The Baptist Courier

In the face of declining church budget gifts, members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Oct. 12 at White Oak Conference Center, approved a leaner state budget for the coming year.... Continue Reading »

Earl Moseley, 83, of Asheville, N.C., died Oct. 2, 2010.... Continue Reading »

Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate, was guest speaker for a fifth anniversary and fundraising celebration for the Taylors Free Medical Clinic Sept. 28 at Timmons Arena at Furman University.... Continue Reading »

We are busy putting the finishing touches on this year's SCBC Pastor's Conference, and I couldn't be more excited. The Lord has really worked in recent weeks to allow us to catch up from a glitch in our publicity... Continue Reading »

Fourteen-year-old Ariana Iacono is at the center of a controversy reverberating throughout eastern North Carolina. A student at Clayton High School, not far from Raleigh, she has been suspended for 10 days. Her disobedience? She arrived at school with... Continue Reading »

?From My Life's Journey ? with Heaven as My Destination!? is the title of a newly published collection of newspaper columns written by Lloyd Batson, retired pastor of Pickens First Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

SBC giving down for 2009-2010 The Southern Baptist Convention finished its Oct. 1-Sept. 30 fiscal year 6.18 percent below budget, while Cooperative Program receipts for the year were down 4.03 percent and combined CP and designated giving for the... Continue Reading »

With their faces pointed toward the heavens, the members of Garden City Baptist Church watched as pastor Rich McLawhorn put a cross atop their newly reconstructed church.... Continue Reading »

A surge in communications technology in the past decade has expanded religious dialogue, but the discussions have led to little change in people's lives, The Barna Group found in a recent survey.... Continue Reading »

Goucher Baptist Church, Gaffney, will celebrate its 240th anniversary Oct. 23 and 24. An old-fashioned singing will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 23. On Sunday, Oct. 24, the worship service will begin at 10 a.m. and will... Continue Reading »

On Thursday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., South Carolina Baptists will gather at White Oak Conference Center for a ?Day of Prayer for South Carolina Baptists.? Ron Barker, evangelism and prayer strategist with the evangelism team... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging (SCBMA) is a place of ministry, missions, and Great Commission work. While the ministry's primary function is providing quality senior services at Bethea and Martha Franks Baptist retirement communities, the core of... Continue Reading »