The Baptist Courier

As a service to ministers, The Baptist Courier will be making free portraits during the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in Columbia Nov. 11-12.... Continue Reading »

Recently the Courier reported the final report of the 2008 Committee on Committees. As state convention president, I had the honor and privilege of appointing this committee in 2007.... Continue Reading »

It was a sad day for me (Sept. 24, 2008) when I got the official word that our state convention had decided the fate of Joy Retreat.... Continue Reading »

In ?Little by Little: A Journey to Success and Significance for Life,? (2008, B&H Publishing Group, Nashville) Greenville businessman Jack E. Shaw offers up the collected wisdom of his personal and professional experiences to encourage readers to become people... Continue Reading »

Jim Wooten will begin duties Dec. 1 as pastor of The Baptist Church of Beaufort. For the past 21 years, he has been pastor of Earle Street Baptist Church in Greenville.... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton, pastor of First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, and former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will be keynote speaker for Bible Fest, Nov. 21-22, at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University dedicated its first addition to the Village at Tigerville, the Studio at Ole 414 Oct. 4. The ceremony took place at the site located near the corner of Highway 414 and North Tigerville Road in northern... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board has appointed Kermit and Henrietta Morris as new missionaries in South Carolina, of Moore, where Kermit will serve as a church planting missionary for upstate South Carolina. Most recently, Kermit worked for the South... Continue Reading »

A former missionary with extensive overseas experience has joined the staff of First Baptist Church, Greer, to oversee the full spectrum of the church's missions efforts ? from coordinating summer mission trips to acting as a liaison with community... Continue Reading »

Grady Harding Summer, 86, of Louisville, Ga., a former South Carolina pastor and college English teacher who went on to enjoy a long pastorate in Georgia, died Aug. 20, 2008, at the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home.... Continue Reading »

The bright and colorful walls inside the Baptist Friendship House just a few blocks from the French Quarter in New Orleans reflect an atmosphere of hope ? hope in Christ, who is proclaimed daily here, as well the hope... Continue Reading »

SEBTS dedicates Patterson Hall Southeastern Baptist Seminary dedicated Paige and Dorothy Patterson Hall Oct. 14, a $6.6-million academic building honoring the seminary’s immediate past president and his wife who served from 1992-2003 at the Wake Forest, N.C., campus. During... Continue Reading »