The Baptist Courier

Last summer, many Easley area residents read or heard about an apartment fire that displaced 14 families. For most people, the fire was another headline, but for the apartment managers and residents, it was much more. For Mt. Moriah... Continue Reading »

The mission groups and Sunday school classes at Earle’s Grove Baptist Church, Westminster, recently joined efforts to prepare 71 Buckets of Hope for Haiti. Pictured with the buckets is pastor James Dyar.   Westside Baptist Church, Chester, honored four... Continue Reading »

A. Harold Cole, 90, who served as executive secretary-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention from 1970-1982, died March 29, 2010 at a Lexington hospital following a period of declining health.... Continue Reading »

It is wrong for pastors to want in others what they don't want in themselves. That was one of the many ?one-liners? used by Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., as he... Continue Reading »

During a question-and-answer time with South Carolina Baptist pastors March 23 at White Oak Conference Center, Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt talked about the idea of ?Great Commission Giving,? a proposed realignment of resources for the North American... Continue Reading »

Kimberly Chastain, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Easley, has written a book, 'the Voices of Christian Working Moms.?... Continue Reading »

Doing the right thing is not always easy. In today's culture and climate, doing the right thing often brings criticism or dismissal from the public, or, at the very least, from the secular media. When you stand on biblical... Continue Reading »

For church leaders trying to navigate the digital age, the challenge can take on biblical proportions. While the psalmist looked to the hills in his hour of need, pastors, staff and lay leaders today find themselves looking to the... Continue Reading »

At collection points throughout the state this week, South Carolina Baptists are expected to collect 9,000 Buckets of Hope for Haiti relief. The bucket collection is anticipated to nearly double the state's first expectation of 5,000 buckets.... Continue Reading »

Media buy to aid gospel presentation As Easter Sunday approaches, state conventions have ordered or produced 17 million pieces of literature to be placed on doors in neighborhoods throughout the United States and Canada in an effort to touch... Continue Reading »

A team from South Carolina, including five members of Roebuck Baptist Church, recently returned from a mission trip to the jungle of Peru, where they taught guitar, carpentry and discipling skills at a conference for the Ashaninka people.... Continue Reading »

A South Carolina Disaster Relief mass-care feeding team has arrived in Talca, Chile, and is preparing to feed as many as 20,000 people in four Chilean cities. In early April, a rebuild team will go to Chile to construct... Continue Reading »