Todd Deaton

Karina America felt drawn to the lives of missionaries whom she read about and met through her Girls in Action group while growing up in First Baptist Church, North Spartanburg. During her youth and college years, she was involved... Continue Reading »

On a recent Sunday afternoon, while my son and I were watching the Daytona 500, my wife posed an intriguing question: ?Why do some of the drivers who never seem to lead a lap continue to race week after... Continue Reading »

It was a day of pageantry, praise, proclamation and prayer. It was also the first commissioning service for North American missionaries held in South Carolina since the Home Mission Board was renamed the North American Mission Board nine years... Continue Reading »

  In 2005, LifeWay Christian Resources surveyed more than 1,300 evangelical leaders from around the world to determine what they perceived to be the “Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church.” Below, Baptist Courier Managing Editor Todd Deaton explores each... Continue Reading »

?Anyone who goes there is overwhelmed with the lostness and the spiritual and physical needs,? surmised Mike Hamlet, who led a group of 15 South Carolina Baptists, representing seven churches, on a ?vision trip? to find ways to minister... Continue Reading »

Mac Brunson, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, since May 1999, was expected to preach Feb. 19 in view of a call to become pastor of First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla.... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton's office appears more like a museum, chronicling his life on two continents, than a pastor's study. On his desk, the walls and bookshelves are pictures of his dad, a championship motorcycle racer, and of classmates at a... Continue Reading »

?Maximize what advances the kingdom, and minimize what doesn't,? Jim Goodroe, director of missions for the Spartanburg County Network, urged South Carolina Baptists in the convention sermon during their annual meeting in Columbia, Nov. 15.... Continue Reading »

God did not call believers to bring the world to the church, but he called for believers to take the gospel message to the world, Jerry White, president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, reminded messengers during his Nov.... Continue Reading »

Bylaw revisions further defining the phrase ?cooperating Baptist churches in the state,? limiting trustee membership to instate churches, and declaring the Bible as the supreme authority for its activities and decisions were among the eight changes presented Nov. 15... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton, pastor of the 6,200-member First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, for the past 12 years, was elected as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for 2006 during the annual meeting Nov. 16.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the 185th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting in the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Nov. 15, adopted a $32.15 million budget for 2006. Also, as a part of the Executive Board report, Marshall Blalock,... Continue Reading »