The Baptist Courier

Two major pro-life bills passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives have drawn praise from the South Carolina Baptist Convention's public policy office.... Continue Reading »

The president of the Greenville branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers is asking churches across South Carolina to help spread the word about the group's upcoming 'stamp Out Hunger? food collection day. On Saturday, May 14, when... Continue Reading »

The missions mobilization group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention held a Witness to the World base camp training conference April 9 at Summerville Church, with 55 people registered. A similar conference was held March 26 at South Main... Continue Reading »

Immediately after assuming the mantle of leadership from Moses, Joshua faced a daunting task ? to lead God's people into the promised land. In his new role, Joshua would endure obstacles tied to his own people, such as the... Continue Reading »

A week-long series of events to commemorate the centennial of South Main Street Church in Greenwood included visits from the top executives of both the Southern Baptist Convention and the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

In Esther 4:8, 13-14, Mordecai appealed to Esther to use her influence with Ahasuerus (who reigned 486-464 BC) that the Jews throughout the Persian empire would not perish due to Haman's wicked plan. Appearing before the king could have... Continue Reading »

Positive news about the South Carolina Baptist Convention budget greeted SCBC Executive Board members who gathered April 11-12 at White Oak Conference Center for their spring meeting.... Continue Reading »

On April 6, more than 300 students at Charleston Southern University signed a banner with notes of appreciation for the school's various donors.... Continue Reading »

Verse 21 explains our former spiritual state. Paul used three words to describe our condition before coming to Christ: alienated, hostile, and evil. We were alienated and hostile in our minds and evil in our deeds. The word alienated... Continue Reading »

Some University of South Carolina students say the school should not award an honorary doctorate to Southern Baptist Convention president Bryant Wright because of his and the denomination's stance against homosexuality and ?gay marriage,? but Wright says he and... Continue Reading »

NAMB/states to continue joint funding In spite of the Great Commission Resurgence report that many expected would end jointly funded missionaries with state Baptist conventions, North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell says “strategically placed mobilizers” in southern states... Continue Reading »

Satan's top priority is to subvert and pervert the truth about Jesus Christ. Satan loves confusion and delusion. Paul warned the church at Colossae about being deceived by false teachers. Knowing and keeping the truth about Christ is essential... Continue Reading »