson Matthew 5 145 2005 October 27 Rocky Creek Furman Gatewood Froline G. Thomas T. Martin Price Matthew 18 146 2006 October 26 Augusta Heights Calvin Holland Froline G. Thomas Kenneth R. Forrester Matthew 21:12-16 147 2007 October 25 Edwards Road Calvin Holland Froline G. Thomas Steve Stroup Revelation 5:9-10 148 2008 October 23 Pendleton Street Aaron Rayburn Froline G. Thomas Earl Lewers 149 2009 October 22 Hamptom Heights Ken Forrester Pat Billings Warren Neely 150 2010 October 7 Welcome Benny Littlejohn Pat Billings October 17 Brushy Creek 150th Anniversary Celebration 151 2011 October 20 Kingdom Life Alex Sands Pat Billings 152 2012 October 25 City View First Mike Runion Anne Beaver

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Arabic, Taylors 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Augusta Heights, Greenville 160 0 0 85 0 0 8 0 0 Augusta Road, Greenville 325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berea First, Greenville 2,703 16 8 488 424 175 147 0 0 Berea Heights, Greenville 243 0 0 30 45 0 0 60,887 66,199 Bethel, Greenville 589 3 6 95 90 55 20 268,870 430,249 Brandon, Greenville 256 0 2 56 50 0 26 108,318 110,556 Brushy Creek, Taylors 3,103 54 95 987 913 475 0 2,624,000 2,831,028 Calvary First, Greenville 579 15 31 190 121 179 82 365,712 412,213 Capstone, Fountain Inn 82 16 8 178 55 0 0 120,186 232,445 Cedar Lane, Greenville 62 2 3 55 34 0 108 53,471 60,733 Cedar Shoals, Belton 414 1 1 60 82 102 40 116,201 126,791 Chin, Taylors 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chinese Mission, Greer No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 City View First, Greenville 689 14 14 210 162 298 37 417,175 562,201 Clear Spring, Simpsonville 438 4 6 130 114 100 12 266,616 296,361 Community Mission, Taylors 209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connection Fellowship, Greenville 40 3 4 50 48 0 75 124,444 218,018 Covenant Grace Baptist Church, Greenville 242 9 4 500 185 145 0 124,268 503,147 Crestview, Fountain Inn 119 6 5 33 16 26 0 38,117 43,031

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Cross Point, Piedmont No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daventon, Pelzer 244 5 0 130 75 103 5 94,516 99,464 David Street, Greenville 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DaySpring Community, Belton No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disciples Fellowship, Greenville 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dunean, Greenville 609 3 6 100 68 69 43 32,053 237,700 Earle Street, Greenville 1,138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East North Street, Greenville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Park, Greenville 190 0 1 39 26 0 17 94,997 110,560 Eastlan, Greenville 750 6 28 200 100 64 40 455,541 680,059 Edwards Road, Greenville 1,732 35 21 625 530 160 43 1,878,862 2,219,578 Emmanuel, Greenville 83 4 1 31 18 0 16 56,000 58,600 Encounter, Greenville 7 3 0 30 18 0 30 0 0 Envision, Greenville 205 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fairview Street, Fountain Inn 279 0 0 46 33 27 0 54,542 65,003 First Church of the Deaf, Greenville 29 0 2 18 9 0 0 14,515 14,515 Five Forks, Simpsonville 787 7 23 293 380 205 39 602,870 893,098 Fork Shoals, Pelzer 455 17 14 150 90 120 77 206,033 234,173 Fountain Inn First, Fountain Inn 1,233 14 37 341 295 125 225 698,309 810,391 Freedom Fellowship, Piedmont 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Grace, Greenville 102 4 4 48 18 45 1 30,568 33,865 Greater New Hope, Simpsonville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greenville Vietnamese, Greenville 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grove Road, Greenville 178 0 0 34 24 0 0 45,035 47,863 Grove Station, Piedmont 92 5 13 67 33 65 0 81,287 102,787 Hampton Heights, Greenville 900 6 12 152 149 110 52 386,101 542,738 Happy Trails Cowboy, Pelzer 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hillside, Fountain Inn 557 8 15 179 135 220 56 159,491 214,938 Hilltop Avenue, Greenville 502 1 0 4 53 60 50 86,114 90,432 Hispanic Mision Tzuriel, Greenville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holly Ridge, Simpsonville 132 3 6 118 91 108 15 289,806 375,403 Iglesia Bautista Filadelfia, Taylors 49 19 4 39 29 33 12 8,000 8,000 Iglesia Hispania, Greenville 65 22 7 70 61 0 6 16,000 23,000 Infinity, Fountain Inn 65 12 0 75 42 87 0 180,883 188,634 Kentland Park, Greenville 90 0 0 12 8 63 0 15,117 15,117 Kingdom Life Christian Center, Mauldin 256 12 0 248 95 310 0 387,940 387,940 Laurel, Greenville 420 13 0 100 99 0 1 168,272 285,064 Lee Road, Taylors 814 7 0 295 185 141 21 458,294 682,288 LifePoint, Greenville 105 5 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 Lord's Delight Korean, Greenville 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 2,763

