The Baptist Courier

Last fall, Charleston Southern students teamed up with First Baptist Church, Ravenel, and Charleston Baptist Association to reach out to a mobile home community located in Ravenel. Earlier this year, the groups returned to renew those relationships and to... Continue Reading »

If Anderson University had a mayor, it might well be Srikrishna Ramanathan, or ?Krish? as the faculty and students have come to know him. Always smiling, always cheerful, Krish moves through the campus as if it's his personal mission... Continue Reading »

Ben Cupp was ordained to the ministry April 20 by Norway Baptist Church, Orangeburg-Calhoun Baptist Association. Pictured are (l to r) Johnnie Bailey, Ron Pelfrey, Terry Cupp, Ben Cupp, Coker Fogle and Margaret Ann Fogle.     Bob Ratliff,... Continue Reading »

Change. The word strikes fear in the hearts of many. But what if the church could embrace change as movement from the Holy Spirit pushing Christians to be more effective in reaching communities?... Continue Reading »

Retired directors of missions from South Carolina met at Ridgecrest May 5-7. The meetings, which are held quarterly, are primarily for fellowship and were started by former DOM Jimmy Skinner.... Continue Reading »

Volunteer women from several of South Carolina’s Baptist churches visited with three women in a McDonald’s restaurant in Pakistan, and with three Muslim women, also in Pakistan. The volunteers recently traveled to South Asia to minister to Christian women... Continue Reading »

I want to remind you of an important event coming up on June 10. This is something that should not be missed. It is an adults-only experience, with a minimum age limit of 18 years. This fantastic opportunity does... Continue Reading »

Dottie Rambo killed in bus accident Gospel music legend Dottie Rambo died May 11, when her tour bus veered from a Missouri highway and struck an embankment. Seven others aboard the bus suffered severe or moderate injuries in the... Continue Reading »

Les Puryear, senior pastor of Lewisville (N.C.) Baptist Church, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Tex.,... Continue Reading »

A team of Southern Baptists is on the ground in Bangkok, Thailand, to help national believers from Myanmar deal with the mounting crisis in their country after a May 3 cyclone left 62,000 people dead or missing and drove... Continue Reading »

Weary travelers stand alongside a river somewhere in South America's Amazon Basin. After three hours of trying to maneuver upstream by motorboat to a remote village, a group of International Mission Board missionaries grudgingly accepts the realization that the... Continue Reading »

Trey Hillman, manager of the Kansas City Royals, said during a Midwestern Baptist Seminary chapel service that it's by the grace of God he ever became involved in baseball.... Continue Reading »