The Baptist Courier

Tom Sees, pastor of Smyrna Baptist Church, Smyrna, and his wife Shirley led a missions team in April to the Santa Cruz area of Jamaica. Team members delivered a washing machine they purchased to the infirmary in Santa Cruz.... Continue Reading »

Tabernacle Baptist Church of Pelzer (known as the Second Baptist Church of Pelzer from 1897-1902) will be celebrating our 110th anniversary Aug. 26. We are seeking help in obtaining information about and copies of any pictures available from any... Continue Reading »

Bryan Atkinson BRYAN ATKINSON began duties as student minister at Summerton Baptist Church, Summerton, June 1. He is the first full-time student minister in Summerton’s 148-year history. The son of a pastor, Atkinson grew up in Camden and Darlington.... Continue Reading »

Irene Nunn Cooper, of Spartanburg, wife of retired Baptist pastor Robert Sydney Cooper for 68 years, died July 1, 2007.... Continue Reading »

This is in response to the letter titled ?Return to roots? that was in the June 14 Baptist Courier. When reading this, I felt as though I was being told we do not want you in our church if... Continue Reading »

There is something about M-Fuge that has kept youth pastor Joe Monk coming back year after year since 1998. ?For youth, M-Fuge is a good introduction to missions and is very relational in its interaction with people,? said Monk,... Continue Reading »

This is a response to the column ?Return to roots? submitted by Marion Smyrl of Columbia in the June 14 edition. Like Mrs. Smyrl, I, too, grew up in a church where the preacher wore a coat and tie... Continue Reading »

Applause! Bring out the bands for Marion Smyrl (but not in church)!... Continue Reading »

Someone has said if Christians really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless.... Continue Reading »

A little 9-year-old boy sat stoically still while medical missionaries cleaned his wound; a gash on his eyelid that led to infection and fever. It was after the treatment that he finally cried, not because of the pain from... Continue Reading »

Abraham would be appalled. He would be shocked to learn that many of his descendants had chosen to ignore one of God's key mandates: ?You are to undergo circumcision, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between... Continue Reading »

Anderson University is welcoming Becky Walker as the new associate campus minister for women's ministry and outreach for the upcoming academic year.... Continue Reading »