The Baptist Courier

Members of First Baptist Church, Pamplico, gathered for a "packing party" following the Wednesday night family supper on Nov. 7. With all ages teaming up, and led by coordinator Shelley Butler, they packed more than 200 shoe boxes for... Continue Reading »

Craigan Blankenship CRAIGAN BLANKENSHIP has been called as pastor by Bethany Baptist Church, Westville, where he has been serving as interim for almost a year. He is a graduate of Charleston Southern University and attends Southeastern Baptist Seminary. Blankenship,... Continue Reading »

Mary Murray, center, was honored Oct. 28 during homecoming services at Memorial Baptist Church, St. George. She has been church secretary for 41 years. She was presented with a plaque and a gift of money. With her are her... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist missionary Mel Skinner keeps an empty whiskey bottle somewhere in his family's apartment in central Russia. In the fall of 1999, local women at a restaurant gave whiskey and chocolate to Skinner and his family as a... Continue Reading »

In recognition of Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, Tuesday night's session of the South Carolina Baptist Convention included a salute to the armed forces featuring Baptist association members with military background, who served as color guards.... Continue Reading »

Genre Christmas Playlist We Need a Little Christmas Winter Medley (listen) Don’t Save It All for Christmas Christmastime Jesus, O What a Wonderful Child Sing, Noel (listen) Agnus Dei Behold the Lamb It Could Have Been Me, Could Have... Continue Reading »

Genre Christmas solo accompaniment track Playlist In the Stillness of the Night (listen) Description “In the Stillness of the Night” is a performance accompaniment track for soloists and is especially suited to a Christmas Eve service. Tom Kline wrote... Continue Reading »

A big 'thank you? to Danny Burnley, 2007 president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, for his vision and leadership this past year.... Continue Reading »

To all pastors and attendees who came to the Pastor's Conference in Florence I would like to say: You made a difference!... Continue Reading »

I went to the Pastor's Conference in Florence with our interim pastor Hudson White and chairman of deacons Barron Young. It was the first time for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention will close its 2007 financial records at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists on ‘most influential’ list A London newspaper recently published a list of the most influential conservative and liberal Americans, and Southern Baptists on both sides of the political spectrum made the cut. The Daily Telegraph published its... Continue Reading »