The Baptist Courier

Tom Swilley TOM SWILLEY, pastor of Cedar Grove Church, Conway, has announced his retirement. Swilley, who served as chairman of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 2007, will remain active through his newly established “Voice... Continue Reading »

Hearing passionate pleas to view the people of the world as God sees them, attendees of the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors? Conference were challenged to take action. Following the conference's theme of ?Aspire: Yearning to join God's Kingdom Activity,?... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists are mobilizing to participate in the National Night Out event this August and take the traditional partnership between single-family residence neighborhoods and law enforcement into the state's multihousing developments.... Continue Reading »

Working as a member of the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force appointed by 2010 convention president Fred Stone has raised my personal learning curve to a steep incline. The diversity and size of the group have been... Continue Reading »

South Carolina native Chuck Lewis has joined the faculty of Southern Seminary as ?part of a major new step forward in the seminary's School of Church Ministries? vision of training worship pastors equipped for the challenges of the 21st... Continue Reading »

Before changes were instigated within our Southern Baptist churches during the decade of the 1980s, the doxology was sung as part of our worship services. Things began to turn back positively in the 1990s, except for one important item... Continue Reading »

Weldon Fallaw, retired president of the South Carolina Baptist Foundation, has been named director of community relations and development for South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging. In the part-time position, Fallaw will be responsible for ?enhancement of ministry... Continue Reading »

I read with great interest Dewitt Lemmond's recent letter (?Plea for complete gospel,? June 9). I agree with him totally and do not understand why pastors and leaders do not recognize this basic error of not giving people the... Continue Reading »

Padgett’s Creek Church, Union, recently honored Sharon Harris (left) on her retirement as church treasurer. Pictured with Harris are incoming treasurer Nicole Harmon, who presented a plaque of appreciation to Harris on behalf of the congregation, and pastor Carrol... Continue Reading »

In reference to your article, ?American Idol winner is a Southern Baptist? (June 9), I would like to express my concern.... Continue Reading »

Capitalism rewards hard work and diligence. You work hard for what you have; why then should you give away what you have earned? Of course, one answer that we saw a couple of weeks ago is that even what... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention messengers meeting in Phoenix June 14-15 adopted an historic report encouraging ethnic diversity, witnessed dozens of leaders standing together in support of a landmark unity pledge, and saw hundreds of pastors and laypeople volunteer to lead... Continue Reading »