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Charleston Southern University held its commencement ceremony May 9 at the North Charleston Coliseum. A total of 313 students received undergraduate and graduate degrees.... Continue Reading »

Thomas Haggai encouraged 250 North Greenville University graduates not to live in the past but to allow the past to live in them during the school's commencement ceremony May 7.... Continue Reading »

D.J. Horton, pastor of Anderson Mill Road Church, Moore, makes this analogy: ?An automobile manufacturer has a mission: to manufacture cars. Our mission as the church is to make disciples. And we can't make enough of them ? there's... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I guess you?d say I?m sort of a ?Christmas and Easter Christian,? because those are about the only times I bother going to church. But this Easter, something about the service kind of got under my... Continue Reading »

Although total church membership, Sunday school attendance and the number of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention declined in 2008 from 2007, participation by men and boys in Baptist Men's ministries and Royal Ambassadors jumped almost 6 percent in... Continue Reading »

A recent Atlanta-Journal Constitution story profiles Ernie Johnson, studio host for TNT's NBA broadcasts.... Continue Reading »

A $1.5 million construction and renovation project at White Oak Conference Center, near Winnsboro, opens this month and is highlighted by a full-service activity area called The Hub, promoting creative learning spaces and fellowship opportunities among guests.... Continue Reading »

A hundred-year flood hit during last year's Southern Baptist Convention. While that disaster inconvenienced conventioneers, it devastated dozens of Indiana counties. One of many SBC disaster relief units was set up in Friendship Baptist Church, Franklin, Ind., and for... Continue Reading »

My call to missions came the summer before my senior year of high school while on a one-week mission trip to Charleston. At the end of that week, I knew that I wanted to continue serving the Lord, but... Continue Reading »

"What are you cooking?" my Ed asked when I told him I was testing my recipe for the Courier. "Spinach," I answered. "It's good for you and will make you pretty. If that doesn't happen, you'll still be healthy... Continue Reading »

'toward a Great Commission Resurgence.? For anyone with a heart for the gospel, this is a glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak collection of statistics recently circulated on the church in America. Cause to celebrate, correct? Maybe!... Continue Reading »

In the cover story of the April 30 Courier, Rudy Gray, president of the SCBC, was quoted as saying, 'the reality is that younger people are not as involved as those over 40 at our annual meetings. The real... Continue Reading »