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CSU’s STEM Program Growth Prompts Building Expansion

Charleston Southern University will complete its second construction phase to fill out the 28,000-square-foot science and engineering building. In conjunction with CSU’s rapid growth in engineering and aeronautics, the board of trustees unanimously approved the next phase of the... Continue Reading »

Connie Maxwell Unveils Bold Vision at Gala, Honors Ruth Graham with Inaugural Aspen Award

During its “For the Dreams of Children Gala” Nov. 15, Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries introduced the organization’s latest initiatives and honored Ruth Graham with the inaugural Aspen Award for her lifelong commitment to healing and ministry. Connie Maxwell embarked... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern Packs Most OCC Boxes Nationally Once Again

It’s official: Charleston Southern University has packed the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes of any college or university in the U.S. for the sixth year in a row. This year is Charleston Southern’s 13th year of packing as a... Continue Reading »

SCBaptists Launch Give+Go Initiative to Strengthen Evangelism and Cooperative Giving in 2025

SCBaptists are on a mission to give and go like never before. At the 2024 South Carolina Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, Executive Director-Treasurer Tony Wolfe announced the Give+Go initiative. “SCBaptists are giving it all we’ve got in 2025,” he... Continue Reading »

Panelists Uplift SCBaptists in Cooperation, Evangelism and Missions

Each session of this year’s Annual Meeting at Columbia First Baptist Church featured a panel discussion focusing on promoting cooperation, reigniting evangelism, and encouraging missions engagement among South Carolina Baptists. Admitting Challenges, Continuing to Build Trust Chris Spires, convention... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Has Failing Grade on Parental Rights

If the title of this column surprises or shocks you, you are not alone. When I read the data provided by Alliance Defending Freedom, it amazed me how South Carolina law does not clearly define parental rights and offers... Continue Reading »

S.C. Messengers Encouraged to Share Gospel ‘Till All Have Heard’

Meeting at First Baptist Church of Columbia Nov. 11-12, messengers to the 204th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention elected an Irmo pastor to serve as president-elect, adopted a $26.5 million Cooperative Program Ministry Plan, and approved... Continue Reading »

Craft Stick Houseboat Represents Joy, Impact of Working Together

The joy of working together for the glory of God was on display as a houseboat constructed of nearly 700,000 craft sticks floated on Lay Lake near Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 7. The boat launch was the culmination of... Continue Reading »

SCBaptists Serving in Helene’s Aftermath; Many More Disaster Relief Volunteers Needed

Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage, stretching more than 600 miles from where the storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26 into North Carolina and Tennessee. Helene also left a trail... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Convention

Executive Board Highlights Record Baptisms, Disaster Relief Efforts, Strategic Planning

The Executive Board of the SCBaptist Convention met on Oct. 29 via Zoom to conduct business, prepare for the annual meeting, and share ministry updates. The meeting, originally scheduled to occur earlier in October, took place over Zoom due... Continue Reading »

SCBaptists Reflect on 30 Years at Stoneridge Drive with Time Capsule Celebration

South Carolina Baptists celebrated 30 years at their Stoneridge Drive location by opening a time capsule placed by the staff at the building’s groundbreaking ceremony in 1994. This move marked a new era for South Carolina Baptists as they... Continue Reading »

Fastest-growing Southern Baptist congregation seeks to be ‘church of disciple-makers’

First Baptist Church was far from needing extensive revitalization when Wayne Bray arrived as pastor in 2015. But there had been a drip-drip of decline in the preceding years. The small-town church that had grown to 2,300 people in... Continue Reading »