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Melissa Page Strange, 32, of Taylors, died Nov. 27, 2009.... Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Winston* steadied her voice and then began to sing with focused praise the familiar hymn that had become a part of her story, ??'tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.? That same kind of trust was exactly what... Continue Reading »

Randolph Alan ?Randy? Woods Sr., 47, pastor of West Side Baptist Church, Chester, died Nov. 3, 2009.... Continue Reading »

? My husband is a schoolteacher. One day I (Taroob*) was fighting with my husband. I was so angry. One evangelist, Salik*, came to visit and he asked, “Why are you so upset?” He said, “Read this book, and... Continue Reading »

Mitch Carnell, a member and deacon at Charleston's historic First Baptist Church, has converted his concern over a lack of civility in church and public life into a book he edited entitled ?Christian Civility in an Uncivil World.?... Continue Reading »

When Frank Shivers graduated from New Orleans Baptist Seminary in the spring of 1974, he already knew what specific course his ministry would take. He settled that matter during his sophomore year at Baptist College at Charleston, now Charleston... Continue Reading »

  IMB reports 500,000 baptisms in 2008 The International Mission Board recorded 506,000 baptisms in 2008 – an average of one baptism per minute. Southern Baptist missionaries and their partners also reported starting more than 24,650 new churches last... Continue Reading »

Bill Taylor, a retired pastor who formerly served in South Carolina, has written a Christian novel, 'the Kid,? a sports story. Bobby Richardson, of Sumter, former New York Yankees player, wrote the foreword to Taylor's book.... Continue Reading »

Harold “Billy” Baugus HAROLD “BILLY” BAUGUS was called as pastor of Cedar Creek Baptist Church, Waccamaw Baptist Association, on Oct. 25. A graduate of Covington Theological Seminary and Andersonville Theological Seminary, Baugus previously served as youth/children’s pastor of First... Continue Reading »

Molly Marshall, president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and novelist Josephine Humphreys will be the featured speakers for the 15th annual John Hamrick Lectureship at First Baptist Church, Charleston, Jan. 17-18.... Continue Reading »

I don't remember how old either of us was at the time. I do recall vividly a brief conversation I had with my dad about dying. What brought the subject up I can't remember.... Continue Reading »

I was reading the Nov. 12 Baptist Courier. In the 'thanks for the memories? of ?Your Views? by Gene Jennings, I am disturbed that he called the older pastors old guys.... Continue Reading »