The Baptist Courier

Many students today deal with issues from their past. Whether those issues stem from alcoholism, abusive parents, drugs or scarring relationships, it is often hard to know how to deal with the topics from the past and learn to... Continue Reading »

Rodrigo Rodriguez, a classical guitarist originally from the Andes of South America, gave students an unforgettable worship experience recently when he performed at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »

Thirty Baptist colleges and universities from around the world gathered on the Anderson University campus Sept. 25 for a three-day meeting to discuss taking higher education to every continent. Approximately 125 people attending the conference.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University has surpassed the 2,000 mark for the first time in school history. The second largest freshman class ever, combined with a high number of transfers pushed AU enrollment to 2,036, a significant increase over last year's head... Continue Reading »

Don Matthews has been called as the South Carolina Baptist Convention revitalization director. Matthews, who is from Midlothian, Va., began his duties Oct. 1.... Continue Reading »

Drivers cheered, honked, and waved on Sept. 19 as they drove across the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. The new bridge replaced the bridge that collapsed on Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The project... Continue Reading »

Steve Cloud has joined the South Carolina Baptist Convention staff as interim associate executive director of the church vitalization team. Cloud will serve on a temporary basis while the administrative committee of the convention's Executive Board continues to review... Continue Reading »

Terry Pleasant, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Gaffney, will be nominated for second vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at its annual meeting Nov. 11-12 in Columbia.... Continue Reading »

Memphis in late spring can be a muggy place. Let your imagination take you back to 1925 (yes, before air conditioning). Fifty-six hundred messengers were meeting inside the city's brand new convention center for the annual meeting of the... Continue Reading »

Cherokee Falls Community Project Outreach Handyman Ministries began in the first week of September 1995 to help people with small home repairs and wheelchair ramps, also to open doors as a witness for Jesus Christ.... Continue Reading »

Baptists make 2 million meals in hurricane relief Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers surpassed the milestone of preparing more than 2 million hot meals in the wake of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. More than 100 units from 19 state... Continue Reading »

The Bylaws Committee of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will present an amendment to the messengers at its annual meeting Nov. 11-12.... Continue Reading »