The Baptist Courier

South Carolina Baptists are invited to meet with Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, to discuss statewide Baptist work at regional listening sessions.... Continue Reading »

Tommy Mann, youth minister at Philippi Baptist Church, Union, has published his second book, ?Who Is God??... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 3.36 percent below the same time frame last year.... Continue Reading »

I turned on the television set in the hotel room as I prepared to go to the convention center in Orlando, Fla., to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. A flash flood was occurring in Oklahoma City and a television... Continue Reading »

My wife, Lynn, and I were in Chattanooga recently for the Gideons Tennessee state convention, and stayed at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel. The hotel was filled by three clubs of classic car enthusiasts, friends and soon-to-be friends joyfully... Continue Reading »

I would like to respond to the article in the July 8 edition concerning church control (?Church control is top reason for forced pastor terminations in S.C.?). I realize that my comments may not be well received by most... Continue Reading »

An after-school program can be a much-needed ministry for churches interested in serving families, especially single-parent and dual-income families with school-age children kindergarten through sixth grade. Cindy Morris, director, childhood ministry group, South Carolina Baptist Convention, said after-school programs... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist churches are learning to make a huge impact in the communities around them, and they are doing it through strategic partnerships with public schools.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University is winding down a summer of hosting Centrifuge, a youth camp sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and M-Fuge, a sister camp that adds missions involvement to the camp experience.... Continue Reading »

TransformationalChurch.com is live. Last winter, LifeWay announced Transformational Church, a new ministry focus and initiative based on one of the largest and most significant research projects ever conducted on the American church.... Continue Reading »

Robert Phillips Dukes Sr., 78, of North Charleston, a retired Lowcountry pastor, died June 18, 2010.... Continue Reading »

Benjamin Franklin ?B.F.? Hawkins, 95, of Columbia, a retired pastor and director of missions and former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died July 4, 2010.... Continue Reading »