The Baptist Courier

Samuel Jerome McKenzie, 78, of Lake City, died July 16, 2010, in a Florence hospital after an illness.... Continue Reading »

Can one man's faith make a difference? The cynic might say no, holding up as evidence humanity itself ? never more self-consumed than today despite countless intercessions and the salt-and-light presence of Jesus? most devout followers over the last... Continue Reading »

Kevin Ezell, pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., was elected president of the North American Mission Board in a special called meeting of NAMB trustees Sept. 14.... Continue Reading »

Campbell Eugene Carroll, 87, of Norwood, N.C., who served as a Baptist minister for more than 50 years, died Sept. 13, 2010.... Continue Reading »

Tony Atkinson, director of church relations at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, spoke to the Joyful Heart senior adults of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Hemingway, on Sept. 2. The group presented to Atkinson three large boxes of school supplies for... Continue Reading »

The 77 members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will address at least two major items of business at their fall meeting Oct. 11-12 at White Oak Conference Center.... Continue Reading »

This is the final report of the 2010 Committee on Committees. If approved by messengers to the 2010 annual meeting, members begin serving Jan. 1, 2011. Mike Moody, from Honea Path First Baptist Church, is the chairman.... Continue Reading »

While much of the late Harry Dent's success is attributed to his ability to rally the party's conservative base in the South, his daughter's new book, ?Finding True Freedom: From the White House to the World,? reveals a more... Continue Reading »

While creating a new worship service option can yield positive growth in several areas of church life, there are circumstances in which churches should not create new worship opportunities. That delicate balance is why Mark Powers, director, worship and... Continue Reading »

EC affirms status of Baptist Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee unanimously declined Sept. 21 to recommend that Baptist Press be made a separate entity, and instead affirmed a 1982 study on the matter that reached the same... Continue Reading »

The leadership team of Waccamaw Baptist Association Woman's Missionary Union joined missionaries in Lynch, Ky., recently to minister alongside them. A team of four traveled from Conway to Lynch on July 24 and returned July 31.... Continue Reading »

In these times of unprecedented uncertainty, our Lord Jesus Christ offers both the security every believer desires and the hope every believer needs. Security comes, in part, from being a member of the family of God that we call... Continue Reading »