The Baptist Courier

Susan, who cares for at-risk children in Thailand as an International Mission Board worker, recalls when she traveled to another country last year to help facilitate the adoption of a child she had reared since it was four days... Continue Reading »

Between Easter and Christmas, Mother"s Day may be the most likely day people will attend church, according to a study by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

The Alliance Defense Fund has launched a nationwide campaign to convince state universities and colleges to change policies that restrict students" First Amendment rights.... Continue Reading »

The United Methodist Church has opted not to follow other mainline Protestant denominations in a drift toward liberalism on the issue of homosexuality in declining to alter language in a guiding document.... Continue Reading »

A Chesterfield mother of seven children has been selected as the South Carolina Mother of the Year 2012. Miriam McLaurin Gulledge, 77, a member of Chesterfield Baptist Church, was honored April 26 by Gov. Nikki Haley.... Continue Reading »

>Every state that has voted on the issue of marriage at the ballot has affirmed the traditional definition of marriage being between a man and a woman.... Continue Reading »

GuideStone Funds has won one of the most prestigious awards in the financial world for mutual fund families with up to $40 billion in assets ? the 2012 Lipper Award for Best Overall Small Fund Group in the U.S.... Continue Reading »

Parisview Baptist Church in Greenville celebrated ?a century of making Christ's love accessible to all? on April 27.... Continue Reading »

>When Ella Creel heard children were dying for lack of clean water, she knew something had to be done.... Continue Reading »

Coleman Catoe, vice president of legal services with the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina, has announced his retirement effective May 18.... Continue Reading »

The first of three books written by evangelist Frank Shivers of Columbia and designed for students ? this one entitled ?Hot Buttons on Apologetics? ? has been released and is drawing praise from youth leaders in South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

Paige Patterson challenged graduates never to forget their calling nor lose their vision of the exalted and holy God during Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"s spring commencement May 4.... Continue Reading »