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Resolutions for annual meeting due by Oct. 11

Resolutions to be considered at the 2014 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting are due by midnight Oct. 11. Submissions must include the author’s name, address, email address, daytime and cell phone numbers, and church (with address). Resolutions for... Continue Reading »

Teacher and student

Courier readers tell how ‘A Teacher Changed My Life’

We asked Courier readers to tell us about teachers who have shaped their lives for the better. Here are some of the responses we received. A shoulder to cry on I moved from Boston, Mass., to Saluda, S.C., for... Continue Reading »

CSU Hunter reception center

Charleston Southern dedicates Hunter Reception Center

June 11 was set aside to recognize Jairy C. Hunter Jr., president of Charleston Southern University, and his wife, Carolyn K. “Sissy” Hunter, for their 30 years of service to the Baptist-affiliated school. The day also included the dedication... Continue Reading »

Anderson University launches divinity school

Anderson University has renamed its ministry graduate school the Clamp Divinity School. The name change coincides with the launch of a master of divinity degree at the South Carolina Baptist-affiliated school. The master of divinity is the standard theological... Continue Reading »

Don Kirkland

Former editor Don Kirkland publishes collection of personal and devotional columns in new book, ‘Something Ventured’

Don Kirkland, editor emeritus of The Baptist Courier, has published a collection of columns he wrote while serving as editor from 1996 to 2012. “Something Ventured: Selected Writings from My Career in Christian Journalism” (2014, CourierPublishing, $10), includes nearly... Continue Reading »

Volunteer carpenters frame up Three Rivers Association building

Three Rivers Baptist Association is building a new mission center. Recently, more than 100 volunteer carpenters from all over South Carolina converged in Greer to frame the building. The 5,000-square-foot mission center will house offices, meeting rooms, a conference... Continue Reading »

Children’s Bible Drill: Impacting Children, Families and Churches

Writer: Caroline Perez They looked like 10, 11, and 12-year-olds, but with Bibles grasped tightly in their hands, they were transformed into fearless, fierce and fast Bible drillers. On April 26, more than 140 children gathered from across South... Continue Reading »

Trophy of Grace by Jean Phillips

Book signing features Jean Phillips’ latest book, ‘Trophy of Grace’

A book signing featuring “Trophy of Grace,” the latest work of missionary emeritus and author Jean Phillips, will be held July 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Cooper Dining Room at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in... Continue Reading »

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State CP giving behind budget through 2nd quarter

Gifts from South Carolina Baptist churches to the Cooperative Program were running 6.63 percent below budgeted needs halfway through the 2014 budget year. According to figures released by Pam Carroll, chief financial officer for the South Carolina Baptist Convention,... Continue Reading »

Frank Page

SBC’s Frank Page to serve as Simpsonville interim pastor

Frank Page, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, will begin serving as interim pastor of Simpsonville First Baptist Church on July 27. Page is a former SBC president and served as pastor of Taylors First... Continue Reading »

July 4 Monticello naturalization ceremony

S.C. Baptist voices join evangelicals calling for ‘just and compassionate’ immigration reform

It is as much a part of the American tableau as an Independence Day parade. This July 4, scores of smiling immigrants will gather — on the lawn of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and in public squares across the U.S.... Continue Reading »

Helen from Nepal

‘A fine day to become an American’

The scene unfolded in the seventh-floor courtroom of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia — dark-paneled, solemn and a little intimidating. But the mood was anything but solemn on a beautiful spring day as 72 immigrants crowded... Continue Reading »