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Texas pastor Michael Criner has been named vice president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference, June 8-9, in Dallas. D.J. Horton, Pastors’ Conference president and senior pastor of Church at The Mill in Spartanburg, S.C., announced Criner’s... Continue Reading »
“Trust and never doubt, Jesus will surely bring you out,” a catchy gospel chorus by Robert Ray, “He Never Failed Me Yet,” reassures. Yet, if we’re truly honest, when troubles and disappointments encroach our path, doubt in the goodness... Continue Reading »
A financial secretary at Ware Shoals First Baptist Church has been charged with stealing more than $400,000, according to WISTV 10 News. According to police, Shelley Strickland has used money from multiple church accounts, including its emergency fund, since... Continue Reading »
Ryan Pack, senior pastor of Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo since 2017, will be nominated to serve as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Pack will be nominated by Cory Horton, senior pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist... Continue Reading »
A constitutional amendment to restrict churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention to those affirming and employing only men as pastors failed to receive the required two-thirds approval of messengers in Indianapolis. The 10,946 registered messengers to the SBC... Continue Reading »
North Greenville University Professor Nathan Finn was reelected by acclamation to a third term as recording secretary on Tuesday, June 11, at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Finn was nominated by Tony Wolfe, executive director-treasurer... Continue Reading »
James Noble, pastor of Kingdom Community Church in Anderson, warned his fellow ministers attending the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference in Indianapolis: “Be faithful or be forgotten.” Noble was among 11 speakers on the conference’s program, which also included messages... Continue Reading »
“Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God,” Jesus tells His followers in His Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:9). Like lambs among wolves, we’re enjoined by the “Prince of Peace” to be peacemakers, too,... Continue Reading »
When Eli Buckley was ordained into the gospel ministry on March 17 at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Pauline, he also was extending a family legacy of ministry. A graduate of North Greenville University with a degree in health sciences,... Continue Reading »
A Spartanburg-area pastor will be nominated to serve as president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors Conference. Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, told The Courier Feb. 29 that he intends to nominate... Continue Reading »
A five-member team of South Carolina Baptists has returned from a trip to Spain, where they explored ways that churches can partner with international missions workers there. The 10-day venture in February — coordinated by Jamie Rogers, missions strategist... Continue Reading »
Brian Saxon, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Lancaster, will begin duties May 15 as team leader for South Carolina Baptists’ new Shepherd Team. “This new Shepherd Team will come alongside pastors in the Palmetto State to strengthen and... Continue Reading »
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