Todd Deaton

Page received 4,546 votes of the 9,005 ballots cast, or 50.48 percent, in a race against Jerry Sutton of Nashville, Tenn., who received 2,168 votes, or 24.08 percent, and Ronnie Floyd of Springdale, Ark., who received 2,247 votes, or... Continue Reading »

The thunder of a racing engine ? the squeal of tires ? the smell of rubber burning ? gray smoke billowing in the cool evening air ? a race car glistening in the lights as it spins around, drawing... Continue Reading »

With a blue-ribbon task force on the Cooperative Program set to present its recommendations at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, N.C., in two weeks, the CP giving records of the churches of presidential candidates... Continue Reading »

Hundreds of dads, sons, mothers and daughters gathered on a large grassy lot with little shade to hear gospel choruses and testimonies about how Christ can change lives and to celebrate a ministry. But this is anything but a... Continue Reading »

On Easter Sunday, April 16, at least 50 individuals stirred the baptismal waters in churches of all sizes across South Carolina, according to about 20 responses to an informal e-mail survey conducted by The Baptist Courier April 20.... Continue Reading »

Karina America felt drawn to the lives of missionaries whom she read about and met through her Girls in Action group while growing up in First Baptist Church, North Spartanburg. During her youth and college years, she was involved... Continue Reading »

On a recent Sunday afternoon, while my son and I were watching the Daytona 500, my wife posed an intriguing question: ?Why do some of the drivers who never seem to lead a lap continue to race week after... Continue Reading »

It was a day of pageantry, praise, proclamation and prayer. It was also the first commissioning service for North American missionaries held in South Carolina since the Home Mission Board was renamed the North American Mission Board nine years... Continue Reading »

  In 2005, LifeWay Christian Resources surveyed more than 1,300 evangelical leaders from around the world to determine what they perceived to be the “Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church.” Below, Baptist Courier Managing Editor Todd Deaton explores each... Continue Reading »

?Anyone who goes there is overwhelmed with the lostness and the spiritual and physical needs,? surmised Mike Hamlet, who led a group of 15 South Carolina Baptists, representing seven churches, on a ?vision trip? to find ways to minister... Continue Reading »

Mac Brunson, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, since May 1999, was expected to preach Feb. 19 in view of a call to become pastor of First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla.... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton's office appears more like a museum, chronicling his life on two continents, than a pastor's study. On his desk, the walls and bookshelves are pictures of his dad, a championship motorcycle racer, and of classmates at a... Continue Reading »