The Baptist Courier

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 »

This summer, there is one place where it is impossible not to smile. Joy Retreat, three-day camps for adults with special needs, is held every summer at White Oak Conference Center. Using the previous year's Vacation Bible School materials,... Continue Reading »

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

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 »

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 »