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Charleston Southern Unveils Renovated Dining Hall

$5 million project completed in 100 days, new name revealed Charleston Southern University hosted a soft opening along with its dining services partner, Aramark, on Aug. 18 to celebrate the renovations and the unveiling of a new name for... Continue Reading »

Anderson Announces Retirement of Longtime Enrollment Leader Pam Ross

After more than 42 years of distinguished service, Pam Bryant Ross, senior vice president for Enrollment Management at Anderson University, has announced her retirement, effective Sept. 1. Ross, a pivotal figure in the university’s remarkable tripling of enrollment, will... Continue Reading »

Lowcountry Baptists Were Forged by Revival

The town of Beaufort, where I live, is steeped in history. Specifically Protestant history. Ribaut Road, one of the main thoroughfares in Beaufort, is named after the French Huguenot Jean Ribault, who colonized the area in 1562 on his... Continue Reading »

MacArthur Leaves Legacy ‘On a Generation of Preachers’

Longtime pastor, author and teacher John F. MacArthur died July 14 after a short battle with pneumonia. MacArthur, 86, pastored Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles area for 56 years. “At the center of Dr. MacArthur’s ministry was... Continue Reading »

NGU Unveils New Five-Year Plan   

President Gene C. Fant Jr. unveiled the university’s new strategic plan, “NGU2030: Building for the Future,” to faculty and staff on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The plan’s development was guided by a 19-member steering committee representing students, trustees, alumni, academic,... Continue Reading »

Memories of Closed Theme Park Open ‘Floodgates’ for Music Minister

When Joseph Hudson was called as minister of music at First Baptist Church, Cleveland, S.C., in 2010, he wanted to get to know the members of his new congregation. “Some of my mentors in ministry had advised me that... Continue Reading »

Cultural Engagement Calls for Christlike Qualities

Words mean things. This simple phrase didn’t originate with Rush Limbaugh, but he made it popular. Our current cultural moment is filled with what the Apostle Paul might call “a noisy gong or clanging symbol” (1 Cor. 13:1). Words... Continue Reading »

The Winning Team

Individual talent without cooperation will not win championships. The 2004 Los Angeles Lakers may have been the greatest collection of individual All-Stars that failed to win because they did not cooperate with one another. The team was loaded with... Continue Reading »

The Sun of Righteousness Rises Across the Palmetto State

When I first moved to Columbia from Texas in the spring of 2023, several South Carolinians told me to brace myself for the summer heat. “There’s nothing like it,” they said. “It sticks to you.” They weren’t wrong. I... Continue Reading »

Celebrating a Free Church in a Free State

I would imagine that I am not the only SCBaptist who has unfinished projects around my home. This past Memorial Day, I checked one of those projects off when I installed a flagpole at our house that I purchased... Continue Reading »

Different: A South Carolina Missionary’s Story

A year ago, I pulled up to my new apartment, and it became official: My residency as a college missionary in South Carolina has ended, and now I am a college missionary 16 hours away in Burlington, Vermont. Out... Continue Reading »

2025 Committee on Nominations Report Released

(Editor’s note: This was published in our June magazine prior to the SBC 2025 in Dallas.) The SBC Committee on Nominations has released its 2025 report in advance of the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting to be held June 10-11.... Continue Reading »