The Baptist Courier

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 »

On Aug. 15, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake 90 miles outside of Lima, Peru, shook the countryside and left approximately 33,000 people without shelter and food.... Continue Reading »

We at Cleveland Hope would like to thank South Carolina Baptists for their contribution to the North American Mission Board's Strategic Focus City Initiative in Cleveland, Ohio. There were nine churches and ministries that sent missionaries from South Carolina... 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 »

Phillip McMinn, 47, pastor of South Main Street Baptist Church, Greenwood, was killed in a single-vehicle automobile accident Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2007.... Continue Reading »

O. Virgil Turner, of Spartanburg, a Baptist minister whose work included pastoring and developing materials for use by Royal Ambassadors across the Southern Baptist Convention, died Sept. 28, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Fred Stone FRED STONE began duties as pastor of Wellford Baptist Church Oct. 1. For the past 11 years, he was pastor of First Baptist Church, Pickens. He is first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and... Continue Reading »

              The congregation of Trinity Way Baptist Church has moved into new facilities at 4113 Old Buncombe Road in Greenville. Dennis Holtzclaw is pastor. The communion table was given in memory of Bob... Continue Reading »

As we gather for our Pastor's Conference in Florence at Calvary Baptist Church on Nov. 12, at 10 a.m., it is my prayer to God that this will be the beginning of a great revival that will move throughout... Continue Reading »

Spartanburg County Baptist Network's annual meeting Oct. 23 launched its silver anniversary year. ?Celebrating the Journey Behind Us? was the theme of the meeting held at Mountain View Baptist Church in Boiling Springs.... Continue Reading »

Bethel Baptist Church in Westminster is celebrating 175 years of service to the Oakway community. Anniversary activities began Oct. 28 with a concert by Mark Bishop.... Continue Reading »