The Baptist Courier

CP in October: 3.3% below last year October contributions through the SBC Cooperative Program were 3.32 percent below CP gifts received in October 2005. As of Oct. 31, 2006, Cooperative Program gifts of $15,358,955 were $527,686 below the $15,886,642... Continue Reading »

Ray and Margie Pratt, members of Sardis Baptist Church, Saluda, were recognized Oct. 8 for a total of 55 years perfect Sunday school attendance. He has had perfect attendance for 39 years, and she for 16 years.   Scott... Continue Reading »

W.L. Collins W.L. COLLINS, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Florence, is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 20 years of ministry there. A graduate of West Georgia College and New Orleans Baptist Seminary, he became pastor of Calvary Baptist... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton, president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, recently talked about his passion for Christ with Charleston Southern University students.... Continue Reading »

Twelve Charleston Southern University students and campus minister Clark Carter completed a landscaping beautification project at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington.... Continue Reading »

The Charleston Southern campus was alive with activity as 200 middle and high school students participated in Youth Alive Oct. 14.... Continue Reading »

Byron Burkett Sr., 85, a retired pastor, died Oct. 19 at his home in the Reedy Fork community near Seneca.... Continue Reading »

Everette D. Crook, 75, of Spartanburg, a South Carolina Baptist pastor who served churches for more than 50 years, died Oct. 5.... Continue Reading »

Sethie Prue Hester, 91, of Greenville, a long-serving Upstate pastor, died Oct. 30.... Continue Reading »

Joseph Arthur ?Joe? Trotter, 89, of Piedmont, who served several churches as pastor during his ministry, died Oct. 22 at the Hospice House of Anderson.... Continue Reading »

In my previous article, I argued that a person does not have to go to church in order to become a Christian, but that Christians will, in fact, go to church. The fact that church membership is assumed of... Continue Reading »

The savings rate in 2005 was a shocking negative percentage. Before 2005, this had happened only during the years of 1932 and 1933. But wait ? that was the Great Depression, a time of enormous business failures and job... Continue Reading »