The Baptist Courier

A new major in music and worship leadership starting this fall at Charleston Southern University will prepare worship leaders for current trends in worship and equip them with the tools to handle future change.... Continue Reading »

Three staff members of the evangelism group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention have published ?Request in Prayer: A Prayer Retreat Guide.? The authors ? Laslene Glymph, women's ministry associate, along with Beth Moore and Yvonne Frederick, both core... Continue Reading »

A special service was held Feb. 21 at Mountain Springs Baptist Church in Piedmont to dedicate a new church building. Guest speaker was Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Pastor Tracy Ivester led the church... Continue Reading »

In February, South Carolina Baptists contributed $225,000 to Haiti relief efforts following the country's devastating earthquake on Jan. 12. Also, the state convention's disaster relief organization is preparing to send a fifth response team on March 21.... Continue Reading »

The first Girls? Ministry Forum, hosted by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention Feb. 26-27 at LifeWay's home office in Nashville, Tenn., attracted about 200 people from 16 states.... Continue Reading »

A mass-care feeding team from South Carolina has been dispatched to Talca, Chile, to serve meals in an area with a population of 30,000 to 50,000. Talca was at the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile on Feb.... Continue Reading »

For South Carolina Baptists, serving in a disaster area is all about being ready whenever the call for help comes. That's why more than 900 men and women attended the Disaster Relief Training Conference held March 5-6 at Anderson... Continue Reading »

A public airing of differences between two leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention is ?unfortunate,? said Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

John Williamson, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ridgeway, has published ?Heaven's Area Code: A Theology of Prayer.? Gregory Dry Sr., associate minister of pastoral ministries at First Baptist Church in Spartanburg, is the author of a recently published book,... Continue Reading »

The Salt & Light Men's Ministries conference, sponsored by the evangelism group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was held Feb. 5-6 at White Oak Conference Center.... Continue Reading »

Two senior-level officials of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, one with more than three decades of service, will soon be leaving.... Continue Reading »

Cliff Satterwhite, director of South Carolina Disaster Relief, said South Carolina will be serving as the lead state for the Southern Baptist response to disaster, and a South Carolinian is on the initial assessment team going into the country.... Continue Reading »