The Baptist Courier

Filter by:

Churches Categories
  • All
  • SC Showcase (Church News)

LifeWay Men, Joe Gibbs, Tony Evans off to the races at live NASCAR simulcast

LifeWay Men, a team at LifeWay Christian Resources, will broadcast a live simulcast event featuring Joe Gibbs and Tony Evans on May 26, 2012, from Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.... Continue Reading »

Blackmon retiring as Greer DOM

Cleatus Blackmon will retire on Oct. 31 after 13 years as director of missions for Greer Association. Blackmon and his wife Susan will be honored on Oct. 25 at the association's annual meeting at Apalache Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

Six Mile team shares Christ in South America

In August, a team from Six Mile Baptist Church traveled to Peru for a missions experience that encompassed preaching and teaching as well as ministry through a dental clinic.... Continue Reading »

SCBC Nominations Committee releases report

Recommendations of this committee must be approved by vote at the 2011 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. If approved, terms begin Jan. 1, 2012. Rodney Hord, pastor at Juniper Bay Baptist Church, Conway, is chairman.... Continue Reading »

Letters: Keep funds at home

While I am certain that every aspect of our financial situation has been considered, I am concerned with the proposed changes [in the report of the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force]. At a time when the income... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: La., Tenn., N.C. evangelism/missions news

From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state conventions in evangelism, church planting and Great Commission outreach, including... Continue Reading »

Egypt’s Christians, attacked by army, may flee country

In the wake of what could be the worst act of violence against Egyptian Christians in modern history, leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church have called for three days of fasting and prayer for divine intervention, along with three... Continue Reading »

Pro-life ‘180’ film goes viral, changes minds

ray comfort, video, "180," equates abortion to the murder of Jews in concentration camps... Continue Reading »

Women’s lives ‘destroyed’ by China’s one-child policy, House panel told

A five-time victim of China"s coercive abortion program told a congressional panel she is only one among many women devastated by her home country"s coercive, population control program.... Continue Reading »

Faith, prayers sustain family of Holly Bobo

Nearly six months have passed since 20-year-old Holly Bobo was abducted from her home in rural Tennessee.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON (Lonnie Wilkey): The hardest of interviews

I visited and interviewed Karen Bobo, mother of Holly Bobo, the 20-year-old nursing student who was abducted from her Tennessee home in April.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Top 10 gifts to give your pastor

This is the month when many churches will take some time to show their appreciation to their pastor for his love and ministry over the past year.... Continue Reading »