The Baptist Courier

As a pastor, I am deeply disappointed in the direction of our South Carolina Baptist Convention. I sat through the annual meeting and was frustrated and distressed over the hypocrisy: everyone cheering, saying ?amen,? clapping for missions ? and... Continue Reading »

Cannon Eugene Price Jr., 82, of Anderson, a retired pastor and educator, died Oct. 31, 2010, at the Rainey Hospice House.... Continue Reading »

Our Baptist universities receive only a small percentage of their operating budgets from the South Carolina Baptist Convention, but that amount of support is important. The convention needs the connection to the universities more than the universities need the... Continue Reading »

Johnnie R. Bailey JOHNNIE R. BAILEY will retire as senior pastor at Bayview Baptist Church, Columbia, on Dec. 26. He has served at Bayview since 2009, and the church has seen 19 additions under his leadership. Bailey, who has... 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 »

At last year's Pastors Conference in Jacksonville, Fla., David Platt said that 6 billion people are lost and on their way to hell. I went home with those 6 billion souls on my heart. I looked through a copy... Continue Reading »

The congregation of Latta Baptist Church, inspired by the Hands for Jesus WMU group, made 115 dolls for the children of Webster Springs, W.Va. Pictured with some of the dolls are several of the WMU members and pastor Rob... 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 »

My wife and I are transplants from Michigan from more than five years ago. We love Southern hospitality, the slower pace of life and the moderate climate.... Continue Reading »

Her words hit Seth Whitman* like a hammer. The 37-year-old civil engineer was riveted by the stories he was hearing from a missionary who?d come to speak at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. The more she shared about... 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 »

From Steven Owensby's letter (?Your Views,? Feb. 4), it's obvious that he has never suffered the devastating results of depression. Chronic depression and generalized anxiety disorder are bona fide neurologic diseases that stem from traumatic events, lack of serotonin... Continue Reading »