The Baptist Courier

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »