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 »

There is a secret formula to a good marriage. It's not money, good looks or even a healthy love life. It's the intimate relationship that exists between Christ and the two people in the relationship.... 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 »

Ten people from Calvary Baptist Church, Ware Shoals, recently returned from Nome, Alaska, and the finish line of the Iditarod dog sled race.... 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 »

Unlike past Christian Worldview weeks at North Greenville University, where political figures spoke about current events from a Christian perspective, the most recent was a revival led by one evangelist whose story reflected how his worldview changed.... Continue Reading »

M.B. ?Bobby? Morrow Jr., a former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and longtime pastor in the state, received the Richard S. Furman Baptist Heritage Award presented March 23 at Furman University's Founders Convocation.... Continue Reading »