‘Thank You for Giving Me My Daddy Back’

Addiction-recovery director seeks to ‘make a difference’ for families A few years ago, Terry Fowler was preaching one day a month at Home with a Heart in Liberty, S.C., a substance- and alcohol-abuse recovery center for men. One of the residents invited Fowler to come to his graduation ceremony at the conclusion of his time there. After the ceremony, a 6-year-old girl came up to Fowler, wrapped her arms around his legs and said, “Thank you for giving me my daddy back.” Fowler has never forgotten that moment, and now, as the recently appointed director of the Good Samaritan Colony in Chesterfield County, he hopes to be a part of “giving wives their husbands back, giving children their fathers back, and giving parents their... Continue reading »

SCBC Executive Board tweaks funding formula for universities

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Dec. 13 in Columbia, elected new officers for 2019 and approved a change in how budgeted funds will be divided among the SCBC’s three affiliated universities. Last November,... Continue reading »

Former pastor teaches those who teach in the church

After 20 years of vocational church ministry, Terry Lanford resigned as a senior pastor in 2017 and launched a workshop ministry designed to equip volunteer teachers in the church. “Entrusted to Teach” is a multifaceted ministry aimed at... Continue reading »