The Baptist Courier

A thin edge of normality veils the emotional trauma of living for the last year in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which has been called the nation's worst-ever natural disaster.... Continue Reading »

MySpace has been both a great asset and a burden to youth minister Ricky Smith. Through MySpace, he has found new ways to connect with youth and promote events not only to students at Piney Grove Baptist Church in... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging is looking for a new logo that will accurately portray the organization's mission as a ?Christ-centered? community.... Continue Reading »

Following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Southern Baptist volunteers descended en masse to the stricken areas. One public official flying over the area asked the question, ?Who are those people in yellow shirts??... Continue Reading »

Retired minister Wade Burton has published his second book, ?Messages with a Mission,? a collection of 18 sermons. His first book, 'think on These Things,? was devotional in nature.... Continue Reading »

My first experience with catalogue shopping took me to the Herter's Catalogue. It was about an inch or two thick, and every little item was promoted as if it were pure gold. The founder was an old French Canadian... Continue Reading »

This encouraging word comes to you from my heart as I think of all of our faithful people in this beautiful state of South Carolina. The Lord has truly blessed us, has He not? I love the song we... Continue Reading »

When Tanith Tyrr climbed into the king cobra's exhibit at the Cape Fear Serpentarium in Wilmington, N.C., she was not the victim of a terrible sense of direction. She entered intentionally. Why? To prove snakes aren't the aggressive murderers... Continue Reading »

I might be revealing something about my age by even bringing up the question that I am posing here, but whatever happened to revivals?... Continue Reading »

G.K. Chesterton said: ?It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but that it has been found difficult, and not tried.?... Continue Reading »

Resolutions to be considered at the 186th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention must be submitted to the Resolutions Committee by Oct. 14.... Continue Reading »

People filed into the lecture hall at White Oak Conference Center in pairs. Some had been together for more than 40 years, others married only a few. But regardless of their history, all were present to strengthen their marriages... Continue Reading »