The Baptist Courier

Big Barnacles. The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Megabalanus coccopoma. It's a barnacle. A big barnacle. Native to the seas off the Pacific coast, from southern California to South America, this bulky crustacean was recently discovered invading... Continue Reading »

John Richard McDuffie, of Aiken, a retired Baptist minister who helped start an equestrian ministry in South Carolina, died Dec. 24, 2006. He was 73.... Continue Reading »

Through their Cooperative Program gifts, South Carolina Baptist churches have exceeded the 2006 state convention budget goal of $32,150,000.... Continue Reading »

Kenneth A. Fugate, 66, of Easley, a pastor and church planter with the North American Mission Board, died Jan. 4, 2007, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

Scholarships for South Carolina Baptist college/university and seminary students pursuing a church-related vocation are available through the state convention's collegiate ministry group.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Ridgeway, in cooperation with Southern Baptist Seminary Extension and Columbia Metro Baptist Association, will offer seminary courses beginning Feb. 5.... Continue Reading »

South Carolinians were among those receiving degrees at Southern and Southeastern seminaries during Dec. 15 commencements.... Continue Reading »

The headline on this week's column might lead one to believe I was talking about the practice of receiving gifts and filling stockings with fruit during the Christmas season. However, while those are wonderful parts of the Christmas season,... Continue Reading »

Paul Fleming, executive pastor of Forestville Baptist Church, Greenville, delivered the commencement address of the largest December graduating class in North Greenville University history in Turner Chapel on Dec. 7.... Continue Reading »

With countless crates of plastic storage bags, toiletries and scripture booklets filling St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia, it must be time to celebrate Christmas.... Continue Reading »

Eleven students from North Greenville University traveled to Uganda from Dec. 7 to 19, where they prayerwalked, hosted a youth rally, worked a basketball camp and did house-to-house ministry.... Continue Reading »

Please know how much Jeanette and I wish for our Baptist people all across South Carolina a most happy and fulfilling new year. Since announcing my retirement date for Feb. 28, we have both been amazed and humbled at... Continue Reading »