The Baptist Courier

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 »

Campers on Mission of South Carolina will hold an open meeting Jan. 6 to discuss ministry opportunities for 2007. The group's ?Winter Gathering? will be held at the South Carolina Baptist Convention building in Columbia and will be open... Continue Reading »

Two members of the Lander University family spent nearly a week in New Orleans this past fall helping residents of that city rebuild homes and restart lives.... Continue Reading »

It was 1996 ? Nov. 3, 1996, to be exact. That is how precisely Michael Zigarelli recalls the day his manner of thinking began to shift from a secular to a biblical worldview.... Continue Reading »

CAMERON BYRD is the new pastor of Clear Spring Baptist Church, Simpsonville. A native of Cary, N.C., he is a graduate of Mars Hill College and Southwestern Baptist Seminary. After serving more than seven years as a pastor, he... Continue Reading »

NBC backs off on edits of ‘VeggieTales’ After initially requiring that all references to biblical or evangelical messages be edited out of the popular children’s show “VeggieTales,” NBC has cut back on its editing requests in episodes, according to... Continue Reading »

The GAs and several adults from Grace Baptist Church, Duncan, recently delivered care packages and food to Connie Maxwell Children’s Home.   Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Conway, recently burned the mortgage on its new educational building. The $397,000 facility... Continue Reading »

A new Hispanic work has begun in Greenville under the combined efforts of Gerald Roe, associate professor of intercultural studies/missions at North Greenville University; Dan Messer, director of Hispanic ministries for Greenville Baptist Association; and Juan David Prettel, Hispanic... Continue Reading »

Carroll Willis Andrews, 74, of Conway, a long-serving South Carolina pastor, died Dec. 6, 2006.... Continue Reading »