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Charleston Southern sees record enrollment in its 60-year history  

Charleston Southern University welcomed its largest incoming freshman class ever this fall. In its 60th anniversary year, Charleston Southern also celebrates record overall enrollment for its traditional undergraduate, graduate, and online headcount of 3,820. The last record enrollment year... Continue Reading »

Martha Franks Retirement Community Welcomes Robert Sprouse as New Executive Director

Robert Sprouse has been appointed as the new executive director of Martha Franks Retirement Community in Laurens. A native of Laurens County, Sprouse assumed the role Aug. 1 and will oversee the community’s day-to-day operations, ensuring the continuation of... Continue Reading »

Connie Maxwell Receives $1 Million Gift

Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries in Greenwood, a ministry partner of SCBaptists, received a $1 million gift recently from the family of former long-time staffers Doug and Sally Kauffmann. The Kauffmann family announced the gift Aug. 9 in support of... Continue Reading »

Does Jesus Really Instruct Us to Hate Our Family?

I can’t count the times he said to me, “I like you, Robinson, but I can certainly do without your religion” — “religion” meaning my commitment to Christ. He held a particular disdain for claims that the Bible is... Continue Reading »

First Person: A Convention of Complementarian Churches

Over the past two years, I’ve said very little in public about the so-called Law Amendment. As recording secretary, I’m an officer of the Southern Baptist Convention who is eligible for perpetual election. If elected, I’ll serve Southern Baptists... Continue Reading »

NGU Alumnus Jeremiah Bogan Takes Talents to the Next Level

Jeremiah Bogan has been chasing his dream of being in the National Football League since he was a kid. “Football has basically been the structure of my whole life,” he said. “I’ve been playing since I was five years... Continue Reading »

CSU pivots to online learning ahead of TS Debby

Due to Tropical Storm Debby’s potential impact to the Charleston region this week, Charleston Southern University will move all in-person classes to virtual learning beginning at 2 p.m. today through Thursday, August 8. An update will be provided later... Continue Reading »

Anderson Football Ready to Roar into Inaugural Season 

Since Anderson University opened its doors in 1911, it has been described in several different ways: A four-year women’s college. South Carolina’s first junior college. A two-year coed college. A four-year university. But one thing it has never been... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Life’s a Game of Inches, but God Controls the Inches

Less than one inch. That was the distance that separated former President Donald Trump from being struck in the temple by an assassin’s bullet on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pa. Had the gunman hit his intended... Continue Reading »

Q&A with Phil Newton, Author of Mending the Nets

(Editor’s Note: Evan Knies, publisher at Courier Publishing, recently interviewed Phil Newton about his new book, Mending the Nets, published by Courier Publishing. Newton co-authored the book with Rich Shadden.) Evan Knies: What led you to work on this... Continue Reading »

Legislative Update: Life and Politics in the 2024 Election

Do you remember where you were when you heard the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade? Do you remember your first thought and how you felt at that moment? The Dobbs decision came on June 24, 2022. For 49... Continue Reading »

Courier Earns 3 S.C. Press Association Awards for 2023 Works

The Baptist Courier received three awards from the South Carolina Press Association, recognizing work published by the South Carolina Baptist news publication in 2023. The magazine won second- and third-place awards in the Associate and Individual Division for Faith... Continue Reading »