The Baptist Courier

During a regular meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board Dec. 10 at the SCBC building in Columbia, the board said goodbye to members rotating off and elected officers for 2010.... Continue Reading »

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Conway, organized in 1910, will hold a dedication service for its new sanctuary on Jan. 24. Church members have already begun worshipping in the new facility. Pastor Lonnie Johnson led the first baptismal service on... Continue Reading »

I know this response is kind of late considering the state convention is well past us. But I have been extremely burdened over the decision to cut our budget 6 percent across the board. I know we are to... Continue Reading »

When pastor Ralph Lee was growing up in Brevard, N.C., he was a self-described 'stock car fanatic? with a dream at 18 to ?buy a car, turn it into a race car, and begin racing.? Today, Lee is pastor... Continue Reading »

Apparently, ministry in the church ? and especially church planting ? runs in my family. I had known that my great-grandfather, Samuel Gibson, was a preacher, but I didn't realize the full scale of his ministry until fairly recently.... Continue Reading »

Johnny Hunt will undergo surgery Jan. 7 to remove a cancerous prostate, according to a spokesman for the Atlanta-area church where Hunt serves as pastor.... Continue Reading »

Every inmate in a South Carolina prison received a Christmas gift this year because South Carolina Baptists provided more than 24,000 prisoner packets, exceeding this year's goal.... Continue Reading »

Martha Axmann has an urgent message to share: ?Don't wait for a tomorrow in your life.? Axmann, who lost her 26-year-old daughter Robyn to cancer in 1991, has written a book about her daughter's life and death in order... Continue Reading »

Northbridge Baptist Church, Charleston, was not a very healthy church just seven years ago. The average age of the congregation was rising, while attendance in worship and Sunday school was going down.... Continue Reading »

Jonathan Raffini couldn't help but absorb a healthy dose of missions-mindedness while growing up in Anderson.... Continue Reading »

A quick check of the math ? 288 turkeys, weighing at least 10 pounds each ? adds up to 2,880 pounds of bird. But each time the doors of Oakdale Baptist Church"s food pantry are open, Russ Broome has... Continue Reading »

On Feb. 17, 2008, Hillcrest Baptist in Dalzell burned down to the ground. Wayne Hunter, who was pastor at the time of the fire, and the Hillcrest Baptist congregation committed themselves to rebuilding the burned church. On Nov. 6,... Continue Reading »