The Baptist Courier

JOHN ALEXANDER JR. was recently called as pastor of Abney Memorial Baptist Church, Greenwood. He previously served as director of Hoops for Him, a young mens’ sports outreach ministry of First Baptist Church, Ninety Six, as well as a... Continue Reading »

Tossing paper airplanes into white towel ?clouds? gave Katie Lewis and her fellow associational Vacation Bible School directors the opportunity to exchange ideas for promotion, evangelism, and follow-up in Vacation Bible School. This was one of many airplane-related activities... Continue Reading »

Pastor Kenneth W. Harmon and his wife Joy were honored recently for 30 years of service to First Baptist Church, Newberry.... Continue Reading »

?Glorious.? That's the only word Keith Polatty could find to describe singing at Carnegie Hall in New York City. ?Everything about it was glorious,? said Polatty, who was among a group of members from [Greenwood's] South Main Street Baptist... Continue Reading »

I?ve heard people say that joy is not the same as happiness. Joy, some say, is higher and better than its junior partner. Some say that happiness is driven by circumstance, while joy is transcendent and more spiritual. I... Continue Reading »

The developing saga of the coming of baby Jesus was more than a little bit strange. Here is Mary: engaged, sexually pure but nevertheless pregnant. Zacharias and Elizabeth, old as dirt (and Elizabeth unable to conceive), were the parents... Continue Reading »

The conference was called ?Protecting Our Children,? and indeed that phrase was verbalized repeatedly throughout the one-day seminar held in the Upstate on Feb. 9 and in Columbia on Feb. 10.... Continue Reading »

The 2012 South Carolina Baptist Convention Evangelism Conference was held Feb. 22-24 at Hoffmeyer Road Baptist Church in Florence. Local and national speakers encouraged and challenged the more than 1,000 in attendance to share their faith.... Continue Reading »

When Don Sharp received his doctoral degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 20 members of the congregation he leads attended the December commencement, applauding their 74-year-old pastor for his of academic achievement.... Continue Reading »

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary officials have announced a partnership with the Green Scholars Initiative offering MBTS" ancient language students opportunities to research and publish their findings about one of the world"s oldest biblical texts that dates to the second... Continue Reading »

For one week in January, Kim led a group of 24 Southwestern students to Tekax (te-kash), Mexico, where they worked with missionary Shelby Boyd.... Continue Reading »

>The head of the Southern Baptist Convention"s ethics entity has urged United States senators to support a bill that would protect conscience rights in the Obama administration"s controversial contraceptive/abortion mandate.... Continue Reading »