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Leopard speaks at Charleston Southern University

Eddie Leopard, pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, and president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, spoke during convocation at Charleston Southern University Oct. 8.... Continue Reading »

World Hunger Fund aids overseas outreach

In an Ecuadorean village in the Andes Mountains, missionaries Darrell and Rogene Musick tag cows with their Quichua friends.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for October 16, 2008

Congress moves to protect unborn A bill to protect the lives of unborn children diagnosed with disabilities has passed Congress and is awaiting President Bush’s signature. The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act, sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback... Continue Reading »

NOBTS’ Landrum Leavell dies

Landrum Leavell II, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Seminary, died Sept. 26 in Wichita Falls, Tex. He was 81.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Ware Shoals, marks 100 years

First Baptist Church, Ware Shoals, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with special services scheduled Oct. 19.... Continue Reading »

An encouraging word

I just wanted you to know the material I have read in The Baptist Courier has made my heart smile. I am not a member of a Southern Baptist church, but I am a born-again child of God.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University gets international taste of missions

North Greenville University held its 2008 Global Missions Conference Sept. 8-11. This year's theme centered on ?Revelation Song? based on Revelation 7:9-10: ?After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count,... Continue Reading »

Article was ‘touching’

Thank you to Butch Blume for the remarkable article, ?Lessons learned ...? in the Oct. 2 edition. The article was very touching.... Continue Reading »

First Person – Creating a pattern

Because fabrics and their patterns were originally created by hand rather than computer-controlled looms, the pattern represented something of its creator. In the Scottish tartans, the pattern often reflected the ups and downs of the clan as interpreted by... Continue Reading »

Anderson University acquires book collection

Anderson University is establishing a faith and learning book collection within its new Thrift Library. The initiative will add approximately 500 volumes to the library collection, providing faculty and students access to foundational and contemporary resources to support the... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for October 16, 2008

John Elmore JOHN ELMORE has been called as pastor by First Baptist Church, Lancaster. He began his ministry Aug. 31. Elmore is a graduate of USC-Spartanburg and Southwestern Baptist Seminary, and is pursuing a doctor of ministry degree from... Continue Reading »

Former South Carolina pastor Vann appointed at Southwestern

Thomas Vann Jr. has been appointed assistant dean for preaching and pastoral studies, School of Theology, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, after serving a year as acting assistant dean.... Continue Reading »