The Baptist Courier

This is the gist of it: To be free, master yourself. The title of Greer author Gene Bishop's new book is longer: ?No Man Or Woman Is Free Who Has Not Mastered Themselves.?... Continue Reading »

The challenges and opportunities smaller Southern Baptist churches might embrace to reach their communities with the gospel was the focus of a Small Church and Bivocational Pastors Missional Initiative Dialogue at the North American Mission Board.... Continue Reading »

Chris J. Bowman, 59, of Dillon, former pastor of Latta Baptist Church, Latta, died Nov. 18, 2010 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, N.C.... Continue Reading »

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 »