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LifeWay Research: Pastors unaware of church member debt

A new LifeWay Research survey indicates that most Southern Baptist pastors don't think the members of their congregation have a significant amount of debt, and a South Carolina Baptist Convention stewardship expert says many pastors don't deal aggressively with... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University student is Baptist Courier intern

Theron Willis, a senior print media major at North Greenville University, has begun work for the spring semester as an intern with The Baptist Courier.... Continue Reading »

Visitors in the church

It is sad that in many churches visitors are not noticed ? or welcomed, for that matter.... Continue Reading »

First Person – Change: the one constant for the church

It seems paradoxical, but change is the one constant in life ? everyone faces it virtually everyday. We are faced with changes in technology, laws, procedures, relationships and values. At times, this change is considered a positive, while at... Continue Reading »

Anderson president elected accrediting body commissioner

Evans Whitaker, president of Anderson University, has been elected to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He is one of a 77-member body elected to represent approximately 800 member institutions.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for January 22, 2009

CP giving almost 5 percent behind ’08 pace Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are 4.97 percent behind the same time frame at the outset of 2008. As of Dec. 31, the year-to-date total of $47,257,976... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists top $50 million in 2008 total missions gifts

In the midst of a sagging national economy, South Carolina Baptists gave more than $50.4 million in total missions gifts in 2008, an increase of nearly 1 percent over 2007.... Continue Reading »

Hundreds rally at Upstate church for ‘I Believe’ license plate

People's Baptist Church in Greer opened its doors Jan. 6 to an overflow crowd of more than 400 people who turned out to support the ?I Believe? license plate after a federal judge stopped production and distribution of the... Continue Reading »

Hurtful to ignore

I usually get a chuckle out of the comics in the back of The Baptist Courier. An exception was the comic ?Reach One? that appeared in your Dec. 11 issue. It shows a church member telling a visitor wearing... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board tackles possible CP shortfall, elects officers

Meeting Dec. 11 at the convention building in Columbia, members of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention elected new officers and addressed a potential shortfall in 2008 Cooperative Program receipts.... Continue Reading »

Seeking books

Boiling Springs First Baptist Church would like to acquire volumes 1 and 2 of ?Meeting Houses of South Carolina Baptist Convention Churches? for its history room. These books, published by the South Carolina Baptist Historical Committee, are no longer... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

Maybe your guy won. Maybe he didn't. But either way, the inauguration of the 44th U.S. President is history in the making. The peaceful transfer of power, just as our forefathers envisioned. And on Jan. 20, we get to... Continue Reading »