The Baptist Courier

Jason Willis JASON WILLIS has been called as senior pastor of Town Creek Baptist Church, Aiken. He is a graduate of Shorter College and Covington Seminary. For the past eight years, he has served as senior pastor of Live... Continue Reading »

Dizzy Felkel was ordained by Cassatt Baptist Church, Kershaw Association July 30. Felkel, assisted by his wife Erin serves as youth pastor. Danny Moore, center, was ordained as deacon by Nebo Baptist Church, Britton’s Neck, Aug. 20. With him... Continue Reading »

The lights dimmed as the familiar intro to ?Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord? began. Screams from nearly 1,200 high school and college students filled the air as SONICFLOOd ran energetically onto the stage beginning their first-ever missions-oriented... Continue Reading »

Erskine Theological Seminary will host a luncheon for alumni and others interested in the seminary on Nov. 14 during the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Spiritual darkness surrounds us, but we have the light of the world within our souls (John 8:12). In Mark 4:21, Jesus stated that it is not a good practice to put a lighted lamp under a basket. It does... Continue Reading »

The stage is set for greater missions involvement and personal growth as hundreds gather for WMU's national missions event this fall at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C.... Continue Reading »

I receive more than 50 different church newsletters every month, and I try my best to scan and read each of them. The universal problem in all church promotion is the poor names given to church ministries, buildings and... Continue Reading »

Because of my trade, I read a lot of biographies on the stars. Like many others, I?m fascinated by Hollywood's constellation. People like Bogey and Sinatra and John Wayne have captured the imagination of many a film watcher for... Continue Reading »

As the foliage turns and the weather cools, the thoughts of one youth group in Greenville turn to the mountains, but not as tourists or sightseers, but rather as missionaries.... Continue Reading »

Protestant clergy and laity are far from being of one mind about religion and politics, though most clergy and laypeople agree that their church is not heavily involved in politics, according to a report in the September/October edition of... Continue Reading »

Steve Irwin, known worldwide as the ?Crocodile Hunter,? is being remembered for his fearless encounters with wild animals after his death Sept. 4. Irwin, 44, was struck by a stingray barb to the chest while filming a documentary on... Continue Reading »

Wade Godfrey Jr., 83, of Ninety Six, a pastor who served several Baptist churches in South Carolina during his ministry, died Sept. 3.... Continue Reading »