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Gary Rogers

Gary Rogers is president of 2014 Pastors’ Conference

Gary Rogers, pastor of Pelham First Baptist Church near Greenville for the last eight years, was elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastors’ Conference Nov. 11 at the group’s annual meeting at Trinity Baptist Church, Cayce. Rogers is... 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 »

Ron Jackson

Jackson ascends Mount Mitchell for Parson’s Pantry

Ron Jackson recently completed a 90-mile walk from Gaffney to the summit of North Carolina’s Mount Mitchell in order to raise money and awareness for Parson’s Pantry, a ministry that assists needy pastors, widows of pastors, and married ministerial... Continue Reading »

Delhi children

Leaders learn to embrace the lost of India

A mute woman, whose mother described her as demon-possessed, came to the house church in New Delhi where the latest team from South Carolina was visiting. Team members said she looked like she was in a trance, nearly catatonic.... Continue Reading »

Children go ‘All Out’ for state missions at Waccamaw Association

Children, youth, and adults from churches within Waccamaw Baptist Association began the 2013 Season of Prayer for State Missions by “Going All Out” at Myrtle Beach State Park on Sept. 7. Ken Owens, South Carolina Baptist Convention collegiate ministry... 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 »

Benji Easler

Dwight Easler talks about his son’s legacy in “Benji’s Story”

On March 19, 2011, 6-year-old Benji Easler of Gaffney died when an amusement train ride derailed and overturned at a Spartanburg public park. Benji’s parents, Dwight and Tabitha Easler, along with his two older brothers, were injured, as were... Continue Reading »

Refugee returns to Florence after 38 years to say thanks

Written by Amanda Phifer Naomi Lowe never meant to become an adoptive mother when she agreed to coordinate the sponsorship of two Vietnamese refugee families 38 years ago. Officially, she never did adopt. But try telling that to the... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board approves 2014 budget, bylaw recommendations

Meeting at White Oak Conference Center Oct. 7-8, the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Executive Board approved a 2014 convention budget of $28.6 million, which represents no total increase from the 2013 budget. The budget will be presented to messengers... Continue Reading »

Editor introduces ‘Friends of the Courier’

In the few months since Baptist Courier editor Rudy Gray began quietly sharing his vision for “Friends of the Courier,” more than $10,000 has been given by donors to support the newsmagazine’s ministry of Christian journalism. Now, Gray hopes... Continue Reading »