The Baptist Courier

The Nova Scotia partnership of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Spartanburg County Baptist Network and the Canada National Baptist Convention was celebrated Oct. 29 at First Baptist Church, Boiling Springs. Mission trip volunteers and coordinators met to reflect on... Continue Reading »

It doesn't get any easier to get involved in starting new churches than through Send North America, the North American Mission Board's church-planting emphasis aimed at mobilizing churches.... Continue Reading »

His formal name is William C. Pate Jr., but ? at his request ? church members simply call him Bill. Pate, 65, retired Oct. 2 from Tucapau Baptist Church in Startex (Spartanburg County Network) after delivering his final message... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention will close its 2011 financial records at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30.... Continue Reading »

In 2008, Brad Atkins sat on the back row of the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and listened to a sermon by then-president Eddie Leopard, pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken. ?I wasn't concerned with the... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Youth Ministers? Network got grilled by an atheist at their annual meeting Nov. 14 at First Baptist Church, Columbia. Not really. But it appeared that way for a solid half-hour during their morning session when... Continue Reading »

In Deuteronomy 32, Moses neared the end of his story. A slave, a prince, a murderer and a fugitive, his epic tale really took flight while keeping his father-in-law's sheep on the edge of God's mountain. God sent him... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Convention messengers on Nov. 15 approved resolutions calling for transparency in public education and requesting that elected officials ensure that religious liberty ?for all Americans? is protected. Messengers also approved a resolution encouraging South Carolina Baptists... Continue Reading »

During the Wednesday morning business session of the Nov. 15-16 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, messengers adopted a pared-down budget of $28.6 million for 2012. The spending plan reflects sweeping changes in how South Carolina Baptists... Continue Reading »

Tim Elmore, founder and president of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta-based leadership development non-profit, makes maximum use of the adage that ?a picture is worth a thousand words.?... Continue Reading »

Anderson University has established a "Pastor of the Year" award to honor South Carolina Baptist pastors who have done an extraordinary job of modeling servant leadership at churches of all sizes in the state. In presenting the inaugural awards... Continue Reading »

Our society is enthralled with Christmas. Singing, cooking, parties, eating and spending are hallmarks of this happy season. But why do so many people feel empty during Christmas? Even after we fill ourselves with cheer and Christmas pie, there... Continue Reading »