Thirty-two years after his first sermon at Columbia’s First Baptist Church, the Rev. Wendell Estep will preach his last as the church’s pastor on Sunday. Sunday marks Estep’s official retirement from ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - One of Columbia's largest churches has reached a settlement in a sexual assault lawsuit. A 17-year-old came forward and said he was sexually abused over several years by a church ...

Two hundred years ago, on Nov. 22, 1823, 11 people gathered at the home of Charles and Hannah (Jewell) Hardin Sr. to organize the city's first church. At the time, it was known as the Columbia Church.

On the C-SPAN Networks: First Baptist Church of Columbia (SC) has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2001 Ceremony. The year with the highest average number of views ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Carolina Celebration of Liberty, the longest running event of its kind in the state, returns to First Baptist Church of Columbia on June 27. The patriotic program features the ...

First Baptist Church has acquired the downtown YMCA just around the corner from its steepled building for $2 million and will begin a $4 million renovation to re-make the building for the next ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A civil suit filed this week in Richland County 5th Judicial Circuit alleges that a 17-year-old was sexually abused over several years by a First Baptist Church of Columbia ...

Missouri had been a state for just two years when the First Baptist Church decided to plant its roots in Columbia. The commanding brick church with its needle spire at Broadway and Waugh Street was ...