The Baptist Courier

South Carolina Campers on Mission have had a busy spring, readying Ridgecrest Conference Center and a youth camp for summer residents. Now, as temperatures in the South hover in the 90s, the volunteers have pointed their RVs northeast, and... Continue Reading »

  Fish, Ham inducted into Evangelists’ Hall of Faith SOUTHERN BAPTIST EVANGELISM professor Roy Fish and legendary revivalist Mordecai Ham were inducted into the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists’ Hall of Faith June 12 during the organization’s annual meeting... Continue Reading »

A growing number of pastors are being forced to leave their churches over what a South Carolina Baptist Convention official calls ?control issues.? In fact, said Monty Hale, the question of who is going to run the church has... Continue Reading »

Ergun Caner will no longer serve as dean of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Va., but will remain on the seminary's faculty, according to a public statement released by Liberty University.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., is suspending its national and international television broadcast to increase contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program by 25 percent. Ronnie Floyd, First Baptist's senior pastor and chairman of the Great Commission... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board has appointed Abi Elrod as a US/C2 missionary, a position of service in the United States or Canada for two years. Elrod, currently employed with the South Carolina Baptist Convention as an assistant in... Continue Reading »

Sixty percent of Mission:Dignity recipients are widows. One of four recipients is a pastor's widow age 85 or older. Through its Mission:Dignity ministry, GuideStone Financial Resources assists retired Southern Baptist ministers and their wives who have significant financial needs.... 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 »

The annual Coastal Evangelism Conference, sponsored by churches in the coastal area of the state and hosted by Langston Baptist Church in Conway, is set for Aug. 4-6.... Continue Reading »

The Children in Action of Talatha Baptist Church, Aiken, helped decorate dolls sewn by the church’s Woman’s Missionary Union for use by missionaries as ministry tools for teaching the love of Jesus. The dolls have eyes closed and open,... Continue Reading »

Let's judge churches by substance, not style or statistics. Acts 2:47 says that 'the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.? Today, it's ?adding to the church weekly such as will transfer their membership.?... Continue Reading »

Jim Simpson, discipleship and prayer strategist of the South Carolina Baptist Convention multiplication team, will retire from the SCBC staff effective July 6.... Continue Reading »