The Baptist Courier

Every believer should read and reread Psalm 139 on a regular basis. It is David's beautiful description of God's perfect and divine knowledge: ?O Lord, You have searched me and known me ... . You understand my thought afar... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board's church-planting and evangelization groups recognized achievements by 18 state Baptist convention partners during NAMB's Aug. 1-3 ?Mission Celebration? at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina.... Continue Reading »

In 1 Timothy 3:2 the Bible says leaders in the church must be ?blameless? (NKJV), ?above reproach? (NIV). There are a number of issues addressed in scripture that speak to the essential nature of integrity in ministry (Titus 1:5-9;... 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 »

Rick Ezell RICK EZELL has been called as pastor of First Baptist Church, Greer. He begins his duties Sept. 10. Ezell, along with his wife Cindy and daughter Bailey, comes from Naperville, Ill., where he served as pastor of... 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 »

The youth group from Bethel Baptist Church, Fairfax, attended The Big Youth Thing at Carowinds July 26. From left are Sharon Blakeney, April Blakeney, Brooke Hogg, pastor Jule Young, Maria Harter, youth group leader Evie Ayer, and Christopher Harter.... 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 »

Paul B. Nix Sr., 82, of Rock Hill, a retired South Carolina Baptist pastor, died Aug. 19.... 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 »

Colston Baptist Church is a small country church with a vision and commitment to go out into the highways and hedges to bring the children in so they can be taught the Bible. Hosea 4:6 says, ?My people are... 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 »