The Baptist Courier

J. Mendle Baker J. MENDLE BAKER began duties Sept. 1 as senior pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church, Leesville. A native of Sumter, he is a graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute, and has been in the ministry for... Continue Reading »

As Allan leaned against a wrought-iron fence at a Vermont Street bus stop in Los Angeles, members of the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board's Inner City Evangelism (ICE) team and First Baptist Church-South Los Angeles approached him.... Continue Reading »

I have been thinking a lot of the modern church-planting movement. In the Upstate of South Carolina, we have a wealth of great churches with worship styles ranging from ultra traditional to off-the-charts ?rock style? of worship. There are... Continue Reading »

?It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ?? So begins the 1859 classic, ?A Tale of Two Cities? by novelist Charles Dickens. Those words might hold some relevance for us in this first decade... Continue Reading »

Wisdom in Living Life Ministry Inc. broke ground Sept. 5 for its Beyond Recovery project, a $5.8 million residential substance abuse training center designed to help men, women and children in the Upstate overcome addiction to alcohol and other... Continue Reading »

When Norman Shands made a vow to God 65 years ago, he couldn't have imagined that it would thrust him into the center of the civil rights movement in Atlanta.... Continue Reading »

A foggy night and a field full of U.S. flags caught Ashley Mitchell"s attention as she neared her home in Memphis, Tenn., in 2006. After learning from a police officer patrolling the area that the display commemorated the lives... Continue Reading »

Tim Stewart has joined the South Carolina Baptist Convention's collegiate ministry staff as campus minister at the University of South Carolina and surrounding colleges.... Continue Reading »

The World Hunger Relief fund, which provides financial assistance to food pantries across the state, has been exhausted for 2007. The fund consists of donations from South Carolina Baptist churches through the World Hunger Relief offering, collected throughout the... Continue Reading »

Holding the most high-profile position on the defending national championship team ? making him the biggest Big Man on Campus at a football-crazed school ? could easily go to the head of any college sophomore, but Tim Tebow says... Continue Reading »

Anderson University has risen yet again in the Top Tier of the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges ranking. In the 2008 list, Anderson moves up 10 spots to #34 among colleges and universities in the South. Additionally,... Continue Reading »

Chaplain James Stevens of Laurens County Speedway and Racing for the Cross Ministries presents the Faster Pastor plaque to Chris Garrison, pastor of Union Baptist Church, who won the Faster Pastor II race at the Laurens County Speedway.... Continue Reading »