The Baptist Courier

?Me first? seems to be the mantra for many people's lives today. They not only have to be the first to buy the latest smartphone, but they also will cut in front of others on the interstate to be... Continue Reading »

Sidney Hubert Maxwell, 85, of Inman, a retired pastor, died Sept. 27, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.... Continue Reading »

Albert B. (A.B.) Parsons, 84, of Pantego, Texas, formerly of Greenwood, S.C., a retired military chaplain and pastor, died July 12, 2012, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell underscored the need to develop the next generation of Southern Baptist missionaries during NAMB's trustee meeting Oct. 10 in Chicago.... Continue Reading »

Rhonda Littleton, minister of children at First Baptist Church, Simpsonville, is a recipient of the 2012 Angels in Adoption award by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.... Continue Reading »

A Finding Families Adoption and Foster Care Conference in Columbia on Oct. 26 is open to anyone interested in helping his or her church be more active in serving the needs of foster children in South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

Cedar Creek Baptist Church, Nichols, will hold its centennial celebration Oct. 28. Worship will begin at 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker J.C. Shelley, a former member of the church.... Continue Reading »

'this is probably the most important event taking place tonight in America,? said Mike Hamlet, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, North Spartanburg. 'truth for a New Generation? was the first national apologetics conference sponsored by North Greenville University... Continue Reading »

?Amazing Wonders: Encountering God's Awesome Power? (LifeWay Christian Resource's theme for Vacation Bible School 2012) has become a reality for Victory Baptist Church in Walker, La. The church was birthed amid the devastation and rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina, which... Continue Reading »

Drops of dried blood lead like bread crumbs up three flights of stairs to a shrapnel-shredded apartment, perhaps 40 yards from the site of a car bombing that killed Lebanon"s top intelligence chief Oct. 19 -- and threatened to... Continue Reading »

"One of the greatest things you can do is to become a missiologist in your community and a mission strategist for your people," Floyd, pastor of Cross Church, Northwest Arkansas, said in a discussion with Southern Seminary"s president, R.... Continue Reading »

If your church is like most others, you have midweek programming on Wednesday nights and it is unlikely that you would cancel those activities for Halloween.... Continue Reading »