The Baptist Courier

By definition, the "Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists" unified plan of giving through which cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of their respective state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention missions and... Continue Reading »

He reached out to both Coca-Cola and Vitamin Water with his thoughts about the billboard, calling on them to take action and remove it.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists are impacting lostness in India. Six members from Kittiwake Baptist Church in West Columbia went on a 10-day trip to Delhi in early 2012 as part of the South Carolina Baptist Convention partnership, and the church... Continue Reading »

An Ethnic Ministries Summit to be held April 19-21 in Spartanburg will offer South Carolina Baptists and other evangelicals a unique opportunity to gain expert insight into reaching the state's growing diverse ethnic populations. Sponsored by Ethnic America Network,... Continue Reading »

Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches is up slightly from a year ago and running ahead of budgeted needs for 2012. According to information released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer, first-quarter giving for 2012... Continue Reading »

A prominent seminary president had the rare opportunity to engage a former president on his beliefs surrounding the importance and interpretation of the Bible. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., interviewed Jimmy Carter on... Continue Reading »

Four South Carolinians will be part an expansive slate of speakers at the 2012 Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions.... Continue Reading »

Just a few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a Greenville City Detective asking me to describe my ring that was stolen. After giving great detail, I was excited when he said, ?Rev. Atkins, we have found... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,764,590.68, or 5.12 percent, above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 0.75 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame... Continue Reading »

I would like to inform people in South Carolina about Camp Marietta. With all the exciting things happening, we still have lots of room for campers this summer. Our camp schedule is online at http://campmarietta.com. We also have room... Continue Reading »

Pastors and ministers looking for ways to expand their ministry reach through the written word now have a place to learn the craft at the popular Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.... Continue Reading »

?We need to understand what we believe and why.? That's the sentiment of Alex McFarland, director of Christian worldview at North Greenville University. During Christian Worldview Week, held March 19-21, students had the opportunity to learn from renowned apologists... Continue Reading »