The Baptist Courier

State convention executive directors have agreed to affirm a portion of the Great Commission Resurgence (GCR) report requesting a 50/50 division of Cooperative Program (CP) receipts ? after consideration for shared ministry funds ? between state conventions and the... Continue Reading »

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Today, the majority of Christians employ more recent versions, such as the NIV and ESV. Nevertheless, to date, no English translation has dominated to the extent that... Continue Reading »

Waccamaw Baptist Association Woman's Missionary Union will sponsor ?Human Exploitation Awareness: Come Hear!? March 26, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hosted by Wampee Baptist Church, the free conference is designed to acquaint Christians with ways of praying for and responding to... Continue Reading »

This year, Sean Vickers, minister of students at Boiling Springs First Baptist Church, wanted to take a creative approach to True Love Waits, the sexual-abstinence-until-marriage emphasis for teenagers. Wanting to make the series fresh and challenging, he came up... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University's Christian Worldview Center will hold its fifth annual Christian Worldview Conference March 21-23.... Continue Reading »

Hubert ?Hugh? Garrell, 82, of Columbia, a retired military chaplain and pastor, died Jan. 16, 2011.... Continue Reading »

The years immediately following the Civil War were dark and difficult ones for South Carolina ? and no less so for the churches of the still-young South Carolina Baptist Convention, founded only a few decades before, in 1821. State... Continue Reading »

Gary C. Redding will retire March 31 after serving 22 years as pastor of First Baptist Church, North Augusta.... Continue Reading »

Thomas Houston Hawkins, 92, of Seneca, a retired pastor, died Feb. 13, 2011.... Continue Reading »

Donald Dowless, currently serving as vice president for academic affairs at North Greenville University, has been named president of Shorter University, a Georgia Baptist institution in Rome, Ga.... Continue Reading »

KENNY OWEN was called as pastor of First Baptist Church, Westminster, on Feb. 6, after serving as interim pastor since last November. Prior to that, he served as pastor at Earle’s Grove Baptist Church, Westminster, for 27 years, and... Continue Reading »

James E. Holder, 82, of Gaffney, a pastor for 63 years, died Feb. 3, 2011.... Continue Reading »