The Baptist Courier

Numbers are neither the reason the Southern Baptist Convention exists nor the best thing we do together. However, the Annual Church Profile process exhibits the voluntary cooperation between local churches, associations, state conventions and the national entities. Therefore, the... Continue Reading »

It has been 100 years since the Titanic, the greatest ship of its time, sank on its maiden voyage, killing multitudes of passengers. The ?unsinkable ship? had done just that ? sunk ? and on the tragedy's centennial we... Continue Reading »

Cliff Satterwhite recently joined the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina as part-time field development coordinator. He will also continue his duties as part-time director of disaster relief for the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Reedy Fork Baptist Church, Greenville, which for a short time claimed R.G. Lee as pastor, will celebrate its 140th anniversary on May 20.... Continue Reading »

SEAN GOSNELL joined the staff of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Spartanburg, as youth and children’s minister. He grew up in the Mount Zion community and has served as youth minister in several Upstate churches. He and his wife Tami... Continue Reading »

Holly Springs Baptist Church, Inman, honored Jannings Dill, left, with the title of deacon emeritus on Jan. 29 for more than 50 years of service as a deacon. Presenting a plaque of appreciation to Dill is Holly Springs pastor... Continue Reading »

As Wanda Lee, executive director-treasurer of National Woman's Missionary Union, prepared to pray for next year's South Carolina WMU executive board members, she said, 'the strength of South Carolina WMU sets the pace for the rest of the nation.?... Continue Reading »

National WMU introduced new branding elements today, including an updated trademark and tagline. Since 2006, the trademark for the national missions organization incorporated the letters WMU with a larger ?M? to place emphasis on ?missions.? Now missions ? the... Continue Reading »

A group of five North Greenville University students and one professor spent spring break making an impact in Nicaragua. The NGU team worked with a team from a Spartanburg church volunteering with Chosen Children Ministries, helping build houses and... Continue Reading »

With a reminder that their objective for the upcoming summer ?is to give the gospel away,? 45 Baptist Collegiate Ministry students were commissioned to summer missions service on the last Saturday in March at West Side Baptist Church, West... Continue Reading »

SYNC ?12, the second annual church leadership event at Charleston Southern University, was held March 22-23 at the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel on the campus.... Continue Reading »

God became flesh and entered time and space. We happily articulate this soaring theology. Things get a little earthier when we think about why Jesus came: to bleed and die, to fix our broken relationship with God. We like... Continue Reading »