The Baptist Courier

While celebrating the joy and fruits of our labor, may we vow to fulfill our Christian responsibilities in order to please God and witness to those around us.... Continue Reading »

In recently celebrating Independence Day, I thanked God for the privilege of living in the United States of America. Some countries guard their borders to keep people in. In America, we have to guard our borders to keep others... Continue Reading »

My friend Allan Taylor wrote an excellent book about how to have a high-expectation Sunday school. Since 1995, when he was called to First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., as minister of education, Sunday school attendance at Woodstock has doubled.... Continue Reading »

Resolutions to be considered at the 188th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention must be received by Oct. 11.... Continue Reading »

Jeremy Knowles, a member of the Bahamas Olympic swim team, will start a new job as a fourth grade teacher at Hickory Grove Baptist Christian School in Charlotte, N.C., when he returns to the United States from Beijing.... Continue Reading »

?Upside Options for Downside Churches,? a conference sponsored by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, DOMs in South Carolina and Spartanburg County Baptist Network, is scheduled for Sept. 25 at River Hills Baptist Church, Moore. River Hills is a new... Continue Reading »

William Horace Benjamin, 91, a resident of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens and a pastor in South Carolina for more than 50 years, died Aug. 9, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Wingate Bryant Spivey Sr., 86, of Columbia, a retired pastor, chaplain and former Baptist Student Union director at the University of South Carolina, died July 26, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Members of Fairview Baptist Church, Kinards, will launch its 150th anniversary celebration Sept. 28.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina native Lonnie Wilkey, editor of Tennessee's Baptist & Reflector, and Will Hall, executive editor of Baptist Press, became the first two fellows inducted into Union University's Center for Media, Faith and Culture during Union's summer commencement ceremony... Continue Reading »

Kenneth Ridings, a South Carolina native who has served as president of the Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute in Hendersonville, N.C., since 1997, has announced plans to retire in December.... Continue Reading »

Their name is recognizable in part because one of the most indelible songs in recent years comes from the pen of MercyMe's lead singer Bart Millard. ?I Can Only Imagine? soared to the top of music industry charts and... Continue Reading »