Join Courier Tours Dec. 5-7 as Charleston rings in the Christmas holidays with a charm all its own! Adorned with twinkling lights, shiny red bows, candles, garlands and holly, the Holy City dons all its finery for the holidays. Tour includes visits to James Island County Park Christmas lights, one of Charleston’s historic residences decorated for the season, Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston’s First Baptist Church, harbor dinner cruise, shopping on Market Street, and horse-drawn carriage rides, if you like. Trip includes Deluxe Motor Coach transportation, hotel accommodations, and tickets to listed attractions (carriage rides additional). Tour departs from Greenville and Columbia. A deposit of $100 will secure your space. ...Continue Reading

Send Relief begins assessment, response in Fiona’s wake

The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power over the weekend as Hurricane Fiona brought havoc on Sunday, Sept. 18. Send Relief pre-positioned its response ahead of the storm’s landfall and has begun assessing the need. “Fiona whipped across southwest Puerto Rico and knocked out the fragile electrical system,” said Coy Webb, Send Relief’s crisis response director. “This has created an island-wide crisis. The good news is projections have most electricity returning over the next three to five days for most of the island.” Winds from the storm knocked out power to the entire island as torrential rains generated flash flooding. The southernmost region of the island has been the hardest hit, according to reports from Puerto... Continue reading »

Friends of The Courier gathering Nov. 3 to celebrate Gray’s retirement

A special Friends of The Courier banquet will be held Nov. 3 at the Poinsett Club in Greenville. The dinner will celebrate the ministry of Rudy Gray, editor and president of The Baptist Courier for the past 10 years, who earlier announced his... Continue reading »

4 Ways for Church Members to Minister to a New Pastor and His Family

When a new pastor and his family follow God’s call to a church, it can be a scary time for them — they don’t know anyone, and they may have left their family to follow His direction. At the very beginning, a church is usually over the moon... Continue reading »

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Send Relief begins assessment, response in Fiona’s wake

Friends of The Courier gathering Nov. 3 to celebrate Gray’s retirement

4 Ways for Church Members to Minister to a New Pastor and His Family