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Church is for all

This is in response to the letter titled ?Return to roots? that was in the June 14 Baptist Courier. When reading this, I felt as though I was being told we do not want you in our church if... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern students treat children’s ailments in Sudan

A little 9-year-old boy sat stoically still while medical missionaries cleaned his wound; a gash on his eyelid that led to infection and fever. It was after the treatment that he finally cried, not because of the pain from... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Simpsonville holds baptism on site of future worship center

What if we baptized someone? This was the question Randy Harling, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Simpsonville, posed to his staff in planning a groundbreaking service. Just one month later, four people were baptized where the baptismal pool... Continue Reading »

Upstate mill church seeks to reverse decades of decay

Sam Lawrence is the pastor at Poe Baptist Church in Greenville. In a sense, he has come home; he was baptized there some 30 years ago. Lawrence says the watchword these days for Poe Baptist is one familiar to... Continue Reading »

Initiative to focus on church planters’ families, marriages; Newsweek article inspires action

In recent months, it is increasingly hard to escape the rash of media focused on ministers and their wives. Mary Winkler, a Tennessee pastor's wife and mother, was convicted of murdering her husband. Ted Haggard, a Colorado mega-church pastor,... Continue Reading »

My Answer – by Billy Graham

Dear Dr. Graham: Which is stronger in your opinion, good or evil? When I read the headlines every day, it looks like evil is winning out, although I?d like to think that good will win in the end. What... Continue Reading »

Hester joins South Carolina WMU staff

Danny Hester began duties as associate over co-ed ministries and mission action for South Carolina Woman's Missionary Union in May.... Continue Reading »

Parish Nursing ministry promotes wellness among congregations

When Paul Bateman, an usher at Earle Street Baptist Church in Greenville, befriended a church member who sat by herself on the back pew, he had no idea of the ministry that would come from his display of kindness.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University’s New Vision wraps up tour

New Vision, Charleston Southern University's contemporary Christian vocal ensemble, completed its weeklong ministry tour through North Carolina and Virginia May 13.... Continue Reading »

Through cancer, Iva woman trusts God’s plans for her life

On Jan. 14, 2005, Jennifer Christenbury learned she had invasive ductile carcinoma ? breast cancer. It was a scary diagnosis for the elementary school teacher, wife and mother of two young children, who was serving as a Mission Friends... Continue Reading »

SBC at a glance: Page re-elected, CP defined in San Antonio

Meeting in San Antonio June 12-13, more than 8,500 messengers to the 150th session of the Southern Baptist Convention elected a South Carolinian to a second term as president, agreed upon a definition of the Cooperative Program, and adopted... Continue Reading »

The Pastor’s Corner – by Danny Burnley

?As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai ... all that were able to go forth to war? (Numbers 1:19-20). . It is on July 4 of each year when we are reminded... Continue Reading »