The Baptist Courier

If you?re under 50 and have attended Little Rock Baptist Church your whole life, the only pastor you?ve ever known is Richard Alderman.... Continue Reading »

A map in the temporary state disaster relief headquarters shows towns circled in red that form a nearly perfect line from Greenwood to Dillon. The lower two-thirds of the state was wrecked by 12 confirmed tornadoes and countless other... Continue Reading »

As The Baptist Courier has reported, this year's contributions to the Mother's Day Offering will be used to set up a fund to help pastors, missionaries and their spouses (or widows) who need financial assistance in their senior years... Continue Reading »

Seventeen Charleston Southern University students spent two Saturdays in February working at a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Jedburg. Their goal: to complete the porch on a 23,000-foot ReStore facility. The building will serve as a collection site... Continue Reading »

Ben Maynard BEN MAYNARD is the new pastor of Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Florence. Maynard comes to Ridgecrest from Bethea Baptist Retirement Community, where he served as a chaplain, church planter, volunteer coordinator, and pastor of Bethea Baptist Church. He... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention has posted at its Web site a slate of audio files featuring messages and breakout sessions from the 2008 State Evangelism Conference held Feb. 25-26 at First Baptist Church, Rock Hill.... Continue Reading »

?I think we have a marriage like many Americans, maybe even like many of you. Elected officials are really just reflections of the people we represent.? With those words, New York Gov. David Paterson brushed aside his admission in... Continue Reading »

Concord Baptist Church, Anderson, held a men's ministry sporting clay shoot Feb. 23 in Pendleton. Approximately 150 people attended, and many men had no church affiliation.... Continue Reading »

A ministry team from Charleston Southern University recently participated in a week of evangelism in Baltimore, Md. The group, led by campus minister Clark Carter, partnered with Embrace Baltimore, a two-year emphasis by the North American Mission Board.... Continue Reading »

Why does the Southern Baptist Convention need to start even more churches than the 43,000-plus now on the books? David Meacham, senior strategist for church planting with the North American Mission Board, says it's because Christian denominations ? especially... Continue Reading »

Jamie Murphy saw firsthand as a family pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in North Augusta the relationship between children and parents and how often those relationships could grow very sour.... Continue Reading »

Imagine: The elementary school is hosting the annual Fall Festival. This year, instead of kids riding the greased pig or fishing in the duck pond for a small prize, they get to roll dice and bet on a color... Continue Reading »