The Baptist Courier

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 »

On Nov. 13-14 of this year, the South Carolina Baptist Convention will hold its annual meeting in Greenville. This will be a great time of fellowship and worship for the messengers who are able to come and represent their... Continue Reading »

One woman's genealogical quest to understand ?from whence I came? has resulted in a 300-page book that interweaves the faith history of her ancestors with the earliest years of some Baptist churches in Orangeburg County.... Continue Reading »

>Mother"s Day is a particularly sensitive time in many congregations, and pastors and church leaders often don"t even know it.... Continue Reading »

In response to Jimmy Carter, who said Jesus Christ ?never mentioned homosexuality at all as a sin? (?Jimmy Carter discusses views on biblical inspiration, gospel exclusivity, homosexuality,? April 12), I believe Jesus made his point very clear in Luke... Continue Reading »

When the coal mines of Lynch, Ky., closed in the 1970s, a town lost its major industry, and a community was left in crisis. That crisis continues today for the retired miners and their families, according to Steven Ruff,... Continue Reading »

I told God I would go anywhere, I also asked that it would never be Nineveh.... Continue Reading »

Chuck Colson, the former White House ?hatchet man? who became a modern-day prophet, was the first in the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate charges. He became an evangelical leader, author of 30 books, cultural philosopher, founder of... Continue Reading »

Parson's Pantry has selected four new board members to lead and serve in the Gaffney-based ministry of providing financial assistance to needy pastors, pastors? widows and married ministerial students. Two pastors and two business people have joined the board... Continue Reading »

Americans are split on whether homosexual behavior is a sin, and many do not appreciate if a church teaches it is sinful, according to a recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »