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WMU Missions Celebration to Honor Missionaries, Proclaim Joy to the Nations

Gather your friends and celebrate God’s work around the world through His people at the WMU Missions Celebration just prior to the SBC Annual Meeting. “We want this to be more than an event,” said Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern Offers Support to Limestone, St. Andrews Students

In the wake of recent closure announcements from Limestone University and St. Andrews University, Charleston Southern University is stepping forward with a plan that offers impacted students a clear, streamlined path forward in their academic journey with minimal disruption.... Continue Reading »

2025 Committee on Nominations Report Released

The SBC Committee on Nominations has released its 2025 report in advance of the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting to be held June 10-11. Per SBC bylaws, the report is to be released through Baptist Press no later than 45... Continue Reading »

Civil Rights Champion, Former U.S Ambassador to Speak at Anderson’s Spring Commencement

Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young is the keynote speaker for Anderson University’s Spring 2025 Commencement May 9. Ambassador Young has earned worldwide recognition as a champion of civil and human rights. In addition to... Continue Reading »

Mt. Zion Baptist Church: A Lowcountry Church Story

By Janie Calcutt King Thirty-two years before the Civil War, and 40 years before The Baptist Courier, then published as The Working Christian newspaper, was established, Mt. Zion Baptist Church was organized in 1829. With eight charter members, a... Continue Reading »

CSU Holds Residence Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony

Charleston Southern University hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking April 28 in celebration of the new residence hall construction set for this summer. The new building will mirror Barbara C. Mead Hall, built in 2019, and it will be completed by... Continue Reading »

SCBaptists See Highest Baptism Numbers Since 2016

South Carolina Baptists are celebrating an exciting movement of God as churches across the state reported the highest number of baptisms since 2016. According to the 2024 Annual Church Profile (ACP), 12,322 people were baptized this year — an... Continue Reading »

SCBaptist’s First Women’s ONE Night Event

Over 16 churches partnered together to launch SCBaptist’s first Women’s ONE Night event on April 12 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors. According to SCBaptist, ONE Night is a “grassroots mass evangelism event designed to engage a specific... Continue Reading »

S.C. Legislature Focuses on School Choice and Tort

As the 2025 legislative session moves quickly toward its expected May adjournment, the priorities of both chambers have emerged. The Senate passed S62, known as the Education Scholarship Trust Fund. The House amended the bill and voted to send... Continue Reading »

Here’s Your Sign

Rollen began carrying a sign at major sporting events in the early 1980s that grabbed the attention of the world. The Rainbow Man positioned himself at strategic locations in the background donning a rainbow afro and holding a sign... Continue Reading »

Hollow Bunnies, Religious Shells, and a Substantive Faith that Works

We were broke growing up. My dad pastored very normative-sized SBC churches, and my mom worked off and on to help make ends meet. To be honest, my four older brothers and I never knew we were poor. We... Continue Reading »

Celebrate 100 Years of Cooperative Giving

Every Sunday when SCBaptists gather in our churches, we celebrate the resurrection. On April 20, we will gather early in the morning outdoors for sunrise services and in our churches for our Easter celebration. What do we celebrate on... Continue Reading »