The Baptist Courier

The North Greenville University Board of Trustees, meeting April 15, appealed to Southern Baptist leaders at national and state levels to endorse the Cooperative Program as the ?primary means of missions giving? in the denomination.... Continue Reading »

A newly released LifeWay Research survey of 1,004 Protestant pastors found only 3 percent of their churches served as the primary sponsor of a church plant (new congregation) during the previous 12 months, and only 14 percent gave financial... Continue Reading »

A 7.9 percent decline in statewide missions support, the establishment of a South Carolina task force to assess the impact of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report, and a discussion of concerns of former convention staffers were on... Continue Reading »

Officials at South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging hope South Carolina Baptists will be generous in supporting the annual Mother's Day Offering.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists know that missions work takes many forms. While traditional missions is ?reaching the uncharted,? at South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging, missions work is providing for our own in the later stages of life.... Continue Reading »

An independent Baptist church famous for its hate-filled protests is back in the news, and one Southern Baptist leader wants to make clear to the public that the church has no affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

?If God can bring his Son back from the dead, he can resurrect the church we serve and even us pastors as well.? Those words were spoken by one of my seminary professors and have always stuck with me.... Continue Reading »

The 2010 Woman's Missionary Union annual meeting was held March 19-20 at Ashley River Baptist Church, Charleston. Under the theme, ?In?du?bi'ta?ble,? more than 500 women from 37 associations participated in the weekend event that included mission education, testimonies, and... Continue Reading »

A quartet of well-known Southern Baptist church leaders will combine their talents to teach a course in ?Evangelism and Church Health? this summer as part of the master of ministry program at Anderson University.... Continue Reading »

Upon learning of the death of Dr. A. Harold Cole on March 29, a verse from the 3rd chapter of 2nd Samuel came to mind. After King David and all the people had wept over Abner, who had been... Continue Reading »

Jeff Smoak's letter (?From milk to meat,? April 1) addresses a critical issue for South Carolina Southern Baptists. We indeed need both a conference on intentional discipleship and an entire modification of our orientation and theology of evangelism.... Continue Reading »

A new day has come to the congregations of Glenwood Baptist Church and Iglesia Bautista Hispana La Roca in Easley. After months of prayer and preparing the hearts of the people, the congregation of Glenwood Baptist Church opened wide... Continue Reading »