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South Carolina Baptist Convention

The South Carolina Baptist Convention is a group of churches cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The convention is made up of 42 Baptist associations and around 2,000 churches as of 2023.

Furman University
In 1825, the Convention elected a board to organize an institution to train young men for the ministry. The Furman Academy and Theological Institution was established the following year. It officially opened in January 1827 and was named in honor of Richard Furman, a Baptist minister and education pioneer.{{cite encyclopedia == Cooperating organizations ==
Cooperating universities
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