The Baptist Courier

Pauline Wooten Center, 82, of Kings Mountain, N.C., wife of former South Carolina pastor Ansel Center Jr., died June 26, 2009, at her home.... Continue Reading »

The 189th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention promises to offer both information and inspiration related to the work of your state convention and ministry partners.... Continue Reading »

Chris Murrell CHRIS MURRELL recently celebrated his 10th anniversary as minister of music at Berea First Baptist Church, Greenville. A graduate of Furman University and Southern Baptist Seminary, he previously served churches in Perry, Ga., and Boiling Springs, S.C.... Continue Reading »

I recently attended a meeting of young pastors where we discussed the decline of the church and the need for church planting in our state. We broke down some percentages and statistics into real numbers.... Continue Reading »

The children’s ministry of Southside Baptist Church, Spartanburg, recently spent an evening packing boxes of food for the food pantry of Greater Spartanburg Ministries as part of their outreach to the community. The children, who assisted Kevin Koger, director... Continue Reading »

I want to say a word of affirmation for Kile Antone. Kile is currently feeling God's leadership to run for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Audrey Butkus remembers being intimidated the first time she met Roy Larsen. Under the circumstances, her feelings were justified. Butkus was a high school freshman in Glen Ellyn, Ill., a 'small, Christian, Pleasantville kind of town,? when she joined... Continue Reading »

Fred Stone, pastor of Pickens First Baptist Church, announced Oct. 20 that he will be a candidate for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Bryant Sims, pastor of First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood, will be nominated for president of the 2010 South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University history professor Joyce Wood, who is preparing a new book documenting the first 100 years of the Baptist school, made a presentation titled 'the Good Hand of My God Upon Me? to the South Carolina Baptist Historical... Continue Reading »

Recommendations of this committee must be approved by vote at the 2009 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. If approved, terms begin Jan. 1, 2010. Ron Dillon, pastor of First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant, is chairman.... Continue Reading »

The History Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is seeking newly written histories of South Carolina Baptist churches and institutions.... Continue Reading »