The Baptist Courier

Greater funding of the Cooperative Program will occur when Southern Baptists have greater confidence their gifts support the priorities of North American church planting, global pioneer missions around the globe and theological education, declared Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny... Continue Reading »

The 22nd annual Carolina Celebration of Liberty will be held June 28 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. in the 3,400-seat sanctuary of Columbia's First Baptist Church, located at 1306 Hampton Street in downtown Columbia.... Continue Reading »

Facts & Trends Online is inviting churches and individuals to submit photos for the annual Vacation Bible School Photo Contest. All submissions will be archived at the LifeWay News page on Facebook, a social networking Web site.... Continue Reading »

A proposal to study a restructuring of the Southern Baptist Convention is not needed, says Morris Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee.... Continue Reading »

The scholarship committee of First Baptist Church, Great Falls, awarded education scholarships to eight young adults during the morning worship service May 24. Recipients were Chastity Baker, Joshua Branham, Joshua Heffner, Kyle Heffner, Tori Lane, Dakota McMurray, Jamie Lei... Continue Reading »

As many as 500 senior adults representing more than 30 churches are gearing up for the annual fall Springmaid Senior Retreat at Myrtle Beach.... Continue Reading »

Online preregistration will remain open at www.sbcannualmeeting.net throughout Saturday, June 20, for the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Louisville, Ky.... Continue Reading »

Fred Levon ?Von? Cockrell, 83, of Camden, a pastor who served many South Carolina churches, died May 20, 2009.... Continue Reading »

Suddenly, there he was. Kevin Roose, at a televised Brown University forum, making a carefully written presentation of his book, 'the Unlikely Disciple.? I sat down and turned up the volume.... Continue Reading »

We all got on a train and headed to a city called Haridwar. Hindus consider Haridwar a ?holy? city. The Ganges River runs through it. Thousands upon thousands of Hindus come to this river to worship, bathe and make... Continue Reading »

Drue Vollie Hardee, 89, of Loris, died May 5, 2009, at his home following an illness.... Continue Reading »

North Augusta pastor and author Gene Jennings likes to describe the Christian life as a journey. Like most journeys, following Christ is full of ups and downs. His latest book, ?Laughing with Sarah,? helps fellow believers be all that... Continue Reading »