The Baptist Courier

When Jim Burry, of Fountain Inn, traveled with a team of other South Carolina Baptists on mission to East Africa three years ago, he could not have imagined the providential chain of events that would unfold. Today, as a... Continue Reading »

If you?ve read about organizational leadership, you?ll recognize the idea of the ?inverted pyramid.? Vibrant leaders see themselves as servants at the bottom of a pyramid, whose primary job is to exhort and support those charged with carrying out... Continue Reading »

Many leaders won't come to the discussion table because they are bowed at the altar of the unholy trinity of self ? you know, ?me, myself, and I.? All the rhetoric about new breeds, reformed theology, cooperating and non-cooperating... Continue Reading »

I recently had the privilege and life-changing experience of traveling on my first international mission trip to Guatemala with Charleston Southern University. We spent the majority of our time at a Christian orphanage, Ceracaif, a home for 55 children.... Continue Reading »

?Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends? (John 15:13). During the crisis of 9/11, we saw emergency responders risking their lives ? and, indeed, giving up their lives ? to help... Continue Reading »

Having observed the ebb and flow of debate in our convention on many issues over the last 40 years in ministry ? 38 of them in South Carolina ? I find myself in the precarious position of writing this... Continue Reading »

Last week I read the letters to the editor with concern. May I say before I evaluate the Christian movement in the 21st century, I am not a ?label? person. I do not place words on people, not knowing... Continue Reading »

After reading the March 17 ?Your Views? page, I concluded that some Southern Baptists might like to review an opposition assessment of SBC reformed theology.... Continue Reading »

I appreciate the heads-up on Rob Bell ('the Emerging Case Against Rob Bell,? March 17). It will be interesting to see how his book is received by the church and general public. I prayerfully hope this warning will be... Continue Reading »

Baptists of South Carolina owe Joe Mack, who served as director of public policy of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for the past 12 years, a debt of gratitude for the excellent service he provided our denomination as well... Continue Reading »

Georgia pastor Bryant Wright will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Alabama pastor David Platt announced March 11. Wright, senior pastor of the Atlanta-area Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, will be... Continue Reading »

Excitement and happiness fill the air. Smiles and laughter abound and, for some, tears of joy. One week after the onset of Japan's triple disaster, everyone is ready for something to celebrate. For a small group of Japanese Christians,... Continue Reading »