Messengers to the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention increased their budget by $600,000 for 2007 and elected a strong Cooperative Program supporter as president Nov. 15.
For nine of the past 10 years, South Carolina Baptists have met or exceeded budget requirements and are on track to exceed its 2006 budget goal. The 2007 convention budget of $32.75 represents a $600,000 increase over this year's budget of $32,150,000.
Mike Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church in Honea Path, S.C., won the presidential election with 550 votes, or 67 percent of the votes cast, over Tom Tucker, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Rock Hill, S.C.