The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

Evergreen Baptist Church in Effingham recently welcomed this family of six, and on Sept. 21 pastor Quinn Hooks baptized five of them. From left are Joseph Pack, Daren Pack, Vonda Pack (who joined by transfer of membership from another... Continue Reading »

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, Barnwell, recently held baptism for 12 new members. Rev. Marshall Still baptized four of his grandchildren; Rev. Dan Boineau baptized two of his grandsons; and John Nixon, who has been pastor at Friendship for 24 years,... Continue Reading »

Donnie Hamlin Hughes of Greer, wife of retired pastor and director of missions Wallace Hughes, died Aug. 22, 2008, following a four-year battle with cancer.... Continue Reading »

Vello M. Forrester, 94, of Greenville, a retired pastor who ?loved a good story and could tell quite a few himself,? died Aug. 14, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Marguerite Brannon Rogers, 78, of Gray Court, wife of retired pastor Henry E. Rogers, died Aug. 27, 2008, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, Laurens.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University marked the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a powerful presentation by 9/11 survivor Sujo John.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Norris, celebrated its 100th anniversary Sept. 7. After a year of planning and preparation that included everything from commemorative plates, fans and Christmas ornaments to a detailed cleaning of the facilities, approximately 300 people attended the... 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 »

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 »

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 »