Todd Deaton

Three days after being crowned as Miss University of Mobile on Feb. 2, Alana Swindler of Lexington was busy doing something truly beautiful: serving her school and community.... Continue Reading »

Two couples with ties to the host church and two couples who were being appointed to places of ministry in South Carolina were among 125 missionaries commissioned Feb. 24 by the North American Mission Board at First Baptist Church,... Continue Reading »

Gary Goforth, director of medical education and family medicine residency program director at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood and member of South Main Street Baptist Church, Greenwood, was recently honored as the 2007-2008 Family Physician of the Year.... Continue Reading »

It may sound a little ?fishy,? but Shandon Baptist Church now has a 1,500-pound whale in its outdoor baptistery.... Continue Reading »

In his first Convention Sermon Nov. 13, which built on the theme, ?A Story to Tell,? new executive director-treasurer Jim Austin declared that South Carolina Baptists have a message to preach: 'the whole gospel to the whole world that... Continue Reading »

The 1,155 registered messengers to the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the Florence Civic Center, Nov. 13-14, adopted a $33.95 million Empowering Kingdom Growth budget and approved a five-year plan for increasing the percentage of... Continue Reading »

The 1,155 registered messengers to the South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting in Florence, Nov. 13-14, adopted resolutions addressing social concerns such as Christian responsibility in the public square, gambling, predatory lending, gang violence, homosexuality and sexually oriented businesses.... Continue Reading »

Eddie Leopard, pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, was elected as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Nov. 14 in Florence.... Continue Reading »

About 5:30 a.m. on the first Sunday in November, Hampton pastor Paul Reid was studying in preparation for that day's service when he was startled by a loud crash. Seeing an amber glow outside, he rushed to the window.... Continue Reading »

Terry Corder, pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Jefferson, will allow his name to be?placed into nomination?for the office of registration secretary of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when the annual meeting convenes in Florence, Nov. 13-14.... Continue Reading »

Three hundred and eleven years ago, William Screven and 28 others from a 14-year-old congregation in Kittery, Maine, set sail for Charleston in search of religious freedom. On Sept. 30, members of the earliest Baptist church in the South... Continue Reading »

Meeting at Charleston Southern University Oct. 1, members of the South Carolina Baptist Historical Society pondered the question, ?What is a Baptist university??... Continue Reading »