The Baptist Courier

Tim Rice, Acts 1:8 strategist for the missions mobilization group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, has many goals built around a three-part strategy to reach people for Christ in South Carolina. One of those goals is for 100... Continue Reading »

In a surprise move, Southern Baptists said no to two well-known presidential candidates and elected a church planter from Marietta, Ga., to lead them in the coming year. Bryant Wright, senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta,... Continue Reading »

?We look at the issue of transitioning those in youth ministry to college ministry, but our major problem is that our students are dropping out of youth ministry during their high school years,? said Steve Masters. ?Most of our... Continue Reading »

During the business section of the SBC Executive Board report, messengers, without discussion, adopted a 2010-11 SBC operating budget that anticipates $8.64 million in income, with $6.79 million through the Cooperative Program. A total of $2.98 million is budgeted... Continue Reading »

South Carolina churches and pastors have a new tool at their fingertips some say could revolutionize the way community outreach is done. The Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth is computerized mapping software that provides pastors and church... Continue Reading »

Student missionary dies in Maine car crash Southern Baptist summer missionary Palmer Maphet, 20, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., was killed and three other Tennessee students and their supervisor were injured June 16 when their car was struck by another... Continue Reading »

Bill Butler was born and raised in Sumter, served in the Army and raised two children with his wife Louise. He went to church as a child, but did not attend for most of his adult life. Louise has... Continue Reading »

It was all about goalie Tim Howard, an outspoken Christian, during the U.S. team's World Cup opening match against England on June 12. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. In spite of a first-half injury to the ribs... Continue Reading »

Fairview Baptist Church of Greer celebrated its 125th anniversary May 16.... Continue Reading »

After nearly a year of formulation and discussion among Southern Baptists and the pleas of proponents to ?penetrate lostness,? messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 15 adopted, after lengthy discussion, a list of strategic and organizational... Continue Reading »

Frank Page cited two goals he is envisioning as president-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee: 'that there would be a unity amongst the brethren and sistren such as we?ve never seen before? and that the world ?finally... Continue Reading »

The first time Debby Akerman, as a young woman, taught a GA (Girls in Action) class in New Hampshire, she knew immediately ?it was just the right fit.? Today, some 40 years ? and one state ? later, missions... Continue Reading »