The Baptist Courier

CP giving 2.24 percent ahead Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are 2.24 percent ahead of the same time frame in 2006. As of Jan. 31, the year-to-date total of $67,348,758 for Cooperative Program missions is... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board's presidential search committee hopes to have a recommendation by late March or early April, committee chairman Greg Faulls reported to NAMB's trustees during their Feb. 7 meeting at the mission board's offices in Alpharetta,... Continue Reading »

Chris Yeargin CHRIS YEARGIN began duties Dec. 31 as pastor at Ridge Spring Baptist Church, Ridge Spring. He is a 2003 graduate of Southwestern Seminary. Yeargin and his wife Marcia previously served Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Keller, Tex.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University students can now visit Jerusalem – or at least a scale model of the city. Barry Behling of Columbia donated the model to CSU’s L. Mendel Rivers Library. The model represents Jerusalem during three periods: at... Continue Reading »

Pastor, do you remember when you were called to preach the gospel? Do you remember how humbled and excited you were to serve your Lord? Do you remember when you were asked to preach your first sermon or to... Continue Reading »

Many North Greenville University students traveled to unfamiliar places on three separate mission trips over Christmas break.... Continue Reading »

At the start of the fall semester, the University of South Carolina Baptist collegiate ministry welcomed a new minister to international students: Wendy Middleton. When one first meets Middleton, one can tell right away that she is genuine in... Continue Reading »

New commentary offers woman-to-woman exposition of Bible Feminists and egalitarian proponents often interpret scripture through a gender lens, but editors of a new commentary offer a conservative woman-to-woman approach to scripture interpretation. The Women’s Evangelical Commentary New Testament from... Continue Reading »

In a ministry sphere with countless conference options for middle and high schoolers, it is rare to find an event just for student leaders. Southeast Conclave, held in Chattanooga, Tenn., brought together youth ministry leaders from 12 states to... Continue Reading »

Helen B. Davis, 85, of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, Laurens, formerly of Spartanburg, who was instrumental in the establishment of the South Carolina Baptist Student Union in the Spartanburg area, died Feb. 11, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Research conducted for Facts & Trends magazine shows two-thirds of all American Protestant churchgoers feel they will continue attending the same church in the near future.... Continue Reading »

If one word could be used to describe today's college students, perhaps ?relational? would be a good place to start.... Continue Reading »