The Baptist Courier

Seen that one before? I don't think the ?UR? is what's really missing in the church today. When we reflect on Jesus? statement that the harvest is great and the workers are few, we quickly skip past his urging... Continue Reading »

I believe the church is called to be united for the mission of following Jesus hrist. Unity is a result of a team on mission. To follow Jesus and to love people creates a body ? a church.... Continue Reading »

Four South Carolina women listened intently as Southern Baptist representative Cole Elbridge* explained that their reason for coming to Bangladesh was to do what he cannot do ? to disciple women.... Continue Reading »

Garvin W. Allen, 94, of Greenville, a minister who served for six decades and retired only recently, died Nov. 13, 2009.... Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Winston* steadied her voice and then began to sing with focused praise the familiar hymn that had become a part of her story, ??'tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.? That same kind of trust was exactly what... Continue Reading »

William H. Crews Sr., 75, pastor of Unity Baptist Church, Moore, died Nov. 29, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.... Continue Reading »

? My husband is a schoolteacher. One day I (Taroob*) was fighting with my husband. I was so angry. One evangelist, Salik*, came to visit and he asked, “Why are you so upset?” He said, “Read this book, and... Continue Reading »

John Theodore ?J.T.? Dickerson Sr., 89, of Easley, the first Southern Baptist missionary appointed to Alaska, died Nov. 5, 2009, at Palmetto Health Baptist Easley.... Continue Reading »

Bill Taylor, a retired pastor who formerly served in South Carolina, has written a Christian novel, 'the Kid,? a sports story. Bobby Richardson, of Sumter, former New York Yankees player, wrote the foreword to Taylor's book.... Continue Reading »

Melissa Page Strange, 32, of Taylors, died Nov. 27, 2009.... Continue Reading »

Molly Marshall, president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and novelist Josephine Humphreys will be the featured speakers for the 15th annual John Hamrick Lectureship at First Baptist Church, Charleston, Jan. 17-18.... Continue Reading »

Randolph Alan ?Randy? Woods Sr., 47, pastor of West Side Baptist Church, Chester, died Nov. 3, 2009.... Continue Reading »