The Baptist Courier

If the North American Mission Board's 'send North America? evangelistic church-planting initiative is to succeed, it must include thousands of bivocational pastors who are willing to plant churches. ?We must leverage the laity to plant churches,? said Aaron Coe,... Continue Reading »

Jule Young JULE YOUNG retired from Bethel Baptist Church, Fairfax, on Sept. 1. His previous pastorates included Hopewell, Hampton; Spring Branch, Bamberg; and Sand Hill, Kershaw. Young is a trustee for South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging and... Continue Reading »

Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Kingstree, celebrated “Louisa Tyler Day” on Oct. 2, in honor of her 41 years of service as Sunday school secretary. Tyler, who celebrated her 90th birthday earlier in the week, received a certificate of appreciation... Continue Reading »

Finally, a White House spokesman has taken a definitive stand on a hot topic. But it's not the economy, global warming, or international terrorism.It's the White House position on extraterrestrials.... Continue Reading »

Lee Williams, a member of Rivelon Baptist Church, Orangeburg-Calhoun Association, read an article about the Toys for Tots program and said his ?heart opened up? to the children in his area. He began to pray about how he could... Continue Reading »

Believe the unbelievable. Sometimes that is what obedience to God demands. It challenges us to face fears that are overwhelming and to trust God. We celebrate the coming of Christmas with joy and expectation. The experience was different for... Continue Reading »

My wife and I love to decorate our house with nativities and even put one in our yard. They are all wrong because they depict the Magi at the stable when Jesus was born. Matthew 2 begins, ?Now after... Continue Reading »

In school, I was very good in math. The truth is, I was very good at getting the right answer, but not very good in following the procedures my teachers and the textbook wanted me to follow. I couldn't... Continue Reading »

Fear is one of our greatest enemies. It can derail us, deter us, delay us and defeat us. I can hardly believe my own experience. When I was first inspired to propose Say Something Nice Sunday to our congregation,... Continue Reading »

The day in March 2006 when Nick Seaver and Bill Rigsby met for lunch is a day that still remains in Seaver's memory five years later. That was the day that Seaver and Rigsby, the pastor at North Anderson... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists are ministering to those trapped in the sex trade.... Continue Reading »

Selling drugs and girls, he was told, is a quick, easy way to make money in South Africa.... Continue Reading »