The Baptist Courier

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 »

Gifts by South Carolina Baptist churches to the South Carolina Baptist Convention Empowering Kingdom Growth budget exceeded the budget goal of $32,150,000 by $43,209. This is the second year in a row that the convention has met and exceeded... 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 »

In September, the Royal Ambassadors of White Rock Baptist Church, Lexington Association, began sponsoring Wednesday night suppers and discussing ways to use the proceeds for missions. They contacted an ?adopted? IMB missionary family, who encouraged them to give the... 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 »

The new year is here for South Carolina Baptists, and I look forward to all we will experience together. However, I must admit that as I anticipate the happenings of 2006, I cannot help but first reflect on the... 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 »

I trust this note finds you well, happy and rejoicing in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for your life and testimony and for the manner in which you are serving our Savior. I am deeply honored... 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 »

Samuel Thomas, of Columbus, Ga., and president of Hopegivers International, delivered the commencement address for North Greenville University's graduation ceremonies Dec. 8. The 102 graduates were part of the first class graduating under the university name. Thomas spoke about... Continue Reading »