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SCBC committee on racial reconciliation begins work

A seven-member committee appointed at the 2018 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention has begun its work to enhance the efforts of the SCBC in racial reconciliation. The group has been assigned the task of helping South... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Eddy Mattison

Eddy Ray Mattison, 66, of Honea Path, died Dec. 10, 2018. Born in Anderson, he was ordained at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Belton. During his ministry, he served Beulah Baptist of Fountain Inn, Flat Shoals Baptist of Hartwell,... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Carolyn D. Goforth

Carolyn Davis Goforth, 88, of Gaffney, wife of Baptist pastor John Goforth, died Dec. 10, 2018. The Goforths began serving in ministry together in the late 1960s. She taught Sunday school, worked in the WMU, sang in the choir,... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Bernice C. Debruhl

Bernice Currie Debruhl, 85, of Cassatt, wife of the late Pete Debruhl, a longtime pastor in South Carolina, died Dec. 21, 2018. Born in Camden, she served with her husband at the following South Carolina Baptist churches: Beaverdam, Harmony,... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Jimmy A. Cox

Jimmy Aiken Cox, 77, of Pendleton, died Dec. 12, 2018. A native of Seneca, he served in the U.S. Army Reserves. Upon earning a master’s degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, he served as a minister, retiring as... Continue Reading »

NGU to host ‘Work as Worship Retreat’ livestream event

On Feb. 22, hundreds of local and international churches will host the second annual Work as Worship Retreat livestream event. The retreat will bring together thousands of Christian business professionals from around the world to hear speakers like Jon... Continue Reading »

NGU hosts historian John Fea for inaugural Boggs-Hickson Lecture

North Greenville University will host its inaugural Boggs-Hickson Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. at Hayes Ministry Center on the NGU campus. John Fea, a professor of American history at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., and a... Continue Reading »

Evan Lenow to present lecture at NGU

Evan Lenow, the Bobby L. and Janis Eklund Chair of Stewardship, associate professor of ethics, director of the Richard Land Center for Cultural Engagement, and director of the Center for Biblical Stewardship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort... Continue Reading »

Blume retiring; Deaton rejoining Courier after 10-year Kentucky editorship

The retirement of a current staff member and a homecoming for a former staffer will mark a season of change for The Baptist Courier this spring. Butch Blume, a 20-year employee of The Courier — and managing editor for... Continue Reading »

Bailey Smith, early SBC conservative president, dies

Evangelist Bailey Smith, who helped sustain the Conservative Resurgence at its outset in the Southern Baptist Convention, died Jan. 14 at his home in Duluth, Ga. He was 79. Smith’s election as SBC president in 1980 was the second... Continue Reading »

Pro-Life

‘Speak Up for Life’ conference is Jan. 26 in Greenville

A pro-life conference will be held in Greenville Jan. 26 featuring speakers Scott Klusendorf and Robert Jackson. The Speak Up for Life event, open to the public, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian... Continue Reading »

Carolina Pregnancy Center is saving lives, reaching souls

This coming April, Alexia Newman will celebrate 30 years as director of Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, one of the largest crisis pregnancy care centers in South Carolina. When she interviewed for the job in April 1989, she did... Continue Reading »