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South Carolina volunteers busy serving in earthquake disaster zones

South Carolina Baptists continue to invest significant manpower and financial resources to aid victims of major earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.... Continue Reading »

Creative Ministries Festival offers unusual ways to share gospel

The 19th annual Creative Ministries Festival, held April 17-18 for the first time at White Oak Conference Center, offered training in areas of puppetry, clowning, interpretive movement and drama with the purpose of sharing the gospel and leading in... Continue Reading »

‘Challenge 2010’ draws 3,000 to Spartanburg

An April 11 Upstate evangelistic event featuring popular Christian speaker and movie actor Kirk Cameron drew 3,000 people to Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium and resulted in more than 70 faith decisions.... Continue Reading »

‘Immersion I’: Making disciples, then multiplying

An ?Immersion I? training event, to be held June 7-8 at Trinity Point Church, Easley, will provide interactive training to multiply disciples in a relational environment. The discipleship event will equip attendees to define their role as a disciple,... Continue Reading »

Missionary parents challenged to examine children’s call – and their own

Retiring International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin and his wife Bobbye were honored by parents of missionaries at a retreat April 23-25 at White Oak Conference Center.... Continue Reading »

GCRTF Viewpoint: Modern Maintenance Over Post-Modern Mission?

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Orlando this June will be asked to approve a body of recommendations from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) that will change the shape and function of the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

GCR Task Force report includes ‘challenges’

They?re called ?challenges? in the final report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. They encompass nine pages in the report, apart from seven GCRTF recommendations to be presented to the Southern Baptist Convention during its June 15-16 annual... Continue Reading »

SCBC’s Austin to host listening sessions

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 six regional listening sessions.... Continue Reading »

Baptism story spurs thoughts

In the April 1 edition of the Courier, I was excited and blessed to read of the increase of baptisms in the state of South Carolina. As our baptism numbers have decreased over the years, I have questioned many... Continue Reading »

What congregations need

I agree with ?Oppression from the pews? (Jan. 21). All the churches seem to want another Billy Graham to solve their problems.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists nominated for SBC boards

South Carolinians are represented on a slate of nominees selected for approval to serve on various Southern Baptist Convention-related boards by the 2010 SBC Committee on Nominations.... Continue Reading »

GCRTF Viewpoint: CP – What Has Changed in 4 Years?

Do you remember 2006? Southern Baptists were gathering in Greensboro, N.C., for their annual meeting. Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., had declined to be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He... Continue Reading »