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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Wes Church, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Columbia, will be nominated for president-elect of the South Carolina Baptist Convention by Tim Williams, pastor of Roebuck Baptist Church. Church’s calling to ministry began while he was at McCall Royal... Continue Reading »
Jamie Rogers has begun duties as the new executive director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. Pastors and lay leaders of CMBA churches affirmed Rogers during a special called meeting in July held at St. Andrews Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »
If you live long enough, you will likely ask, “Where did the time go?” Father, pastor, writer and golfing-partner-at-the-ready Dicky McCuen ponders that question and others in “Life, the Great Educator” (Courier Publishing, 128 pages, $12.95 (softcover), $7.99 (e-book)).... Continue Reading »
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