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SCBC ‘Xtravaganza’ slated Aug. 11, 12

The music and creative worship group of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will hold its annual ?Worship and Music Xtravaganza? Aug. 11 and 12 at St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia.... Continue Reading »

Joy, not sorrow

I am writing today in much joy instead of sorrow, which is where I would be today if The Baptist Courier had not printed the story on my dad's need for a transplant. June 22 will be a month... Continue Reading »

Ala., Md. volunteers building Travelers Rest church facility

Down the winding Gap Creek Road in Travelers Rest sits a beautiful, 320-seat sanctuary that will serve as the new facility for Gap Creek Baptist Church within the next year. This new building rests across the street from the... Continue Reading »

Superman returns

Superman returns just in time for a summer of family fun and flights of fantasy.... Continue Reading »

S.C. Campers on Mission receive double honors from NAMB

During the national SBC Campers on Mission rally held at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, N.C., preceding the SBC convention in Greensboro, the South Carolina chapter of Campers on Mission received two national honors ? one as chapter... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

Prone to blow your stack? Other drivers drive you nuts? Get crazy when someone pulls out in front of you? Feel like pulverizing people who just won't shut off their turn signal and it keeps blinking, blinking, blinking?... Continue Reading »

Gardner-Webb mourns death of 2 staff members

Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., is mourning the deaths of two staff members ? David Boan and Bruce Rabon ? both of whom were South Carolina natives.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts

High court allows pro-life plates in two states The United States Supreme Court permitted pro-life license plates in Louisiana and Tennessee by refusing June 26 to accept challenges to those states’ approval of such auto tags. By declining to... Continue Reading »

Claude C. White

Claude C. White, 80, of Chesnee, a pastor for nearly 30 years, died June 25.... Continue Reading »

CP contributions, designated gifts ahead of 2005 pace

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 4.31 percent above the same timeframe in 2005.... Continue Reading »

Thomas Earl Vaughn Sr.

Thomas Earl Vaughn Sr., 85, of Lexington, a pastor and biblical character actor, died June 25 after a short illness resultant of Parkinson's disease and stroke.... Continue Reading »

Disaster relief ready for hurricane season

With the busiest hurricane season on record behind and the predictions of similar patterns ahead, more than 150 disaster relief leaders gathered in Columbia recently to ensure South Carolina is prepared for what may lie ahead.... Continue Reading »