The Baptist Courier

I have just retired after 43 years in the ministry with the past 33 years working in Christian higher education. I was most happy serving the last 11 years at North Greenville University, which is one of our three... Continue Reading »

The fall 2007 semester has signaled a promising start to the academic year for both students and Charleston Southern University as a whole. Campus ministry organizations and outreach projects continue to bring the gospel to students and members of... Continue Reading »

Land named to USCIRF for 4th term Southern Baptist church-state specialist Richard Land has been appointed to a fourth term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky reappointed the president of... Continue Reading »

This Dec. 17 will mark the 100th anniversary of the monarchy in the kingdom of Bhutan, a mountainous country of 2 million people nestled between India and China. In 2008, the country will hold its first national elections as... Continue Reading »

Oct. 14 was a significant day for the future of Mountain Springs Baptist Church, Piedmont. Following the homecoming service, the congregation gathered on the new church property across the road from the church.... Continue Reading »

Debbie Wieland was recognized as Mission Service Corps Missionary of the Year for South Carolina during York Baptist Association's annual meeting.... Continue Reading »

Evelyn Blount, director of the South Carolina Woman's Missionary Union, has announced her retirement effective December 31, 2008.... Continue Reading »

News has been bad for churches in America as growth has slowed to an all-time low, and according to Ed Stetzer, congregations are dying at a rate of eight per day. But Stetzer sees a glimmer of hope as... Continue Reading »

'there will be 2,500 new churches started in the United States this year,? said Dustin Willis, ?but during that same time, 4,000 churches will close their doors.? Willis, itinerant speaker for 'transplant? and founder of Midtown Fellowship in Columbia,... Continue Reading »

About a year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, in March of this year, I was enjoying my morning pre-work ritual of drinking coffee while reading the newspaper at the kitchen table with my husband. I read an article... Continue Reading »

Pornographers continue to capture impressionable minds every day. They do so because federal profanity and obscenity laws slipped into obscurity during the early ?90s. About the same time, Internet usage became so widespread that virtually every elementary school in... Continue Reading »

Let me encourage you to be ever prayerful about the moral decay that afflicts today's society. Whether it be get-rich-quick scams, payday lenders, sex or gambling, we are bombarded daily with images and messages of instant gratification. I want... Continue Reading »