The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

After 30 years as a Baptist pastor proudly promoting Southern Baptist Convention missions, I can't believe I am actually writing this: I no longer have confidence in the distribution of Cooperative Program monies through the SBC.... Continue Reading »

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

I wish to write about what might be the best-kept secret in the South Carolina Baptist Convention. On Nov. 14, I had the privilege to hear the Singing Churchmen in concert at First Baptist Church, Clearwater.... 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 »

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

Great Commission equals greater stewardship ? this summarizes the heart of the GCR report. Like most South Carolina Baptist Convention pastors, I say amen to that. Our institutions have been called to give. Our churches have been called to... 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 »

?You have left your fingerprint upon our hearts,? were the tearful words of one pastor's wife as she said goodbye. That sentiment is echoed by the 21 South Carolinians who recently partnered with their Christian brothers and sisters in... Continue Reading »

She has shared her story with Eric and Ramona Reese, International Mission Board missionaries in Rio de Janeiro who have counseled and discipled Viviane.... Continue Reading »

Talk to Army chaplain (Col.) Brent Causey long enough and you?ll learn his ultimate hero is not Gen. David Petraeus, retired commander of forces in Afghanistan, now CIA director and his boss as they served in the war-torn country... Continue Reading »