The Baptist Courier

The 2011 spring tour of the South Carolina Baptist Singing Churchmen wasn't just a concert road trip ? it was a weeklong series of opportunities to share Christ in locations from North Carolina to the nation's capital.... Continue Reading »

Siloam Church, Easley, will hold an Upstate Evangelism Conference Aug. 7-10. The event, which brings together noted preachers and teachers from across the Southern Baptist Convention, is also sponsored by cooperating churches in the area.... Continue Reading »

Don Dowless, North Greenville University's vice president for academics, encouraged the 2011 graduating class ? a record-breaking 288 students ? to love people in the same way God loves them.... Continue Reading »

A total of 264 Anderson University graduates received their diplomas during a spring commencement ceremony May 7 under blue skies and in the shade of the 100-year-old oaks of Alumni Lawn.... Continue Reading »

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

More than 40 disaster relief teams from Baptist churches and associations across South Carolina are on the ground in three Southeastern states in the aftermath of the deadliest tornado outbreak in the region in nearly 80 years. Scores of... Continue Reading »

Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia ? and the list of states continues, related to horrific destruction caused by the devastating tornadoes of the past few weeks. Lives were tragically lost (the count is around 350 thus far),... Continue Reading »

As the 35-member South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force prepared to convene May 10, chairman Ralph Carter reflected on the group's efforts so far.... Continue Reading »

Editor’s note: On March 19, Dwight Easler’s 6-year-old son, Benji, died when an amusement train ride derailed and overturned at a Spartanburg public park. The tragedy made national headlines. Several members of Corinth Church, Gaffney, including Easler (the church’s... Continue Reading »

Transformational churches clearly have an intentional process for making disciples. Yet, the focus is less on the process itself than on the people who benefited from it. So we coined the term ?relational intentionality? to describe it. Why not... Continue Reading »

Jesus said, ?For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also? (Matthew 6:21). This certainly may explain our affection for the good life and, even more, our loss of mission today. It seems many of us value... Continue Reading »

Pastor Bryant Wright is quoted as saying, ?Jesus Christ loves all mankind. He loves homosexuals who are engaging in homosexual activity ...? (?At USC, gay students protest SBC president's honorary degree,? April 28).... Continue Reading »