The Baptist Courier

Competing in the youth Bible drill at Tulip Grove Baptist Church were three seventh-graders, one-eighth grader and a doctoral candidate at Southern Baptist Seminary.... Continue Reading »

The weather forecast April 4 called for severe thunderstorms in the Lowcountry. The prediction threatened to wash away months of collaborative planning for the downtown community event in Charleston involving Charleston Southern University, The Citadel, College of Charleston, and... Continue Reading »

Study: TV ratings a ‘sham’ Families who use television ratings to guide their TV viewing habits are relying on a “sham” system that doesn’t work, a new study asserts. The Parents Television Council study of 546 hours of primetime... Continue Reading »

Bones! In my last article, I shared that pastors should be encouraged as we consider the subject of ?bones.? Think about it! Ezekiel preached to dead men's bones, and they came alive and became an exceeding great army (Ezekiel... Continue Reading »

The GAs of Chiquola Baptist Church, Honea Path, earned prayerwalking badges March 25. Led by GA leaders and WMU members, the girls first walked to the town hall, where they met Mayor Earl Lollis Meyers for a tour and... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Singing Churchmen recently returned from a seven-day Gulf Coast mission tour, which took place April 14-20.... Continue Reading »

Picture a worship service with singing, drama, Bible reading ? and science experiments? Add in arts and crafts, and you have the makings of a worship service designed specifically for the unique worship needs of children and older preschoolers.... Continue Reading »

Much is being done and more can be done to protect children from sexual predators within Southern Baptist churches, but an April 13 ABC News ?20/20? segment on the issue amounted to ?yellow journalism,? SBC president Frank Page says.... Continue Reading »

Who would have guessed? It was just a simple experiment at the time, an exchange of meaningless data between two machines on Sept. 2, 1969. A little-known UCLA professor named Leonard Kleinrock supervised that small experiment. And he launched... Continue Reading »

The 2007 Creative Ministries Festival was held April 20-21 at St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia.... Continue Reading »

If someone asked you, ?Of all the religions in the world, what makes you think you?ve figured out which one is right?? would you know the answer with confidence? Peter said to ?always be ready to give a defense... Continue Reading »

Jim Austin, the newly elected executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will begin his duties May 15, according to Tom Swilley, chairman of the state convention"s Executive Board.... Continue Reading »