Don Kirkland

Michael Cloer had a surefire attention grabber for his message last Tuesday at the state evangelism conference. 'the key to effective evangelism,? he announced right off the bat, ?is the cooperative program.? No, not THE Cooperative Program. Instead, the... Continue Reading »

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention sees an ?authenticity? in the denomination that ?warms my heart.? Frank Page, pastor of First Baptist Church, Taylors, spoke to the recent meeting of Southern Baptist editors meeting in Philadelphia.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina's state evangelism conference was ?nothing more than a two-day celebration of Jesus in the midst of his people,? said Marshall Fagg at the end of the Feb. 26-27 meeting at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo.... Continue Reading »

The news out of Columbia was reassuring. Carlisle Driggers, who officially retires on Feb. 28, will remain in the position of executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention until his successor is selected.... Continue Reading »

This edition of the Courier gives front-page emphasis to evangelism. Coverage is provided for the Women's Lifestyle Evangelism conferences held last weekend in Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Taylors, and the State Evangelism Conference, set for Feb. 26-27 at Riverland... Continue Reading »

The newest work by author Gene Bishop of Greer, who has written affectionately of his years growing up in Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood, is entirely new.... Continue Reading »

A team of eight led by Rob White, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, has opened the 2007 edition of the South Carolina Baptist Convention's South Asia missions partnership with its Jan. 8-19 project in Ahmedabad, India.... Continue Reading »

Early on a Sunday evening, our little band of missions volunteers was leaving for worship services in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Rain had left the steps in front of our hotel dangerously slick, and, heavily laden with... Continue Reading »

The 2007 edition of the South Carolina Baptist Convention"s missions partnership with South Asia opened Jan. 8. An eight-member team led by Rob White, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, left for India and is scheduled to return... Continue Reading »

Nearly a year after an extreme makeover of its model for functioning as a church, North Side Baptist in Greenwood is discovering that senior pastor Jeff Lethco and his leadership team were right in their belief that ?we can... Continue Reading »

At this season of the year in 1992, my wife and I visited the tiny, east Texas town of Poynor, where a dear friend of my childhood lived just a few yards from the general store that she once... Continue Reading »

A Conway minister who held the office of vice chairman has been elevated to the position of chairman of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for 2007.... Continue Reading »