The Baptist Courier

You may have heard about a prominent Columbia attorney accused of killing the manager of a local strip club. His case is before the court as I write this article. This is significant for two reasons: Attorneys don't usually... Continue Reading »

Using examples such as a video game that involves ?killing? photos of Christ, and a group that asks teens to give up their souls to the devil and record it on YouTube, and Hindu principles in a classic children's... Continue Reading »

It is the land of lattes, Microsoft, the Puget Sound and Mount Ranier. In some areas, there are as many coffee shops as grocery stores. And it is home to some of the most free-thinking and open-minded Americans.... Continue Reading »

CP: 2.59% ahead of last year Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are 2.6 percent ahead of the same time frame in 2006. As of April 30, the year-to-date total of $120,638,766 for CP missions is... Continue Reading »

For several years, the exit ramps off Interstate 20 between Columbia, S.C., and Augusta, Ga., summoned me. The legendary early American Baptist leader Luther Rice's well-traveled, earthly life ended in 1836 in that part of rural South Carolina. Visiting... Continue Reading »

Hoping to get a jump on finding the prize egg, these youngsters from Nebo Baptist Church in Britton’s Neck bound from the breezeway. Leading the pack is Logan Williams, followed by Walt Richardson, Katie Allen and Bailee Cribb. Christy... Continue Reading »

Darrell Free DARRELL FREE has been called as youth director of Wren Baptist Church, Piedmont, effective May 1. He and his wife Tammy and their children – Misty, Tiffany, Justin and Brittany – live in Belton.      ... Continue Reading »

As pastors, we must preach. As did Ezekiel preach to bones in Ezekiel 37, so must we.... Continue Reading »

?Life is worth living, if you really try,? wrote the late humorist Horace Sims, ?if you don't let good things pass you by.? A cheerful chronicler of life's ?good things? for most of his life, Sims? writings appeared in... Continue Reading »

FCC: Crack down on TV violence The Federal Communications Commission recommended to Congress April 25 that action be taken to address violent programming on television, which research indicates can increase aggressive behavior in children. In the release of a... Continue Reading »

Kristy Byers" personal life is a rich lode of comic material, but it was Byers" experience as a US-2 missionary that propelled her into a profession and calling that "is the heart of who I am," she said.... Continue Reading »

Paul Hayes, 90, of Liberty, a retired minister whose service as an Upstate pastor spanned six decades, died May 4, 2007, at a health care facility in Fairview, N.C.... Continue Reading »