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Courier business manager, Holliday, hospitalized with COVID

The Courier’s business manager, Chris Holliday, is recovering from a serious bout with COVID-19, pneumonia, and two subsequent blood clots in his lungs that hospitalized him for more than two weeks. “People need to understand this is so real.... Continue Reading »

EC waives attorney-client privilege during second special meeting

In a second, special called virtual meeting Oct. 5, members of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted 44-31 to waive attorney-client privilege in a third-party investigation of the EC and its handling of sex abuse claims. The approved... Continue Reading »

Iva pastor serves two churches twice in two Carolinas

It must be some kind of a record, and it is certainly rare, but Jerry Gray has served as a pastor for 43 years at two churches — twice. One is in North Carolina; the other, in South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

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Join Courier Tours for Christmas in Pigeon Forge

Join The Baptist Courier Dec. 8-10 for three days and two nights in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Trip attractions include the Titanic Museum, Dolly’s Stampede Dinner Show, Red Skelton Show, “The Island,” the Christmas Festival at Dollywood, Christmas Place Store,... Continue Reading »

SC pastors support SBC messengers in Executive Committee controversy

A group of 25 leading South Carolina pastors have signaled their support for Southern Baptist Convention messengers in the SBC Executive Committee’s ongoing controversy over waving attorney-client privilege. In a Sept. 30 open letter to the Executive Committee, the... Continue Reading »

Obituary: J.B. Redd

J.B. Redd, 92, of Canton, Ga., died Sept. 9, 2021. A native of Vaucluse, he served in the Navy and was a minister for 58 years. He retired from Providence Baptist Church, Hodges, in 1994 and served as interim... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Willie Ray Patterson

Willie Ray Patterson, 82, of Laurens, died Aug. 30, 2021. A native of Anderson County, he was a graduate of Anderson College, Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He retired from Shiloh Baptist Church in Seneca after many... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Bob Miller

Robert “Bob” Marion Miller, 87, of Greenwood, died Sept. 12, 2021. A native of Greenville, he was a U.S. Navy veteran and a graduate of North Greenville University, Furman University, and Luther Rice Seminary. He served as pastor of... Continue Reading »

Ida relief cooperation among states ‘a partnership in the gospel’

With more than 423,000 south Louisianians still in the dark nine days after Hurricane Ida’s landfall, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams were working hard to repair homes, serve food and share Christ’s love in the region. Through Sept. 6,... Continue Reading »

Edgefield pianist retiring after 71 years

More than seven decades have passed since Joanne Painter first sat down at the keyboard at First Baptist Church of Edgefield. After what has to now be one of the longest tenures of a church pianist across the state,... Continue Reading »

Baptist student ministry anchored in prayer

The emphasis on prayer within the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Baptist Collegiate Ministries is obvious. Leaders and students alike affirm the vital and significant role of prayer in this ministry that reaches college students across the state. BCM recently... Continue Reading »