The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

For an entire generation, Rebekah Naylor has personified Southern Baptist medical missions. For 35 years, she served Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India as missionary surgeon and administrator. Stateside now, she continues to work on special assignment with the International... 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 »

It wasn't the kind of thing you could just slip in your pocket and walk home with. But in July someone swiped a 12-foot bronze statue of a galloping horse and his youthful rider, a statue that weighed more... 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 »

?You?re going to do something good for our church,? a fellow member of Pleasant Hill Church, Hemingway, told Neville Cribb. ?I dreamed about it last night.?... 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 »

Have you ever wondered what difference you might be making in the world? You?re busy with life, work, kids, chores, church. You want to do something to help others around the world, but you?re just not sure how to... 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 »