The Baptist Courier

A group of 170 college students from 13 South Carolina colleges and universities (including three Baptist-affiliated schools) were scheduled to depart from Columbia Dec. 12 for a six-day disaster relief mission trip to Staten Island, N.Y.... Continue Reading »

For all practical purposes, it was a Christmas season that the 18-year-old Marine would rather not experience. Slogging through the mud in the drizzling, never-ending rain was beginning to wear on the enlisted man’s spirit. Two battle-weary Leathernecks of... Continue Reading »

Juanita Plaster was baptized by pastor Harold Sanders at Wren Baptist Church in Piedmont on Nov. 11.   Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Conway, recently baptized (from left) Lindsey Norton, Nikkie Faircloth, Lisa Bridgman and Benny Adams.   Providence Baptist... Continue Reading »

As 2012 nears an end, giving from churches toward the South Carolina Baptist Convention's annual budget was running short of needs through the end of November.... Continue Reading »

Virginia Merritt Hawkins, 89, of Columbia, wife of the late B.F. Hawkins, a retired pastor and director of missions, died Dec. 4, 2012.... Continue Reading »

Responding to New Jersey's victims of Hurricane Sandy, South Carolina Baptists filled 466 ?Buckets of Care? through South Carolina Disaster Relief. Each bucket contains tools, first-aid and safety items and a ?Hope in Crisis? tract.... Continue Reading »

As you enter the busiest part of the Christmas season, what kind of feelings are you having? Is there a sense of anxiety that you won't get everything done? Exhaustion as you bake, shop and attend celebrations of the... Continue Reading »

Radiant, a women's ministry leadership forum, is scheduled to take place Jan. 26 at Second Baptist Church in Lancaster. The discussion-based time of sharing is targeted to leaders of church and community women's ministries and is designed to encourage... Continue Reading »

Is the ?unthinkable? about to happen? Are Southern Baptists about to miss one of the greatest harvests for Christ the world has seen? International Mission Board president Tom Elliff asked those questions in his report during IMB trustees? Nov.... Continue Reading »

Pacolet First Baptist Church celebrated homecoming on Oct. 21 with guest speaker Glenn Rusher and special music by Ronnie Bright. Pictured from left are Rusher, pastor Tommy Sparks, and Bright.   More than 200 Royal Ambassador boys and their... Continue Reading »

Zig Ziglar, known worldwide for his folksy and often anecdotal motivational talks on success through serving others, died Nov. 28 at a Plano, Texas, hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 86.... Continue Reading »

During a mission trip to an unreached people group in South America, we learned that this people group believed in a ?creator god.? However, they did not believe that they could have a relationship with him. He was distant,... Continue Reading »