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Brashiers and Epting

Brashiers give $3 million toward NGU arena/worship center

Greenville businessman and philanthropist T. Walter Brashier and his wife, Christine, have contributed $3 million to North Greenville University to help fund a new athletics arena and worship center. The 5,000-seat facility will be named for NGU president Jimmy... Continue Reading »

Courier trustee Wayne Sumner passes away at 76

Charles Wayne Sumner, 76, of Taylors, a trustee of The Baptist Courier and self-described “radio man,” died Dec. 9, 2013. “Wayne Sumner was a godly man with a passion for Christ and ministry,” said Courier editor Rudy Gray. “He... Continue Reading »

Senior Adult Resource Ministry

Resource ministry for senior adults to launch in 2014

South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging is introducing a new call-center ministry that will provide information and referral assistance to the state’s growing senior adult population. The Baptist Senior Resource Ministry, which will launch in the Columbia Metro... Continue Reading »

Connie Maxwell Children’s Home - Christmas Store

From the Editor: The Christmas Store

Each Christmas since the mid 1970s, the children at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home have shopped for gifts for their families from what has come to be known as the Christmas Store. A joint ministry of Connie Maxwell and Connie... Continue Reading »

Phillip Bethancourt

Bethancourt tells CSU students how to properly equip for spiritual battle

Phillip Bethancourt, executive vice president for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, continued Charleston Southern University’s annual Values & Ethics Series at the school’s chapel on Nov. 13. He told students, “There is no... Continue Reading »

CSU students

Students commit to bless children with ‘Operation Christmas Child’

Charleston Southern University sophomores Brianna McNeal and Nicholas Lee are on a mission to pack 100 boxes for Operation Christmas Child this year. The school’s campus ministries office has also set a goal for CSU: 2,000 boxes. McNeal and... Continue Reading »

Clayton King

Anderson University religion professor chosen to craft ‘True Love Project’ for LifeWay

Anderson University distinguished professor of evangelism and well-known speaker Clayton King has been chosen by LifeWay Christian Resources to give new life to the most successful product the organization has ever released: “True Love Waits.” Renamed “The True Love... Continue Reading »

Don’t let bumper stickers do your talking, Moore tells CSU audience

Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, was the keynote speaker at Charleston Southern University’s annual Values & Ethics Series Nov. 12-13. Moore addressed the intersection of Christianity and popular culture... Continue Reading »

Ben Davis

Connie Maxwell president Ben Davis announces plans to retire

Ben Davis, president of Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, said Monday that he will retire on Sept. 1 of next year. Davis joined the Connie Maxwell staff in 1993 and was named president in August 2002. His retirement date will... Continue Reading »

S.C. Baptist schools enjoy record enrollments

South Carolina Baptists’ three affiliated universities are reporting unprecedented enrollments for the fall semester. Anderson University has 2,966 students, 44 more than last year’s record number. Officials attributed much of the growth to a significant increase in the number... Continue Reading »

Student with Honduran children

NGU students active in missions

Writer: Allie Outhouse “Missions is the heart of who we are at NGU,” said Allen McWhite, director of global missions at North Greenville University. “If we claim to be a university where ‘Christ Makes the Difference,’ then that difference... Continue Reading »

Jairy Hunter and Ralph Carter

Convention president urges CSU students to follow Jesus

Ralph Carter, president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors, got right down to business at Charleston Southern University’s chapel service Oct. 30 by asking students, “How does a man get... Continue Reading »