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Pruitt, ministry leaders see prospect of reaching Gen Z

Shane Pruitt, national Next Gen director for the North American Mission Board, believes churches now more than ever have the opportunity to step into the brokenness of Generation Z with the hope of the gospel. In a recent video... Continue Reading »

Obituary: A. Kennerley Bonnette Jr.

Augustus Kennerley Bonnette Jr., 77, of Summerville, a longtime professor at Charleston Southern University, died Sept. 5, 2022. A North Charleston native, he was a graduate of the College of Charleston and Clemson University. In January 1971, he began... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Dewitt Clyde

Robert Dewitt Clyde, 93, of Gaffney, died Aug. 26, 2022. Born in Greenville, he was a retired minister who previously served as pastor of Baptist churches in Kentucky and South Carolina, including Philadelphia, Pauline; New Prospect, Inman; and New... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Felton Cox

Felton Cox, 97, of Greenville, died Aug. 16, 2022. A native of Greenville, he served in the Army Medical Corp in New Guinea during World War II. He was called into the ministry at age 35 and attended North... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Mark Jeffcoat

Mark R. Jeffcoat, 71, of Lexington, died Sept. 9, 2022. Born in Columbia, he was the son of church planters who built multiple South Carolina Baptist churches with their own hands. He was ordained by Hermitage Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Betty Turner Mears

Betty Turner Mears, 87, of Florence, and wife of longtime South Carolina Baptist pastor and former Baptist Courier trustee Ted Mears, died Aug. 30, 2022. A native of Columbia, she attended Winthrop College and the University of South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Ted Robertson Sr.

James Theodore “Ted” Robertson Sr., 92, of Denmark, died Sept. 8, 2022. A native of Barnwell, he attended Furman University and the College of Charleston, and was a graduate of California State University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He... Continue Reading »

SCBC Bylaws Committee to invoke emergency provision

The Bylaws Committee moves to waive the normal bylaws amendment process requirements and amend a very small section of the bylaws at the 2022 annual meeting using the emergency provision spelled out in Bylaws Part 1, Article XII, Section... Continue Reading »

President’s Perspective: It’s Time to Wake Up!

I announced the theme of this year’s annual meeting last November, but God has continued to shape the heart of that theme over the months that followed. Coming out of the social depression and missional uncertainty of a global... Continue Reading »

Blaze destroys sanctuary of Columbia’s Greater Faith Church

The sanctuary of Greater Faith United Missionary Baptist Church, Columbia, was destroyed by an electrical fire July 31. Church members had met earlier for two services that Sunday before flames were reported around 2 p.m. The building was empty... Continue Reading »

SCBC named in lawsuit

The law firm of McGowan, Hood, Felder, and Phillips has filed a lawsuit against Michael D’Attoma, Northside Baptist Church in Lexington, the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention for alleged sexual abuse of a teenager at... Continue Reading »

Longtime Upstate pastor Jerry White retires

Jerry White has retired from the pastorate after 50 years and three months of preaching and pastoral ministry. He has pastored several churches in the Upstate and served as a professor at Fruitland Baptist Bible College. He also served... Continue Reading »