The Baptist Courier

Anderson University officials will treat messengers at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention to milk and cookies before they retire after a busy day of conducting business on the convention floor. The new tradition, to take... Continue Reading »

Mike Parker MIKE PARKER was recently honored for 30 years of service as director of family activities and information technologies at Berea First Baptist Church, Greenville. He received a gift from the congregation, as well as a sabbatical leave... Continue Reading »

Brian and Teeka Holtzclaw, members of Trinity Way Baptist Church, Greenville, spent a week in Honduras visiting children sponsored by the congregation. Pictured with the Holtzclaws are some of the 24 children who receive assistance from the church. Dennis... Continue Reading »

In conjunction with the rollout of a new (Southern) Baptist Hymnal, the South Carolina Baptist Singing Churchmen will present ?Hymns Alive: Our Heritage, Our Future,? Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Columbia.... Continue Reading »

Myrtle Ghent Killen Byrd, 84, of Charleston, mother-in-law of Charleston Southern University president Jairy Hunter, died Sept. 27 after a lengthy illness.... Continue Reading »

George Jerome Mitchell, 79, of Taylors, a retired pastor and public school teacher, died Oct. 1, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital, Greenville.... Continue Reading »

Eva Satterfield Taylor, 78, of Wingate, N.C., wife of former South Carolina pastor Bill Taylor, died July 29, 2009.... Continue Reading »

I think most would agree: Being an athlete is one thing. Being a champion is another. But what makes the difference? What defines a champion?... 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 »

J.C. Commeville is emphatic in his belief that the best way to get a family into church is to reach the man of the house. Commeville, who runs a refuge for unwanted and abused animals, has organized a wild... Continue Reading »

October is being called Parson's Pantry Month, as that Gaffney-based ministry observes its primary annual time of fund raising. Parson's Pantry ? whose aim is to help needy pastors, retired pastors, widows of pastors and married ministerial students ?... Continue Reading »

Roy Fish, professor of evangelism at Southwestern Baptist Seminary, recently spoke to South Carolina Baptist field service staff about the status of church evangelism and the impact prayer has on reaching the lost.... Continue Reading »