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Mission:Dignity recipients in South Carolina to receive 13th check in 2023

Mission:Dignity recipients in South Carolina will receive an extra check — a 13th check — in 2023, thanks to generous donors creating an endowment at the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina that partners with churches in the South Carolina... Continue Reading »

India missionary Rebekah Naylor honored at IMB dinner

Missionary surgeon and longtime healthcare missions advocate Dr. Rebekah Naylor was honored at the annual International Mission Board dinner during the 2023 SBC annual meeting in New Orleans. IMB President Paul Chitwood announced a ministry fund being named in... Continue Reading »

Additional sexual abuse charges filed against former Gowensville youth pastor

A former South Carolina youth pastor is facing 26 counts of voyeurism and 32 charges of criminal sexual conduct, many involving minors, in two counties, according to WYFF-TV. County court records show 21 new charges were filed against Daniel... Continue Reading »

Multiple victims of Gowensville youth pastor’s voyeurism identified

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated. Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a 35-year-old youth pastor at First Baptist Church of Gowensville, was arrested May 27 for videotaping a woman while she showered, according to a report by the Greenwood County... Continue Reading »

Longtime Georgia pastor, filmmaker Michael Catt dies

Michael Catt, longtime pastor of Sherwood Church in Albany, Ga., who oversaw the development of Sherwood Pictures, has died after a battle with prostate cancer. Catt served as senior pastor at Sherwood from 1989 through 2021, at which time... Continue Reading »

More than 12,000 messengers attend New Orleans SBC

There were 12,737 registered messengers for this year’s annual meeting in New Orleans. Aside from the 15,726 in Nashville in 2021, it is the largest group since 1996 in Atlanta, when 13,706 messengers attended. Last year’s gathering in Anaheim... Continue Reading »

Enjoy a cookie and a story with Lottie Moon in ‘Silent Bell’

Imagine being transported in time and space, sitting at the feet of Lottie Moon, hearing stories from Southern Baptists’ most celebrated missionary. If any writer can deliver on the premise, it is Rosalie Hall Hunt, and she does so... Continue Reading »

Penn-Dutch Trip to the Amish Country

Penn-Dutch Tentative Itinerary The Baptist Courier Sept. 25–29, 2023 Sept. 25 Greenville pick-up: 8:00 a.m, Courier Office, 100 Manly St., Greenville, S.C. Lunch: Cracker Barrel in Christiansburg, Va. (Dutch treat) Hotel: Hampton Inn, Hagerstown, Md. Dinner: Longhorn Steak House... Continue Reading »

NGU’s national championship baseball team recognized at state capitol

North Greenville University’s 2022 NCAA Division II National Championship baseball team was recognized on the floor of the South Carolina House of Representatives in Columbia on April 27. District 17 Representative Mike Burns welcomed the team to the historic... Continue Reading »

CSU graduates more than 700 students on May 6

Charleston Southern University’s commencement on May 6 marked some firsts and lasts. Approximately 710 students graduated with bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Kherry Cohea received the first aeronautics degree, and the first class of engineering students received their degrees.... Continue Reading »

Russ receives Hawkins Award at Southwestern Seminary

Bradford Russ, of Greenwood, was selected as the recipient of the school’s O.S. Hawkins Outstanding Pastoral Ministry Graduate Award at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. The award is given to a theology student who has demonstrated... Continue Reading »

Immanuel Church calls Justin Epps as pastor

Justin Epps was called as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in North Augusta. Epps is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Steffany, have one son, Judah.

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