The Baptist Courier

A lawsuit in federal court challenging the minister's housing allowance has ended, according to a report from GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The challenge to the minister's housing allowance tax exclusion was dismissed Friday, June 17,... Continue Reading »

In response to ?Plea for complete gospel? (?Your Views,? June 9), I firmly agree that the responsibility for the moral decline of America should be laid at the foot of the church.... Continue Reading »

I can hear Mama now, 'this hurts me worse than it hurts you.? I never believed that until my children came along. No matter what the problem my children had, when the discipline came, I hurt. In Luke 15... Continue Reading »

Anderson University has begun accepting applications for the doctor of ministry (D.Min.) program, the university's first doctoral program. The announcement is in response to a recent decision by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and... Continue Reading »

Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will host listening sessions for interested Baptists across the state in the coming months.... Continue Reading »

All of us have been treated unfairly at one time or another. In the world we live in, we see it all the time. The key, of course, is about our responses. This becomes much more difficult, however, when... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University is launching its first doctoral degree program. The university has received approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to begin offering a doctor of ministry (D.Min.) degree with a focus on Great Commission studies.... Continue Reading »

A ministry based in Gaffney is helping families in Alabama recover following the recent storms that devastated the area. Parson's Pantry, operated by former pastor Ron Jackson and his wife Karen, has been able so far to assist 12... Continue Reading »

People meeting the needs of people is what disaster relief is about, and most who help are volunteers. Since 1989, South Carolina Disaster Relief has trained more than 7,000 volunteers (in 136 specialized units) to help victims work through... Continue Reading »

Has your church, business or home been the victim of copper theft in recent years? If not, you won't have to look far to find someone who has been affected by this growing epidemic. With the price of nonferrous... Continue Reading »

Here we go again. The 2011 NIV is being criticized for its inclusive language. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) is taking the translation committee to task for inaccurate gender language. More than 2,700 of the problems... Continue Reading »

Jamie Duncan JAMIE DUNCAN has been called as senior pastor of East Pickens Church, Pickens. He previously was pastor of Good Hope Church, Iva, since March 2008. His first Sunday at East Pickens will be July 17. Duncan was... Continue Reading »