The Baptist Courier

James A. Wright Jr. has been named vice president for finance and operations at Anderson University. Wright joins the university after a long tenure at the South Carolina Baptist Convention, where for more than three decades he oversaw the... Continue Reading »

Chaplains, pastors, and church lay leaders gathered at White Oak Conference Center near Winnsboro Sept. 26-27 to discuss how churches can better minister to military personnel and their families.... Continue Reading »

Please share briefly about your faith journey. I was raised up spiritually at Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga., a church begun by my great-grandfather in 1896. I joined the church and was baptized at a young age, only... Continue Reading »

What would your obituary say if you were to die today?... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention has named Lee Clamp as the new evangelism group director. Clamp will begin his duties Jan. 1.... Continue Reading »

SCBC-affiliated institutions will have special events on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

His church may be small, but God is using Jerry Garvin in a pretty big way. Garvin, pastor of Gilgal Baptist Church in Edgefield, has seen the church grow from 12 active members to 60 in his nearly two... Continue Reading »

"Home Run" is a fictional story set for theatrical release in 2012 about a Big League baseball player forced to confront the outcome of his alcoholic abuse.... Continue Reading »

On Oct. 7, Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, ignited a cultural wildfire when he introduced Texas Governor Rick Perry at the Values Voters Summit, a conservative political rally. As he described Perry as... Continue Reading »

What do you do when you see a brother or sister in Christ sin? It is difficult not to react with one of two extremes.... Continue Reading »

'scorecard? is one of the contemporary buzz words. Along with missional, leverage, futuring, incarnational, engage, connect, and a long list of terms, they comprise the language of the ?new thing? God is doing. Some of the strategists are insisting... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University is the new owner of the former Steak and Ale restaurant building in Greenville, appraised at $1.6 million.... Continue Reading »