The Baptist Courier

While my life is one driven by vision and a constant focus on the future, and what could be, when I pause to reflect on the past I realize life's journey is marked by a sequence of transitions.... Continue Reading »

More than 90 percent of people have reportedly been involved in sports in some way over the last year, either through participating in sports or watching or reading about sports. Kids are starting sports programs as early as age... Continue Reading »

Garden City Baptist Church is sending a message to everyone who passes by that “God is bigger than any fire that can enter life.” The church burned recently, but this sign on Highway 17 reminds motorists that the church... Continue Reading »

Donate Life South Carolina is gearing up for the observance of National Donor Sabbath during the month of November. The annual observance is designed to raise awareness, especially through the religious communities, of the urgent need for organ and... Continue Reading »

Young people in America are leaving the church when they graduate from high school. Anyone involved in a church recently can probably quote the exact statistic. The only problem is, according to Ed Stetzer, president and missiologist at LifeWay... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University is in the business of training young men and women to go into the world and share the good news of the gospel. In the last few months, the university has had the opportunity to help... Continue Reading »

Dan Graves, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, Columbia, refrains from using words like ?programs? and ?projects,? preferring to label this growing, smaller-membership church's activity as ?experiments.? To fully understand this intentional approach to ministry, it's important to understand Southside... Continue Reading »

Hundreds of South Carolina worship leaders came ?Face to Face with God at the Summit? Aug. 21-22 as the South Carolina Baptist Convention's Worship Summit sold out White Oak Conference Center for the second straight year.... Continue Reading »

It is with sadness and some anger to learn that Tony Beam is using his position and influence within our South Carolina Baptist Convention to push his political agenda ahead of spiritual and moral healthcare reform. Mr. Beam's claim... Continue Reading »

One of the lead articles in a recent issue of The Baptist Courier (Sept. 3: ?Beam disputes ?moral obligation? of Obama healthcare reform?) caused me to reflect upon other such politically motivated statements by our Baptist leaders, and it... Continue Reading »

It was perplexing to read remarks from the meeting in Rogers, Ark., in the Sept. 3 article, ?GCR task force quizzed on range of topics.? SBC president Johnny Hunt and Great Commission Resurgence Task Force chairman Ronnie Floyd stated... Continue Reading »

I?m rejoicing over the great work being done through God's people at Faith Baptist Church in Ridgeland (Aug. 6: ?Faith Baptist ?gets out the way? and allows Christ to do his will?).... Continue Reading »