The Baptist Courier

Dennis Wilkins, chairman of the Budget, Audit and Finance Committee, recommended a 2010 budget of $32,180,000. After some discussion, messengers voted to approve the budget.... Continue Reading »

Brad Whitt, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Simpsonville, was elected president of the 2010 South Carolina Baptist Pastor"s Conference Nov. 9.... Continue Reading »

Weldon Fallaw, president of the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto during the Nov. 10 afternoon session of the 2009 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

The Lowcountry Pregnancy Center in Charleston recently received volunteer assistance from dozens of men. In a city that has the largest abortion clinic in South Carolina, the Lowcountry Pregnancy Center has been an alternative presence in Charleston for 23... Continue Reading »

A groundbreaking ceremony for the W.S. and Frances Billingsley Theatre was held Oct. 1 at North Greenville University. The $1 million, 12,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fall of 2010, will seat almost 300.... Continue Reading »

David Garrison, a missions leader among Southern Baptists, was the keynote speaker during the 2009 Global Missions Conference at North Greenville University in September, speaking in both chapel services for the week as well as two bonus chapels in... Continue Reading »

Two years ago, its owner bought the painting for $19,000. Pricey for most people. And this year the work sold again for the same price. So it would be fair to conclude that the worth of the portrait was... Continue Reading »

In what might be arguably the most significant meeting yet for the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, 21 executive directors of Southern Baptist state conventions met with them Oct. 27 to offer some competing ? and some complementing ?... Continue Reading »

An area-wide tent crusade, sponsored by Dillon County churches and featuring Southern Baptist evangelist Braxton Hunter, was held Sept. 27-Oct. 1. Attendance at the event was estimated at 13,000, with more than 220 decisions to receive Christ and several... Continue Reading »

'there is a Waterbury in every community.? That statement, made in 1991 by Tricia Bush of Beaufort to Maner Tyson is on a plaque as you exit the doors of Waterbury Baptist Ministries in downtown Waterbury, Conn.... Continue Reading »

Since February, it's a South Carolina church movement that's gone from zero to more than two dozen congregations nationally. Some churches are borrowing space from other churches, some are meeting in businesses, and some are meeting in homes. New... Continue Reading »

  GCRTF to report ‘as much as we can’ in February Ronnie Floyd, chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, said Oct. 27 the task force is not planning to wait until the annual meeting of the Southern... Continue Reading »