The Baptist Courier

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 »

Connie Maxwell Children's Home has successfully attained EAGLE accreditation. The Educational Assessment Guidelines Leading toward Excellence (EAGLE) accreditation is a quality enhancement program offered nationally to faith-based organizations meeting stringent criteria in their provision of care to children and... Continue Reading »

The Justin E. Cope Memorial Music Education Endowed Scholarship has been established at Charleston Southern University.... Continue Reading »

?All I have to do is give the word and 50,000 to 100,000 Chakmas will convert to Christianity,? the unusually tall political leader of the Chakmas said. ?But first I need assurance from you that we will have political... Continue Reading »

What is a missional church? Approximately 120 pastors, associational staff and lay leaders gathered recently at Trinity Baptist Church, Cayce, to explore this question and look at how churches can move from being settled to being moved.... Continue Reading »

Every spring or fall, area churches have a traditional series of services called revival. These meetings feature special music, a guest speaker, and/or covered dish meals that would put any restaurant buffet to shame. The purpose of these services... 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 »

LeRoy Cleveland, 88, of Spartanburg, a retired Baptist pastor who served his last church for 31 years, died March 8, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Roy Forrest, 78, of Taylors, a long-serving pastor and consultant for the Southern Baptist Convention, died Feb. 10, 2008, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.... Continue Reading »

George E. Turbeville, 85, of Columbia, a pastor and former president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, active in the work of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, died Feb. 19, 2008.... Continue Reading »

John Arthur, 64, pastor for the last 44 years of Eureka First Baptist Church, a rural community 12 miles southeast of Edgefield, believes pastors who have served one church for periods of time measured not in years, but decades,... Continue Reading »

Martha Leathers Wennerberg of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., a South Carolina native who held both state and national WMU offices, died March 5, 2008, after a long battle with breast cancer.... Continue Reading »