The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

A call for Southern Baptists and other believers to engage in 40 days of prayer beginning in late September has been issued by the SBC's North American Mission Board and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.... Continue Reading »

Richard McLawhorn, president of South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging since January 2006, has announced that he will resign at the end of September to return to the pastorate.... Continue Reading »

MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, Laurens Baptist Association, celebrated “Christmas in July” on July 20. Members contributed food items and money to benefit the crisis center. The children who attended Vacation Bible School also brought food items and money each... Continue Reading »

The adult Vacation Bible School class at Centenary Baptist Church, Marion Baptist Association, traveled to “Outrigger Island” with the children. In addition to the Bible studies, they enjoyed crafts, singing and performing on handmade kazoos.     Twelve members... Continue Reading »

Myrtle Spencer Cleveland ? ?Aunt Myrtle? ? celebrated her 100th birthday July 12 during a drop-in at Poe Baptist Church, Greenville. She is the oldest member of the church.... Continue Reading »

Ruth Adams, a member of Chesterfield Baptist Church, Chesterfield, has published her first book, ?I?ll Remember Jesus,? at the age of 91.... Continue Reading »

A nine-member missions team from Welsh Neck Baptist Association, led by Tom Brown, pastor of First Baptist Church, Lamar, recently conducted free medical clinics in five towns in Nicaragua ? the ?Land of Lakes and Volcanoes.?... Continue Reading »