The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

The summer of 2006 began a new era of cooperation between North Greenville University and LifeWay Christian Resources. Centrifuge Camp was expanded to include Mission Fuge on the NGU campus.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University has moved up one spot to 44th from 45th among comprehensive colleges and universities in the South, according to the U.S. News & World Report's ?Best Colleges? edition for 2007.... Continue Reading »

There are teens today who are saying ?no? to sex before marriage. On Sept. 23, the Silver Ring Thing, an abstinence program incorporating hi-tech music, lights and sound, will be held at Charleston Southern University.... Continue Reading »

Dedicated pastor, best-selling author, dynamic speaker and prominent Bible teacher, David Jeremiah, will be joined by Christian recording artist Charles Billingsley Oct. 19 to assist North Greenville University in a fund-raising event.... Continue Reading »

Before there was The Passion of the Christ, there was Flywheel, The Movie. And now Facing the Giants is coming to the silver screen with the same Christian and family values that are capturing the attention of Hollywood.... Continue Reading »

When Alex and Stephen Kendrick asked their church to pray for a media breakthrough to draw attention to their latest movie, Facing the Giants, they were not exactly prepared for a worldwide firestorm throughout the secular and evangelistic communities... 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 »