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Call for Resolutions for 2024 SCBC Annual Meeting

Resolutions to be considered at the 2024 South Carolina Baptist Convention Annual Meeting are due by midnight on Oct. 10, 2024. Submissions must include your name, address, email address, and cell phone number. Please include the name and address... Continue Reading »

Anderson Among Top Universities in the South in Latest U.S. News & World Report’s Rankings

Anderson University remains one the best colleges and universities in the South as U.S. News & World Report today released its 2024-2025 “Best Colleges” rankings, naming AU to its “Best Value,” “Best First-Year Experience” and “Best Schools for Veterans”... Continue Reading »

‘Cost’ is actually an opportunity, says S.C. pastor of families helping plant overseas churches

There is a sense of loss when people leave a church. There are also times when that loss is coupled with celebration. Christ Fellowship Church Cherrydale in Greenville, S.C., began 15 years ago, sent out by another young church,... Continue Reading »

CSU Air Force ROTC Cadets Remember 9/11 Heroes on 23rd Anniversary 

Charleston Southern University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 772 cadets honored the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice 23 years ago. Cadets walked the equivalent of 110 stories or 2,071 stairs of the World Trade Center. Each cadet climbed... Continue Reading »

Horton Names Texas Pastor as VP of SBC Pastors’ Conference

Texas pastor Michael Criner has been named vice president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference, June 8-9, in Dallas. D.J. Horton, Pastors’ Conference president and senior pastor of Church at The Mill in Spartanburg, S.C., announced Criner’s... Continue Reading »

Tennessee Baptist Editor Publishes ‘Reflections of a Christian Journalist’

Lonnie Wilkey, editor of the Baptist and Reflector for the past 26 years, has published a collection of columns he wrote while serving on the staff of the state Baptist paper of Tennessee. Faith, Family and Life’s Lessons: Reflections... Continue Reading »

Ministering in Today’s Culture: Hispanic Conference Creates Fellowship Amid Cultural Diversity

An estimated 150 believers representing more than 40 churches gathered at Edwards Road Baptist Church in Greenville on Aug. 30-31 for fellowship and teaching geared toward Hispanic pastors and leaders from across South Carolina. Arnoldo Silva, who works for... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern sees record enrollment in its 60-year history  

Charleston Southern University welcomed its largest incoming freshman class ever this fall. In its 60th anniversary year, Charleston Southern also celebrates record overall enrollment for its traditional undergraduate, graduate, and online headcount of 3,820. The last record enrollment year... Continue Reading »

The Sexual Politics of the 2024 Election

Genesis 1:27-28 should settle all debate among believers about God’s creative purpose for humanity. God made them “male and female,” and He commanded them to be fruitful and multiply and to exercise stewardship and dominion over His creation. Transgender... Continue Reading »

Martha Franks Retirement Community Welcomes Robert Sprouse as New Executive Director

Robert Sprouse has been appointed as the new executive director of Martha Franks Retirement Community in Laurens. A native of Laurens County, Sprouse assumed the role Aug. 1 and will oversee the community’s day-to-day operations, ensuring the continuation of... Continue Reading »

Outside the Walls: Never Again

“Never Again.” These words are inscribed on a monument in the Dachau Concentration Camp where tens of thousands of political prisoners were tortured and killed. The evil that occurred during Hitler’s regime is palpable inside the walls, culminating to... Continue Reading »

SBDR at work in six states after Debby’s widespread destruction

Debby was not done, but Southern Baptists weren’t waiting. The second named storm of the 2024 hurricane season landed Aug. 5 near Steinhatchee on the gulf side of Florida with a maximum of 80 mph winds, swirling with weakening... Continue Reading »