The Baptist Courier

August is the last full month of summer and a stark reminder that schools will be enrolling for another year. Laws mandate the education of children within our communities. Some choose to enroll in the public schools, while others... Continue Reading »

Our church, Hillcrest Baptist in Dalzell, burned to the ground on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 4:50 a.m. The members met in our house for worship that Lord's Day and we all agreed the Lord wanted us to rebuild the... Continue Reading »

In the past two years, 175 pastors and staff have been forced from their places of service in South Carolina Baptist Convention churches. Many more left under pressure or went unreported.... Continue Reading »

Baylor regents fire president John Lilley, president of Baylor University in Waco, Tex., has been terminated by the school’s board of regents after less than three years in the position. Lilley was the focus of controversy in March when... Continue Reading »

The injustice of slavery, ?Jim Crow? segregation laws and racist attitudes that linger in American society demand an apology, the U.S. House of Representatives acknowledged June 29 in a resolution adopted on a voice vote at the nation's capitol.... Continue Reading »

Are you smarter than a preschooler? In a nod to the popular television game show, ?Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?? the Church Weekday Education workshop held June 25-26 at White Oak Conference Center focused on play, complete... Continue Reading »

About 900 teenagers and camp staff narrowly escaped injury when severe storms struck the campus of North Greenville University July 21.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina volunteers continue to go to the far corners of South Asia, touching lives with the gospel of Jesus Christ. One group of volunteers recently held a baseball clinic in Sri Lanka.... Continue Reading »

Mark Blankenship, minister of music and administration at First Baptist Church, Hilton Head, is the recipient of the 2008 W. Hines Sims award for leadership in church music.... Continue Reading »

Linda Karges-Bone, a professor of education at Charleston Southern University and leading instructor on brain development, has been teaching cutting edge ?brain training? initiatives in the country's 11th largest school district of Orange County, Fla.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists can respond to the devastating earthquake that struck China's Sichuan Province May 12 in a broad range of ways, a blue-ribbon panel of disaster relief experts has reported.... Continue Reading »

Roderick Carver, 78, of Ware Shoals, a pastor who served in several states before resettling in his native South Carolina, died June 29, 2008.... Continue Reading »