The Baptist Courier

Students at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina are rebuilding the past. Well, not exactly rebuilding it. More like replicating it.... Continue Reading »

Frank Page was expected to be nominated for the customary second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention as this issue of The Baptist Courier went to press June 8.... Continue Reading »

Chris Butler CHRIS BUTLER began duties April 1 as student ministry associate at Lexington Baptist Church, Lexington. He had previously served at Lexington as a summer intern and returned after serving as minister of students and outreach at First... Continue Reading »

A crowd of 1,500 people, including three former presidents, gathered in Charlotte, N.C., May 31 to dedicate the Billy Graham Library, something the evangelist called ?just a building? and an instrument to share the gospel.... Continue Reading »

The mission of Charleston Southern University's campus ministries is to reach college students with the gospel, raise them in the scripture and release them to change the world. During the 2006-2007 academic year, this mission resulted in 1,336 people... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University has again proven itself to be a national leader in student missions activities in 2007. This year the NGU Global Missions Center has sent out 11 mission groups, called L.I.G.H.T. teams (Loving, Interceding, Going, Helping, Telling).... Continue Reading »

The Associated Press is reporting that Ruth Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, has slipped into a coma and appears close to death.... Continue Reading »

No Baptist state convention in America has a richer, more interesting history than does South Carolina. And most Baptists, while grateful for their historical roots and contributions, have limited knowledge of all that South Carolina Baptists have done to... Continue Reading »

When Owen and Betty Heyward first traveled to Lynch and Cumberland, Ky., they had no idea that their lives would be, in their words, ?forever changed.?... Continue Reading »

At least 1,000 people attended a festival featuring foods prepared by six ethnic churches in the San Antonio Baptist Association June 2 to kick off Crossover San Antonio, an outreach effort preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

Eighth grade science teacher Jennifer Sauer of Rollings Middle School of the Arts was named Dorchester District 2 Teacher of the Year for the 2006-2007 academic year. Sauer credits Charleston Southern University with pushing her down the road to... Continue Reading »

Brad Thompson was licensed to the ministry May 20 by Jonesville Baptist Church, Union County Baptist Association. Thompson will be serving Padgetts Creek Baptist Church, Union, as part-time minister of youth. From left are Ralph Brown, pastor; Vance Quinn,... Continue Reading »