The Baptist Courier

Please do not count me in with those who were surprised about the ?war on Christmas? that is going on all around. Don't get me wrong; I?m not happy about it, just not surprised.... Continue Reading »

During the ice storm Dec. 15-20, my wife and I experienced the inconvenience that many did in the Piedmont area. We were without electricity for five days. After a couple of days, we began to search for more comfortable... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University received approval as a level III master's degree granting institution during the annual meeting of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Dec. 4-6 in Atlanta, Ga.... Continue Reading »

Langston Baptist Church, Conway, held its first annual women’s conference, “Untie the Ribbons,” Nov. 11-12. More than 210 women from 21 churches in North and South Carolina attended the event, where author Sharon Hoffman, left, founder of Gifted Living... Continue Reading »

Woody Oliver WILLIAM “WOODY” OLIVER is the new pastor of Woodfields Baptist Church, Greenwood. Formerly assistant pastor at Northlake Baptist Church in Garland, Tex., Oliver began his ministry at Woodfields Dec. 18. He and his wife Dena have four... Continue Reading »

Six students claiming South Carolina as their home state were among the Dec. 9 graduates at Southwestern Baptist Seminary.... Continue Reading »

More than 200 students received degrees during Charleston Southern University's December graduation ceremony Dec. 17 in the Lightsey Chapel Auditorium.... Continue Reading »

Scholarships for South Carolina Baptist university and seminary students pursuing a church-related vocation are available through the state convention's collegiate ministry group.... Continue Reading »

One of the best quotes from C.S. Lewis's 'the Abolition of Man? describes Lewis's warning to scientific elites who believe they have won the war against any belief in the supernatural.?Lewis said, ?Each new power won by man is... Continue Reading »

You probably breezed by it in the news, as with so much celebrity fluff. I almost did. Then I realized that the November announcement by Fox executives that the network would renew the contract of Simon Cowell for five... Continue Reading »

While children all over the world have visions of sugar plums this Christmas, the families of the Gulf Coast region are hoping just to hold their lives together. Four months after deadly Katrina tore apart Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,... Continue Reading »

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Dec. 8 in Columbia, approved a recommendation from the budget, finance and audit committee to create a Kingdom Challenge Fund. The board also approved allocating to the new fund... Continue Reading »