The Baptist Courier

Because I spent nearly four years with the IMB in a closed country, I became familiar with what it means to be a foreigner. Upon disembarking the airplane on the field, I was instantly transformed into an outsider: disconnected... 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 »

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 »

The man who threatened to sue a Texas county for placing a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn has had a shift in perspective, dropped the lawsuit and now plans to move to the county with his wife and... 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 »

Among regular Bible readers, more than a third indicate they read it nearly every day and typically use one primary version of the Bible.... Continue Reading »

Bill McTague lived an ordinary kind of life. Nothing too special. Mostly he focused on himself. ?I felt like something was actually missing in my life,? he said. ?Whenever the holidays would come around and I?d hear about people... Continue Reading »

Just six years after its advent, Twitter boasts around 500 million users and has been recognized by MLA as a citable source in academic papers. With no ?friendships? to maintain, Twitter offers the ultimate in low-maintenance networking. Any user... Continue Reading »

'the Exchange,? a free webshow directed toward pastors and church leaders hosted by Ed Stetzer, now broadcasts in a weekly format.... Continue Reading »

Oct. 27 is an important date for me. On that day, many years ago, I was a young kid walking alone under a starry sky in my hometown of Biloxi, Miss. I was grappling with who I was and... Continue Reading »

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) contains what is probably the most famous and challenging set of quotes emerging directly from Jesus? mouth in all of Scripture. Our passage this week, Luke 6, contains much of the same... Continue Reading »

Like any other day, it was simply a time to connect with local missions leaders from our South Carolina Baptist Convention churches to talk about what God was doing in their churches and community to bring himself glory. But... Continue Reading »