The Baptist Courier

We aren't in an information age,? said Tony Robbins, ?we are in an entertainment age.? Almost all indications confirm the motivational speaker's observation. And when a culture eschews much-needed information for empty entertainment, it is not a good sign.... Continue Reading »

Over three sessions Sept. 6 at the SCBC's 2012 ?A Day of Prayer,? former International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin spoke about praying to change the world, overcoming obstacles to victorious prayer, and intimacy with God.... Continue Reading »

Roy J. Fish, Southwestern Seminary distinguished professor emeritus of evangelism, died Sept. 10 at age 82. Many Southern Baptists considered Fish's name synonymous with ?evangelism,? a fitting remembrance for the man who served Southwestern for nearly 50 years and... Continue Reading »

A new gospel tract published by Houston businessman David Howell has been read by at least 15,000 people ? most of them prisoners ? since June, and many have reported that God used it to change their lives.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention president Fred Luter Jr. discussed his goals with more than 100 Kansas City-area pastors and denominational workers after delivering a chapel message at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 11. Luter said he plans... Continue Reading »

Gardner Charles Langdon Koch Jr., 86, of Rock Hill, a pastor more than 50 years, died Sept. 4, 2012, at his home.... Continue Reading »

Ulysses Craig Neill Jr., 92, of Anderson, a retired pastor and executive director of Haven of Rest Ministries, died Aug. 23, 2012, at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson.... Continue Reading »

Larry Wayne Sanders Jr., 50, of Gaffney, a pastor and associational evangelism leader, died Sept. 19, 2012, at his residence.... Continue Reading »

Carroll Edward Waddell, of Woodruff, a retired pastor, died Sept. 1, 2012, following a brief illness.... Continue Reading »

Donny Royster DONNY ROYSTER has been called as pastor of Shaw’s Fork Baptist Church, Aiken. He previously served as pastor of several churches in the Orangeburg-Calhoun Association and most recently was pastor in North Carolina. He and his wife,... Continue Reading »

The children of First Baptist Church, Hartsville, honored David Lanier (seated) on Aug. 26 for his many years of service in children’s ministry. Lanier, who was in a coma for several weeks following a serious bicycle accident in 2011,... Continue Reading »

Mark Powers is seeking the ?best and brightest? Baptist high school musicians in South Carolina to take part in Baptist AllState next January at White Oak Conference Center. To that end, he hopes pastors, youth leaders and music directors... Continue Reading »