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For AU prof, it’s all about advancing the kingdom

Tim McKnight, an Anderson University professor, brings a unique mixture of training, experience and passion to his ministry. His dad was in the Army, and the family moved often, allowing him to grow up in places like Germany and... Continue Reading »

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State CP giving trails budget at 2015 midpoint

South Carolina Baptist churches have forwarded $13,578,225 in Cooperative Program gifts to the South Carolina Baptist Convention through the first half of 2015. Year-to-date giving trailed budgeted needs by 4.71 percent, according to figures released July 15 by Pam... Continue Reading »

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President’s Perspective: Living in Uncertain Times

A contemporary theologian has stated that the first and 21st centuries are more alike, morally and theologically, than any other two centuries. Considering recent events such as the United States Supreme Court decision to uphold same-sex marriage and the... Continue Reading »

Bobby Massey is new lead pastor at Kershaw First Baptist

Bobby Massey has been called as lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Kershaw. He previously served as a catalyst/trainer for the International Mission Board in East Asia, a missions pastor, and hospice chaplain. He and his wife, Jackie,... Continue Reading »

Simpsonville First Baptist calls Wayne Bray as senior pastor

Wayne Bray has been called as senior pastor of Simpsonville First Baptist Church. He begins his duties Aug. 17. Bray served as lead pastor of Beulah Baptist Church in Douglasville, Ga., for 10 years, where worship attendance doubled during... Continue Reading »

Obituary: James T. Sloan

James T. Sloan, of Woodruff, a long-serving pastor and director of missions, died June 23, 2015. He was a graduate Luther Rice Bible College and Seminary and received a doctorate in theology from International Bible Institution Seminary and Bible... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Berlin Myers

Berlin George Myers, 98, of Summerville, a cofounder of the Baptist College of Charleston in the early 1960s (today, Charleston Southern University), died July 8, 2015. He was the retired mayor of Summerville, a lumberman and a Normandy Invasion... Continue Reading »

Obituary: George Edward Lowe Sr.

George Edward Lowe Sr., 68, of Myrtle Beach, died June 18, 2015. Lowe was pastor of University Baptist Church in Conway. He previously served as pastor of Bear Swamp Baptist Church in Lake View and Sharon Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »

Charleston church massacre prompts city’s ‘greatest Gospel witness’

By Rudy Gray and Butch Blume The TV news trucks have packed up and moved on, but the story that exploded on the American conscience June 17 when a 21-year-old white supremacist murdered nine black Christians at Charleston’s historic... Continue Reading »

Viewpoint: An evolving, loving South emerges from tragedy

When I was a boy of 8 or 9, my parents drove us to Selma, Ala., to pick up some supplies for our family farm, which was located in the nearby town of Marion. We walked by a drugstore... Continue Reading »

Pastor tackles ‘Unbelief Within the Church’ in new Courier Publishing release

In “Unbelief Within the Church: Confronting a Fruitless Faith” (Courier Publishing, $7.50 plus $2.50 shipping), author and pastor Keith Davis tackles the premise that one of the greatest sins in the Church today is unbelief. “As long as this... Continue Reading »

Ruling leads to $26M settlement in NAMB case involving Spartanburg man

A Montana judge’s summary judgement ruling has led to a $26 million insurance settlement in a quadriplegic man’s lawsuit against the North American Mission Board stemming from a 2009 auto accident. Jeremy Vangsnes, who was 21 at the time... Continue Reading »