The Baptist Courier

Johnny Rumbough, DOM of Lexington Association, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions June 13 by attendees at the organization's annual meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.... Continue Reading »

?Land of the free and the home of the brave.? These words that end the Star Spangled Banner are appropriate to describe the United States of America as we remember her splendor and celebrate her independence. But does living... Continue Reading »

Missions leaders from across the nation ?proclaimed? the freedom and Good News of Jesus Christ during the 2011 national Woman's Missionary Union missions celebration and annual meeting in Phoenix.... Continue Reading »

While a recent cover of Newsweek magazine asserted that massive natural disasters are 'the new normal? and ?we?re hopelessly unprepared,? Eddie Fulmer and dozens of other volunteers from South Carolina were busy cutting fallen trees out of people's homes... Continue Reading »

Judah has broken the Mosaic covenant by the worship of other gods, and punishment is inescapable. God says that even Jeremiah's prayers and performing rituals in the temple won't set Judah's heart right. This situation brings danger to Jeremiah.... Continue Reading »

What do 30 elementary-age children in northern Greenville County have to do with a rural village in Asia? The answer lies in their taking to heart the challenge of Acts 1:8, the 2011 theme verse for Locust Hill Church,... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention Office of Public Policy commends the South Carolina House of Representatives for recently passing a bill that would make it illegal for retail liquor stores to be open on Thanksgiving and Christmas.... Continue Reading »

These chapters continue the saga of God trying to get the attention of His prodigal people through His spokesman Jeremiah. God is trying to communicate with Judah that there is still hope by allowing the prophet to continue to... Continue Reading »

A South Carolina Baptist minister is the author of 'the Angels Are In Wyoming,? which blends two of Columbia writer David Redding's longtime interests ? the Old West and Christianity.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina pastor Bill Curtis has recently completed work on a new book on homiletics entitled ?Engaging Exposition.? Curtis, who is the senior pastor at Cornerstone Church in Florence and an adjunct professor of homiletics at Southeastern Seminary, co-authored... Continue Reading »

Points, rebounds and assists aren't the only things growing in NBA star Kevin Durant's life. ?I?ve grown so much,? Durant said of his faith. ?I?m coming from a guy who believed at first but was never really active in... Continue Reading »

There has to be a reason for the moral decline of America. Sadly, we can lay it all at the foot of the American church. It goes straight back to the gospel. The church evangelizes itself with an incomplete... Continue Reading »