The Baptist Courier

Southern Baptist Convention messengers overwhelmingly adopted the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report Tuesday afternoon after it was amended twice to strengthen the language regarding the Cooperative Program.... Continue Reading »

The Charleston Southern University Board of Trustees supports our colleagues at North Greenville University, Anderson University and Connie Maxwell Children's Home in asking messengers from South Carolina Baptist churches to prayerfully consider delaying a decision on the recommendations from... Continue Reading »

Frank Page, former pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was elected president of the SBC Executive Committee June 14 in Orlando, Fla.... Continue Reading »

JEREMY MERCK has been called as pastor of Red Hill Baptist Church, Pickens. Merck was educated at the Southern Baptist School of Biblical Studies in Jacksonville, Fla., and at Clemson University. He was ordained May 23 at Kings Grove... Continue Reading »

After having read the recommendations from the report of the SBC Great Commission Resurgence Task Force and listening to the views of my fellow pastors, a few things are clear: The SBC needs some changes in order to more... Continue Reading »

The youth of Westside Baptist Church, Lancaster, have recently been involved in a number of special events. They traveled to Tennessee to attend a youth conference and a concert by Chilli Pepper, and in March they led Sunday morning... Continue Reading »

As someone who spent his early years in ministry and school (Charleston Southern University) in South Carolina, I?m always interested to read about the work and opinions of those serving there. Most of my ministerial work has been in... Continue Reading »

On any given Saturday, Flint Hill Baptist Church, Fort Mill, ministers to between 600 and 1,500 people who come to its church property. They come for Victory Sports Outreach, which offers everything from men's and youth flag football to... Continue Reading »

Students with ties to South Carolina recently received degrees at Southern Baptist-affiliated theological seminaries.... Continue Reading »

More than 80 people representing 25 ethnicities and various ministries gathered at First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, May 25 for a meeting to discuss planning and strategy for hosting a three-day national ethnic summit in 2012.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University is partnering with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention to host a series of CentriKid camps beginning in 2011.... Continue Reading »

The number of participants is smaller, the time is shorter and the number of locations is fewer. But the drillers are taller, their hands much faster and their reward greater at the South Carolina Baptist Convention State Youth Bible... Continue Reading »