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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 »

State emphasis highlights missionary links to South Carolina

South Carolina Global Connections is a missions emphasis designed to connect churches with South Carolina missionaries serving at home and abroad. There are currently about 140 families with South Carolina ties serving with the International Mission Board and the... Continue Reading »

SCBC Disaster Relief, Campers on Mission volunteers assist Lowcountry church

In May, Okatee Baptist Church in Ridgeland moved into a renovated education building, thanks to a collaborative effort of South Carolina Baptists’ Disaster Relief ministry and South Carolina Campers on Mission. The church moved into its new building in... Continue Reading »

Military veterans become surrogate father to Lowcountry pastor

When Tommy Kelly was a 23-year-old seminary student, his life turned upside down after his father died from a heart attack. Kelly’s father, a strong Christian man, had been a deacon and church treasurer. He also served as the... Continue Reading »

‘Only God Knows’ tells of a life blessed by God’s providence

Edd Brown was labeled the “runt” by family members when he came into the world on the cusp of the Great Depression. His own grandfather predicted that the boy would never amount to much. In “Only God Knows: A... Continue Reading »

Church counts blessings after bus returning from mission trip crashes

Writer: Jonathan Vickery, Managing Editor, The (Barnwell) People-Sentinel Hagood Avenue Baptist Church has been ministering to the people of Cleveland, Tennessee the past 13 years during its annual summer mission trip. This year the people of Cleveland returned the... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Mitch Gambrell

James Mitchell “Mitch” Gambrell, 62, of Williamston, died May 23, 2015. Born in Ware Shoals, he was pastor of Big Creek Baptist Church and formerly served as pastor at Fork Shoals Mill Baptist Church and Calhoun Falls First Baptist... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Fred Hammett Brown

Fred Hammett Brown, 85, of Greer, died May 16, 2015. Born Feb. 10, 1930, he grew up in the Cedar Spring Community of Spartanburg. He received a call to ministry while a member of Cedar Springs Baptist Church at... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Clarence Edward Crocker

Clarence Edward Crocker, 90, of Spartanburg, died May 29, 2015. A native of Spartanburg, he was pastor emeritus of Fairview Baptist Church in Union, where he served as pastor for 25 years. Before entering the ministry, he was postmaster... Continue Reading »