The Baptist Courier

Carolina Faith Riders? ?Mission Under the Tent? stretched to a wider circle this year during Myrtle Beach Bike Week, May 15-21. CFR partnered with Waccamaw Association to minister not only to the spiritual needs of visiting motorcyclists, but also... Continue Reading »

As part of its expanding emphasis on church planting, the North American Mission Board is dedicating up to $15 million for financing new church plants across North America. The new church plant loan initiative was approved by NAMB's board... Continue Reading »

During two separate graduation ceremonies on May 20, 189 students were awarded with degrees from Southeastern Seminary and The College at Southeastern.... Continue Reading »

Tom Elliff, in his first trustee meeting as president of the International Mission Board, rolled out the beginning of the vision he believes ?God painted on my heart.? Trustees elected a new vice president during their May 20 meeting... Continue Reading »

In April, Edgewood Church in Walterboro worked with a public middle school across the street to offer a two-hour weekly School Time Bible Education (STBE) class for 6th-graders at the church.... Continue Reading »

Friends of Connie Maxwell Children's Home gathered May 12 at Fluor Field, home of the Greenville Drive baseball club, for a ?Go to Bat for Children? fundraising and awareness-building event.... Continue Reading »

Halfway through my year as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, two learnings bubble to the top of many. One, we are an incredibly diverse lot. Two, we are more resistant to change than I ever imagined.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined other religious leaders in urging the Major League Baseball players union to support a ban on tobacco use at games.... Continue Reading »

On May 10, the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force met in Columbia for the fifth time, not counting two to three regional meetings. All of us had been praying daily for a breakthrough, and what occurred that... Continue Reading »

Genre Christian Jazz   ARENEFF is a trio of Christian musicians who believe that Jesus” power, as expressed in their music, can stir the soul and bring joy, peace and love to God”s people. The members are based in... Continue Reading »

Stewardship is an important principle for Christians to understand and practice. Stewardship begins, however, not with tithing or even being generous, but rather with the realization that all we own actually belongs to God. The Bible teaches us that... Continue Reading »

Four hundred sixty-nine undergraduate and 154 graduate students received diplomas May 7 during Charleston Southern University's commencement ceremonies.... Continue Reading »