The Baptist Courier

Southern Baptist churches boosted their Cooperative Program giving by more than $5 million for international and national missions and ministries during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee president and... Continue Reading »

Greg Robertson GREG ROBERTSON has been called as pastor by Piney Grove Baptist Church, Lake View. He is a 2007 graduate of Campbell University Divinity School. He and his wife Megan are expecting their first child in December.  ... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Pickens, recently honored Ray Reece for his many years of service by naming him deacon emeritus. From left are Fred Stone, pastor; Reece; and Mendel Steward, deacon chairman.     Doug Painter, left, was ordained as... Continue Reading »

Joseph E. Crook Sr., 80, of Inman, a retired pastor who served in the Upstate, died Oct. 2, 2007, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a short illness.... Continue Reading »

Willis Edgar ?Bill? Harris Sr., 85, of Anderson, a retired pastor of churches in South Carolina and Ohio, died Aug. 16, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Robert A. Long, 79, of Columbia, a retired Columbia-area pastor and Navy veteran, died Oct. 8, 2007.... Continue Reading »

?Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love? (Revelation 2:4). After our Lord gave words of commendation to the church at Ephesus, he then had one word of condemnation: you are leaving your best... Continue Reading »

Debt is something that we owe to someone else. God's word doesn't say we can't borrow, but it does warn us against excessive debt, and that's called surety. Surety is the condition of being in debt without having a... Continue Reading »

A new South Carolina Baptist Convention ministry has been launched to meet the unique needs of women. As a part of the SCBC's evangelism and missions team, Ministry to Women, which was established in 2006, is based on three... Continue Reading »

"A Story to Tell" is more than a slogan for the South Carolina Baptist Convention that will be meeting in a few weeks in Florence. It is reality.? All across our state the churches of our convention have inspiring... Continue Reading »

The churches of Aiken Baptist Association held a four-day Missions and Evangelism Conference Sept. 23-26 at Town Creek Baptist Church, Aiken. About 500 people attended nightly, and 50-75 took part in the daytime training sessions, according to James McCary,... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board committees recommended to the full board several convention organizational changes and addressed the end of the Empowering Kingdom Growth emphasis in South Carolina, which will officially conclude next month.... Continue Reading »