The Baptist Courier

It is with sadness that I realized Mr. Carson Riggins? argument (Sept. 17, ?No loopholes in my Bible?) was fundamentally flawed and not biblically based.... Continue Reading »

Kile Antone, 36, pastor of First Baptist Church in Abbeville, has confirmed to The Baptist Courier that he will be a candidate for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

PrayerGates.com, an online social networking community to minister to women around the globe, has been launched by the B&H Publishing Group.... Continue Reading »

This is final report of the 2009 Committee on Committees. If approved by messengers to the 2009 annual meeting, members begin serving Jan. 1, 2010. Mike Hamlet, pastor of North Spartanburg First Baptist Church, is chairman.... Continue Reading »

The Bylaws Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will present the following amendment to the messengers at its annual meeting Nov. 10-11. (Proposed new language is set off by brackets.)... Continue Reading »

Faith Baptist Church of Swansea has established a church in Romania by purchasing a building for Christian gypsies to use as a place of worship.... Continue Reading »

EC declines to appoint CP task force During the final business session of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s Sept. 21-22 meeting in Nashville, Tenn., members declined to recommend the appointment of a task force to examine Cooperative Program... Continue Reading »

As thousands of families across America gather around their dinner tables tonight, bow their heads and thank God for the meal they?re about to receive, a Mexican family will be sending their children to bed hungry.... Continue Reading »

? 36.2 million Americans – that’s 11.1 percent of American households – suffer from food insecurity, meaning their access to enough food is limited by a lack of money and other resources. ? 17.5 percent of all rural households... Continue Reading »

North Anderson Baptist Church, Anderson, will dedicate a $1.7 million facilities expansion project on Oct. 4.... Continue Reading »

Troy L. Tyson, 58, of Belvedere, transition pastor at Berlin Baptist Church, Wagener, died Sept. 5, 2009.... Continue Reading »

GENE STOKES has been called as pastor of Providence Baptist Church, Kershaw. He previously served at Calvary Baptist Church in Sumter. Stokes began his duties at Providence on Sept. 6.   James Thompson III JAMES W. “J” THOMPSON III,... Continue Reading »