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Trustees at New Orleans Baptist Seminary added an Islamic studies instructor and welcomed two presidential appointments during an Oct. 10 meeting. After the election of Page Brooks as instructor in theology and Islamic studies, NOBTS president Chuck Kelley announced... Continue Reading »

As the end of 2007 nears and planning is fully in place for 2008, the South Carolina Baptist Convention continues to seek ways to serve the largest of church constituencies in the state. With the majority of South Carolina... Continue Reading »

The election of a new president, the adoption of a 2008 budget and the consideration of a proposal that could allocate more Cooperative Program money to the Southern Baptist Convention will be at the forefront of business sessions when... Continue Reading »

Every Christian parent rejoices when his child receives Jesus as Savior. The joy is even greater when realizing an older sibling led the child to the Lord. That is exactly what prompted the Cargill* family serving in South Asia... Continue Reading »

How should the Cooperative Program contributions from the churches be divided between the ministries of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention?... Continue Reading »

At the 1991 South Carolina Baptist Convention annual meeting, messengers approved a sweeping new vision for the state's Baptist churches that has remained a standard for 15 years. Empowering Kingdom Growth became the benchmark for serving South Carolina churches... Continue Reading »

The Baptist Courier has learned that a new statement may be forthcoming from Don Wilton, who endorsed Mitt Romney for president in a press release issued by the Romney campaign on Friday.... Continue Reading »

Don Wilton said today he made a "personal error" in agreeing to support the campaign of Mitt Romney for president.... Continue Reading »

Phillip McMinn, 47, pastor of South Main Street Baptist Church, Greenwood, was killed in a single-vehicle automobile accident Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20. He was returning to Greenwood from a retreat at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro.... Continue Reading »

Four months after nine local firefighters were killed in a furniture store blaze, members of Charleston Baptist Church honored emergency responders with services featuring a speaker who knows what it's like to lay his life on the line to... Continue Reading »

For the past nine years, students from across America have given up their summers to volunteer overseas through SA101, a program of the International Mission Board's South Asia region. This year, 60 students served in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and... Continue Reading »

While prayer-walking in Sri Lanka, Christy Hansen picks up a few young friends along the way. Later the same week, Hansen and her team of South Carolina volunteers trained Sri Lankan Christians to lead a Vacation Bible School and... Continue Reading »