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Mauldin First, Mauldin 2,133 13 26 606 670 282 600 1,626,357 2,060,486 Ministerio Biblico Bautista de Restauracion, No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simpsonville Mision Bautista de la Gracia, Greenville 55 3 0 40 80 70 0 1,950 3,140 Monaghan, Greenville 1,119 9 20 589 350 210 147 728,650 965,707 New Hope, Mauldin 264 9 7 126 77 51 18 209,368 305,830 NewLife Community, Simpsonville 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northgate, Greenville 661 8 9 180 140 139 42 524,682 663,049 Northpointe, Greenville 22 1 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 Oak Crest, Greenville 567 11 3 110 85 105 28 202,941 244,258 Oak Pointe, Pelzer 110 12 15 155 90 0 40 155,000 175,000 Open Heart, Greenville 80 4 1 50 27 56 0 92,000 95,000 Origins, Greenville 16 7 0 50 40 0 30 69,131 69,131 Overbrook, Greenville 674 7 13 220 190 15 126 553,979 962,158 Parisview, Greenville 308 5 45 110 68 31 80 214,335 246,684 Parkwood, Greenville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pelham Road, Greenville 501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pendleton Street, Greenville 399 2 3 153 154 70 55 569,611 679,032 Piedmont First, Piedmont 350 2 2 92 54 35 85 202,000 270,000 Piedmont Park, Greenville 280 5 3 125 40 50 10 125,722 138,322 Poe, Greenville 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Primera Iglesia Bautista, Fountain Inn No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Providence, Greenville 200 3 0 60 112 47 0 73,485 80,478 Real Life, Williamston 122 46 0 110 70 61 75 66,140 68,764 Reedy Fork, Greenville 453 10 36 192 116 75 136 348,770 382,875 Renewal, Greenville 134 10 43 143 0 0 0 210,979 449,656 Revolution, Taylors 60 10 0 75 40 0 0 0 86,264 Riverview, Greenville 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rockvale, Piedmont 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rocky Creek, Greenville 860 10 15 600 432 125 0 1,498,532 1,576,817 Roper Mountain, Greenville 380 1 8 110 92 80 0 233,416 259,475 Rutherford Road, Greenville 80 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanctuary, Greenville 88 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandy Springs, Pelzer 105 4 2 65 42 167 42 112,129 147,682 Sans Souci, Greenville 187 2 2 92 68 63 21 252,881 287,882 Second, Greenville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shady Grove, Greenville No ACP Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simpsonville First, Simpsonville 4,265 139 139 2,043 1,290 986 1,005 4,243,629 6,231,937 SkyPointe, Travelers Rest 123 28 0 156 26 0 0 1,800 1,800 SonPoint Community, Greenville 95 10 4 110 114 345 0 0 0 South Greenville, Pelzer 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2012 SUMMARY INFORMATION Greenville

Weekly SS Avg. Total Total Congregation Total Total Other Worship Attend. VBS WMU Undesig- Total Mem. Bap. Add. Attend. Enroll. Enroll. nated Gifts Receipts

Standing Springs, Simpsonville 975 8 30 315 261 278 31 468,992 1,018,715 Tanglewood, Greenville 637 9 1 200 125 98 107 340,299 413,884 Tapestry, Greenville 65 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temple, Simpsonville 1,221 14 36 484 349 368 210 650,636 782,948 The Well Community, Simpsonville 0 0 0 100 77 0 0 105,000 125,000 Unity, Simpsonville 322 1 0 50 30 22 11 111,000 112,192 Vietnamese Blessings, Greenville 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington Avenue, Greenville 87 2 2 54 31 0 18 131,970 149,716 Welcome, Greenville 775 10 16 210 176 189 35 488,342 512,103 West Gantt First, Greenville 389 11 15 135 125 95 45 299,913 423,933 West Greenville, Greenville 86 0 2 28 18 0 0 47,521 51,484 Westside, Simpsonville 297 4 0 190 195 169 0 177,650 227,980 Westview, Greenville 25 0 0 35 19 48 1 0 75,421 Westville, Greenville 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Westwood, Greenville 509 8 6 150 90 0 0 161,000 172,000 White Oak, Greenville 570 10 2 90 79 68 38 144,278 158,601 Woodside, Greenville 515 4 4 113 66 0 0 143,013 148,526 Association Totals: 44,255 863 891 15,279 11,111 8,068 4,340 $26,776,512 $35,140,875