The Baptist Courier

Gerald Wood Crawford, 75, of Laurens, a retired pastor, died Nov. 23, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church, Union, held Pastor Appreciation Day Oct. 28. Pastor Carol Caldwell was presented a plaque and a shepherd’s staff on behalf of the church. From left: Brenda Whitmire, Sunday school director; Emma Lee Fincher, worship music... Continue Reading »

Lisa Whelchel, best known for her starring role as Blair Warner on NBC's 'the Facts of Life,? will be a guest for morning worship at Northside Baptist Church, West Columbia, Dec. 27.... Continue Reading »

In the hours before Cyclone Sidr reached the coastal areas of Bangladesh, Southern Baptists and other Christians began praying ? aware that the Category 4 storm potentially could usher hundreds of thousands into an eternity without Jesus.... Continue Reading »

Hannah Brummitt Hills, former executive director of WMU in South Carolina, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in Raleigh, N.C. In January 1970 she joined the staff of Woman's Missionary Union, South Carolina Baptist Convention, as administrative assistant and Baptist... Continue Reading »

Many people know her name. Few know her story. The remarkable life of Charlotte ?Lottie? Moon was recounted by Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Seminary, during the final chapel service of the fall semester.... Continue Reading »

Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church, will be featured in a CBS television special to air Dec. 23 at 9 p.m.... Continue Reading »

Some in southern Asia worry that becoming a Christian will mean being shut out of a culture where life and death are marked in a temple or mosque. Where will they have their wedding if they are no longer... Continue Reading »

During a recent trip to Sri Lanka, a team of volunteers from Lake Murray Baptist Church, Lexington, prayed at several Buddhist temples, a church, in hospitals, homes and communities.... Continue Reading »

For the past 40 years, the Southern Baptist International Mission Board has been sending single college graduates, who are in their 20s, onto the mission field. These graduates want to do something more than just jumpstart their careers.... Continue Reading »

Take a trip back in time to 1st century Bethlehem to the night Jesus was born. The Bethlehem Walk, which is being presented by Holston Creek Baptist Church, Inman, is an outdoor scripted drama involving a cast of more... Continue Reading »

Walter Wood, bi-vocational pastor of Edgewood Baptist Church, Greenville, has been named ?Outstanding Smaller Church Pastor of the Year? by the South Carolina Baptist Convention pastoral ministries office.... Continue Reading »