The Baptist Courier

Tony Lineberger Tony Lineberger has been called as pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, York Association. Lineberger, a native of York, is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University and Mid-America Baptist Seminary. A chalk artist sermon illustrator, he has been pastor... Continue Reading »

Two sisters from Chester County recently returned from 11 days of volunteer service with the Red Cross in Montgomery, Ala. Jeanette Thomas of First Baptist Church, Lowrys, and Diane Sisk of Westside Baptist Church, Chester, both felt the need... Continue Reading »

We live in a culture of controversies. Everything today is controversial or has the potential to become controversial. Political correctness has moved like a virus through the culture, infecting normally reasonable people with a madness that is, well, maddening.... Continue Reading »

The people of Rocky Mount, N.C., have a problem. They cannot decide what one of history's most famous leaders looks like.... Continue Reading »

?I pray every night for our football team. I pray every night for my family. That's because I?m not in control of the football team or my family. Somebody else is.? That's the sentiment of Byrnes High School head... Continue Reading »

I read with great disappointment the article in the Nov. 17 issue of The Baptist Courier entitled, “Missouri Baptists narrow membership, exclude CBF” (page 6). From a doctrinal perspective, I do not know to what extent Missouri Baptists are... Continue Reading »

Here are the resolutions approved by messengers to the 2005 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Boots Holder refers to his recent months in North Peru as 'the best and worst of times.? As a strategy-coordinator missionary, Holder and his REAP North Peru team use hundreds of volunteers from the United States to share the... Continue Reading »

About 50 missions volunteers scatter around a hotel lobby high in the mountains of Canta, Peru. As they prepare to jump in trucks and ride into villages, Boots Holder is where he likes to be ? out of the... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists put a lot of faith in the work of their committees. Though we might not fully understand all their decisions, we usually go along with them because we feel they have our best interests at heart.... Continue Reading »

The government of India has granted permission to Gideons International to come to India to distribute Bibles. I ask The Baptist Courier readers to continue to pray for this area of our world. It has a large population with... Continue Reading »

On Nov. 9, Friendship Baptist Church, Gray Court, honored the local EMS, law enforcement and fire departments. The evening event, at which more than 100 public servants and church members were present, included a meal and a magic show... Continue Reading »