The Baptist Courier

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 »

Stacy Williams Stacy Williams began duties Oct. 16 as pastor of First Baptist Church, Edgefield. A native of Greer, he is a graduate of North Greenville University and Erskine Seminary. He and his wife Lynn have two children, Cade... Continue Reading »

The Georgia Baptist Convention, by an overwhelming majority, voted Nov. 15 to sever its 172-year-old relationship with Mercer University.... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Historical Society presented its annual award for the outstanding bicentennial celebration to The Baptist Church of Beaufort.... Continue Reading »

William Willimon, bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, and Jeff Rogers, pastor of First Baptist Church, Greenville, are the keynote speakers for the Eleventh Annual John A. Hamrick Lectureship at First Baptist Church, Charleston,... Continue Reading »

The lighting is set. The cameras are rolling. The anchors are behind the desk, ready to deliver the evening's news. While this scene may be fairly common across the nation, for North Greenville University students, it marked a new... Continue Reading »

In 2001, the Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee instituted the Impact Your World award. It is presented to the church that expands the kingdom of God by dealing with social/moral issues through local community ministries. This year's recipient... Continue Reading »

Kelly McCorkle has represented the state of South Carolina in the Miss America pageant, worked for Jim DeMint in his bid to become a senator and traveled around the world as a contestant on CBS? ?Amazing Race.? Now she... Continue Reading »

Williams TED WILLIAMS is serving as pastor of Abney Memorial Baptist Church, Greenwood. A graduate of Luther Rice Seminary, he also did graduate study in biblical counseling at Liberty University. He previously served Snow Memorial Baptist Church in Johnson... Continue Reading »