The Baptist Courier

A little more than 200 years ago, Edward Garrett II built a log cabin school near the Laurens County community of Gray Court in which to educate his 16 children. The cabin would also serve for a number of... Continue Reading »

Operation Christmas Child is signing up volunteers to participate in its processing center in Charlotte, N.C.... Continue Reading »

This summer, 3,688 students and adult leaders passed through the gates of Charleston Southern University to participate in M-Fuge. Every Sunday for eight weeks, the vision was cast for a new group of students ready to take on mission... Continue Reading »

?You will impact lives everyday,? Kathy Lee, executive director of Early Childhood Resources in Suwanee, Ga., reminded teachers and administrators gathered for the annual church weekday education workshop.... Continue Reading »

Treadmills are high-tech slave drivers, but I do like the heartbeat control function. Subtract your age from 220 to find your maximum safe workout heartbeat. Multiply that number by .60 and .85 and get your upper and lower heartbeat... Continue Reading »

Can a small church in a rural community make a difference? Terry Simmons thinks so and set out to prove it.... Continue Reading »

The 97-room Wingate Inn at Charleston Southern University is the first hotel in Wingate history to locate on a university campus. Ground was broken Aug. 15, and building will begin in the next several weeks.... Continue Reading »

In August, football stadiums are usually reserved for early season pigskin action. However, on Aug. 13-16, the Melvin and Dollie Younts Football Stadium at North Greenville University will host the 2006 NGU Stadium Crusade.... Continue Reading »

Howard Price Sr., pastor of Eastwood Baptist Church, Columbia, celebrated 60 years in the ministry July 16. Members from the six churches he has served honored him with a day of celebration, which concluded with the announcement that a... Continue Reading »

Loving the lost, as Christians should, begins with revival, Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page told a group of International Mission Board missionaries in southern Asia.... Continue Reading »

Frank Page went to South Asia to minister to others, but he also was ministered to as International Mission Board missionaries extended their love to him, prayed over him and laughed with him.... Continue Reading »

While the Bible may be subject to various interpretations concerning alcohol consumption, Southern Baptists? understanding of the issue has been exceedingly unambiguous. In the convention's history, SBC messengers have adopted more than 40 resolutions on the issue prior to... Continue Reading »