The Baptist Courier

"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 »

In 1832, Abner Creek Baptist Church was organized and began meeting in the log cabin home of William and Sarah Hendrix. On Sept. 30, 2007, the church celebrated the 175th anniversary of that event with a challenge from guest... Continue Reading »

In its annual October meeting, the South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board approved a recommendation from the budget, finance and audit committee to implement a new method for allocating future increases in Cooperative Program budget funds called the Cooperative... Continue Reading »

Bethea Baptist Retirement Community is hosting a free lunch for pastors attending the 2007 South Carolina Baptist Pastor"s Conference Nov. 12 in nearby Florence.... Continue Reading »

?It was a day I will never forget,? said Frank Page, pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church, referring to the outdoor baptism of 76 people on Sept. 30 at Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville. For Taylors First, this... Continue Reading »

Members of Park Baptist Church, Rock Hill, celebrated 100 years of ministry on Sept. 16. The congregation's first 50 years were retraced by Alma Steele and Ella Ramsey during the early service, and its past 50 years were recounted... Continue Reading »

Missionaries from all corners of the world were on the North Greenville University campus for three days to interact with students through a global village, lectures and in-between class conversations. From Sept. 10-12, NGU hosted the sixth annual Global... Continue Reading »

Jeff Futrell was named director of missions emeritus during the September meeting of Ridge Baptist Association, which was held at First Baptist Church, Batesburg.... Continue Reading »

Fred Goldman was excited about the prospect of seizing a valuable possession from O.J. Simpson. In 1995, Simpson was famously acquitted of murdering Ron Goldman, Fred's son, and Simpson's ex-wife, Nichole Brown. But following the acquittal, a civil court... Continue Reading »

Nursing students at Francis Marion University are getting a taste of what it's like to be nurses at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington. The students pair up and go to Bethea once weekly for a month-long clinical rotation... Continue Reading »

In Christmas 2004 my church was participating in a Christmas shoebox gift ministry. My family always took part, so I decided I would, too. I filled a box with items I thought any young boy would like. I never... Continue Reading »