The Baptist Courier

For the second-straight year, the Area 6 Special Olympics Spring Games were held April 3 on the Bagwell-Settle Track at Charleston Southern University. As they were a year ago, Charleston Southern student-athletes were heavily involved as volunteers for the... Continue Reading »

Each month, the Neill Mims family of South Carolina and another family have a worship service at the home. Together they sing songs, have puppet skits, memorize Bible verses, and listen to Bible stories.... Continue Reading »

A small group of investors is seeking to block a $3.9 million settlement that would shield Charleston Southern University from liability in the fraud case of Al Parish, a former economics professor at the school.... Continue Reading »

The Great Commission is, first and foremost, what we are to be about as Christians and as Baptists.... Continue Reading »

Displayed prominently on its Web site, the motto for Gap Hill Baptist Church, Six Mile, proclaims: 'standing in the Gap for Jesus.? Boyce Whitman has likewise been standing faithfully in the gap for nearly 47 years as pastor of... Continue Reading »

As South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging launches a campaign to establish a fund to provide financial assistance for retired pastors and missionaries and their spouses or widows to live at one of the ministry's two retirement communities,... Continue Reading »

As LifeWay Christian Resources prepares for the Aug. 8 launch of the LifeWay Worship Project, the most ambitious offering of integrated music worship products in its history, church worship leaders across South Carolina are beginning to talk about how... Continue Reading »

My husband and I moved to Bethea in April 2000 after many years of faithful service as pastor and evangelist, and found that too often there were Christian senior adults who needed a place to call home in their... Continue Reading »

Edgar Carter Morgan, 94, of Seneca, a retired Southern Baptist missionary and an academic dean at a Baptist seminary in China, died April 5, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Marvin C. Hembree, 95, of Taylors, a pastor who served several Upstate churches over the course of a ministry that spanned more than 50 years, died March 1, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Mohler tumor clear of cancer Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Seminary, received good news from the results of his recent surgery: A tumor removed from his colon is not cancerous. Mohler, 48, underwent surgery in March to... Continue Reading »

The 2008 Christian Worldview Week ? featuring Ergun Caner, Dinesh D'souza, Frank Reich, Ronald Marks and worship leader Calvin Hunt ? was hosted by North Greenville University March 17-19.... Continue Reading »