The Baptist Courier

Chaplain Capt. Patrick Shane Moore (USAF), of Chesnee, has seen and heard it before: An airman reports having a close call while serving in Iraq, then receives a card from home telling of a prayer offered up just at... Continue Reading »

A special two-month exhibit at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., is now open to honor longtime music and program director Cliff Barrows.... Continue Reading »

Walter Brashier Graduate School of Christian Ministry is kicking off its concentration in missions and evangelism with more than just classroom instruction. In July, it offered its first practicum in missions, as Larry McDonald, dean of the Master of... Continue Reading »

Although the 2010 Legislative Session was lackluster in some respects, it did not lack in drama and activity. Family-friendly laws that passed include preventing religious discrimination in schools, several restrictions on sexual offenders, and increasing the waiting period before... Continue Reading »

CP 3.08% behind 2009 pace Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are 3.08 percent below the same time frame last year. As of July 31, the year-to-date total of $161,740,215 for Cooperative Program (CP) missions is... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists have been recognized for leading the Southern Baptist Convention in two baptism categories for the Annual Church Profile year 2008-2009. The awards were presented by the North American Mission Board at the annual Summer Senior Leadership... Continue Reading »

One of many memorable lines from the movie 'the Wizard of Oz? is, 'there's no place like home.? That is a recurring theme in Greenwood. And while Greenwood is referred to as 'the Emerald City? by many, the ?Oz?... Continue Reading »

The only Cambodian-language church in the state of South Carolina ? United Baptist Church, in the Spartanburg County Baptist Network ? recently took part in a mission trip to ? Cambodia. United Church member Docnga Sap, who has lived... Continue Reading »

Resolutions to be considered at the 190th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention must be submitted by Oct. 16.... Continue Reading »

GREG BARR has resigned as pastor after serving St. Andrews Baptist Church in Columbia for more than five years. He has accepted a call to become pastor of St. Matthews Baptist Church in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. His... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist leaders ?need to be full of faith, not full of fear? as the search for a new North American Mission Board president goes on and many questions linger about how NAMB will implement the Great Commission Resurgence... Continue Reading »

At a called executive session Aug. 17 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church, Irmo, members of the South Carolina Baptist Convention"s Executive Board heard a report concerning SCBC employee "listening sessions" and assigned the board"s administrative committee the "duty of... Continue Reading »