The Baptist Courier

The Charleston Southern University board of trustees has approved a 10-year Strategic Transformation Plan to enhance key areas, including academic growth, student success, enrollment, university finances, faith integration and institutional identity.... 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 »

I"ve hoped that my life and skills would be able to be used to help spread the Gospel through technology and help disciple the church in the new digital generation.... Continue Reading »

There have been more than 52 million abortions performed in the U.S. since the ignominious Roe v. Wade court decision in 1973. And for every abortion there is a woman who, to some degree, knowingly or unknowingly is complicit... 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 »

Charleston Southern University has named Donald 'skip? Martin Jr. vice president for academic affairs. He previously served the university as interim vice president for academic affairs, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and chair of the... 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 »

Bill Cashion has been appointed professor of missions and evangelism at North Greenville University's Graduate School of Christian Ministry. He previously served almost 20 years with the International Mission Board as a missionary in Venezuela and as missions administrator.... 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 »

It can be difficult to forgive someone who has hurt you once they ask for forgiveness, but what about someone who does not ask? What about someone who does not even know they have done anything wrong, someone who... 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 »

The two highest-ranking representatives of the South Carolina Baptist Convention say they are disappointed that a key provision in the state's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report won't be embraced by the SBC in the immediate future.... Continue Reading »