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South Carolina Baptists celebrate six-week abortion ban

The South Carolina Legislature passed a six-week abortion ban May 23, allowing limited exceptions based on the mother’s health, fetal abnormalities, rape and incest. South Carolina Baptists applauded the bill as the culmination of prayer and advocacy, but said... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists lead the way in GenSend participants

Summer plans for many young adults look like taking vacations or returning to their hometown, but for more than 50 students throughout the South Carolina Baptist Convention, plans look like living on mission through the North American Mission Board’s... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Where to Start? Sola Scriptura

So, where do we start in our work at The Baptist Courier? When we begin a new pursuit, it’s not always easy to know where to start, but for those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Where to Start? Sola Scriptura

So, where do we start in our work at The Baptist Courier? When we begin a new pursuit, it’s not always easy to know where to start, but for those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus... Continue Reading »

The SCBC’s new EDT is a young veteran in local church ministry

There was a time when Tony Wolfe wanted to be full of hot air. No, he wasn’t prone to lying and didn’t intentionally spread any seeds of deception. Wolfe, elected unanimously last month as executive director-treasurer of the South... Continue Reading »

Courier staff receives five awards from state press association

The Baptist Courier received five awards from the South Carolina Press Association, recognizing work published by the South Carolina Baptist news magazine in 2022. The magazine won first place awards in the Associate and Individual Division in two categories:... Continue Reading »

Charles Stanley, pivotal SBC president, TV preacher, dies

Charles Stanley, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and one of the nation’s foremost television and radio preachers, passed away peacefully at his home April 18 at age 90. Stanley presided over the two largest annual meetings in SBC... Continue Reading »

After a National Championship, Will NGU Baseball Repeat?

Friday night, June 10, 2022, an NCAA Division II national championship trophy was held high in the air as the North Greenville University Crusaders celebrated their first-ever national title. The team woke up the next morning as champions. Yet... Continue Reading »

Wholly Healthy: Loneliness Remedy

When we think of medicine and medical practice, diseases and injuries come to mind. Every church prayer list is filled with assorted afflictions typical of humanity. However, there is an affliction that we seem to forget, but which manifests... Continue Reading »

Richey returning to Tigerville to deliver commencement address  

North Greenville University graduate Bob Richey, whose Furman Paladins claimed the national spotlight by advancing to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Tournament, will deliver the address at NGU’s spring commencement exercises on May... Continue Reading »

Legislative Update: Is S.C. Really a Pro-Life State?

We are now eight months past the historic moment when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. On June 22, 2022, 50 years of federally backed abortions came to a startling end. I believe pro-life advocates across the... Continue Reading »

President’s Perspective: Where Are You Indispensable?

In the summer of 2005, I was almost three years into my third full-time pastorate. “Climbing the ladder” wasn’t my thing, but this wonderful church was the largest I had served, based on nickels and noses, and was in... Continue Reading »