GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) – The board of trustees for The Courier voted unanimously to call Jeff Robinson as the next editor and president of The Courier. He begins his duties on March 1.
“God has blessed South Carolina Baptists through the ministry of The Baptist Courier for more than 150 years with a history of strong leaders for critical moments in the life of our paper. Rudy Gray provided such leadership during his tenure, and we are forever grateful for his selfless service,” Trustee Chairman Wes Church, pastor of First Baptist Church, Columbia, said. “As we look to the future, we are confident that Jeff Robinson is God’s man to lead our organization to continue the good work of what Jeff describes as ‘to inform and inspire, and to edify and glorify.’”
Robinson is a graduate of the University of Georgia with an undergraduate degree in journalism and mass communication from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism, and a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Philosophy in historical theology with a specialty in Baptist history. He has been adjunct professor and director of news and information at Southern Seminary, and he served as senior editor for the Gospel Coalition for six years.
Before coming to Southern, he spent nearly 20 years as a sportswriter in Athens, Ga., and as managing editor of the newspaper in Andrews, N.C. While there, he met his wife, Lisa.
In 1998, Robinson sensed a call to ministry and “fell in love with studying the Scriptures and teaching the Word of God. Both my parents were devout Southern Baptist churchmen, and I was raised in church,” he said.
In 2000, he moved to Louisville to study at Southern. The rest of his ministry was spent in Louisville, except for four years when he moved to Birmingham, Ala., to serve as a pastor. He has served as the pastor of New City Church in Louisville and Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Jeffersontown, Ky.
He and Lisa have been married over 27 years and have four children.
Robinson said, “I am going to spend the first few months getting to know people. I plan to spend a lot of time with pastors and church people, getting to know them and getting to know the state. I am thankful I have staff members here who already know the state and who can inform me.”
