The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

Martin Ray Willis, 78, of Laurens, a long-serving pastor, died Sept. 5, 2009, at his home.... 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 »

At a service of celebration Sept. 3, Brenda Jeffcoat was remembered as a professional, cheerful servant who prioritized her life around faith, family, church, and the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Jeffcoat, 50, died Aug. 30 following a five-year battle... 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 »

Did you know that our state allows the Bible to be taught as an elective class in high schools? The legislation was enacted two years ago. It gives local school districts the option to offer a course concerning the... 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 »

  NIV to be revised; TNIV to be discontinued A revision of the New International Version of the Bible will be available in 2011, according to a joint announcement Sept. 1 by Zondervan, Biblica and the Committee on Bible... 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 »

Young adults don't seem to have a problem with Jesus. In fact, they describe themselves as spiritual. But many of them are looking everywhere for spirituality except the church. Such topics were at the forefront of a ?Connect Conference?... 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 »