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Soapstone Endowment reaches goal

PICKENS COUNTY, SC -- The Soapstone Preservation Endowment has completed its three-year campaign to create a $1 million endowment safeguarding one of South Carolina’s most powerful stories of faith, freedom, and perseverance. “With lots of help and God’s blessing, we did it,” said Carlton Owen, Chairman of the Soapstone Preservation Endowment, after a board meeting Tuesday afternoon. Established in 2022, the Endowment ensures the long-term protection of the Liberia Communit

Oct 21

Soapstone hosting Hat Extravaganza and Dinner this month

PUMPIKINTOWN, SC – Soapstone Baptist Church is coming to Greenville. On Saturday, April 19, Soapstone Church will host a “Hat...

Apr 2

The Soapstone Preservation Endowment launches campaign to raise $500,000 by 2025

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Soapstone Preservation Endowment, a public charity created for the sole purpose of protecting and promoting the...

Jan 3, 2024

Order of the Palmetto awarded to Mable Owens Clarke

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The woman who has led the campaign to save a historic Black church in Pickens County was awarded the Order of the...

Nov 17, 2022