The Baptist Courier

Compromise is viewed by many as important for life. At times, it may be necessary to find ?common ground? with others or reach a ?win-win agreement.? Yet, too often compromise becomes an excuse for not doing the right thing.... Continue Reading »

Decisions . . . decisions . . . decisions! We face them every day. Some are small, others far-reaching. All people make their share of bad decisions, even though most probably do not set out intentionally to make bad... Continue Reading »

The students of Northside Baptist Church, West Columbia, won't be sleeping in or opening gifts on Christmas morning. Instead, they will be up early, making pancakes and serving breakfast to members of their community.... Continue Reading »

Saying that family is a priority in one's life is easy. Spout a few trite clich's on the importance of family and you?re done. Actually making the family a priceless aspect of one's life is more difficult. It requires... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists made sure every inmate in the state prison system received a Christmas gift this year. The annual Christmas Packets for Prisoners drive collected 24,815 packets, which were placed in the hands of inmates on Dec. 7.... Continue Reading »

Joe Donahue lay awake in terror that night. From his sleeping bag on the floor of his parents? trailer, his 8-year-old ears were flooded with the sounds of destruction: His drunken father's screaming, things smashing, breaking and shattering in... Continue Reading »

Jerry Root and Peter Walters will speak at the 16th annual John Hamrick Lectures at First Baptist Church of Charleston, Jan. 16-17. Both are faculty members at Wheaton College.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University students recently spent a week in continuous prayer for a ?24/7 Week of Prayer.? Around the clock, students came in shifts during the week of Nov. 1-7 to Tigerville Baptist Church to pray.... Continue Reading »

During the week leading up to the South Carolina Baptist Convention's annual meeting last month, Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) students were practicing their serving all across the state. Early numbers reflect that about 50 students reached more than 500... Continue Reading »

Amid a sea of suits, sport coats, and polo shirts at the 2010 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting, the three men dressed in black leather motorcycle vests really stood out. Two of them are pastors, and the third... Continue Reading »

Citing unprecedented economic challenges facing the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Frank Page, president and chief executive officer of the EC since Oct. 1, announced structural and staffing changes on the Executive Committee staff in two memos sent to... Continue Reading »

When I was a college student in Oxford, Ohio, I knew ?Lottie Moon? only as the name of a local popular bar named after a Confederate spy during the Civil War ? not the missionary whose name our annual... Continue Reading »