The Baptist Courier

?People don't care what you know until they know that you care!? is a very familiar and true saying. One man who lived in a large city walked passed a number of churches before arriving at the one he... Continue Reading »

Excitement is mounting in the Olympic host city of Sochi, Russia, where recently the countdown clock in the central square displayed only 365 days until the Opening Ceremonies of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. Russian dignitaries and Olympic officials... Continue Reading »

With a retroactive change to its business and financial policies and procedures, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention effectively ensured that the 2012 SCBC budget finished in the black and an allocation of nearly $416,000 was... Continue Reading »

Through February, Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches was slightly behind budgeted needs for the year. In the first two months of 2013, churches had forwarded $4,624,608 in CP gifts, $125,392 short of budgeted needs for the... Continue Reading »

Union Baptist Church, York, is celebrating its 175th anniversary during the month of March.... Continue Reading »

The 2013 edition of the ministers? annual tax guide from GuideStone Financial Resources is now available. The Tax Return Preparation and Federal Reporting Guide provides both active and retired ministers step-by-step help in understanding the latest tax laws along... Continue Reading »

Like the fellow who thought he?d be crossing visible longitudinal lines on his ocean voyage to Europe, some may think that the chapter and verse divisions were on the sheet when apostles such as John (or psalmists such as... Continue Reading »

Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, probably felt pretty ordinary to most South Carolina Baptists. But I assure you it was anything but that. South Carolina Baptists, by action of the Executive Board, enabled our convention to count the offerings postmarked... Continue Reading »

As the children were exiting the sanctuary to go to children's worship, one little fellow asked his adult leader as he looked back over his shoulder toward the adults left behind: ?Are they doing God's business in there?? That's... Continue Reading »

Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the South Carolina Baptist Convention, has announced the 2013-2014 nominees for executive board positions and the 2014 nominees for nominating committee positions.... Continue Reading »

Sam Morgan calls himself a ?boots and blue jeans type of person,? but last year he realized he needed a new suit. Since moving from Mississippi in 1991 to become pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Creswell, Ore.,... Continue Reading »