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Joy, not sorrow

I am writing today in much joy instead of sorrow, which is where I would be today if The Baptist Courier had not printed the story on my dad's need for a transplant. June 22 will be a month... Continue Reading »

Claude C. White

Claude C. White, 80, of Chesnee, a pastor for nearly 30 years, died June 25.... Continue Reading »

Superman returns

Superman returns just in time for a summer of family fun and flights of fantasy.... Continue Reading »

Thomas Earl Vaughn Sr.

Thomas Earl Vaughn Sr., 85, of Lexington, a pastor and biblical character actor, died June 25 after a short illness resultant of Parkinson's disease and stroke.... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

Prone to blow your stack? Other drivers drive you nuts? Get crazy when someone pulls out in front of you? Feel like pulverizing people who just won't shut off their turn signal and it keeps blinking, blinking, blinking?... Continue Reading »

Charles Walter Kirby

Charles Walter Kirby, 80, of Greer, a retired pastor and prolific volunteer missionary, died March 21.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts

High court allows pro-life plates in two states The United States Supreme Court permitted pro-life license plates in Louisiana and Tennessee by refusing June 26 to accept challenges to those states’ approval of such auto tags. By declining to... Continue Reading »

Thomas William Gossett

Thomas William Gossett, 68, of Cowpens, retired pastor, died March 14.... Continue Reading »

CP contributions, designated gifts ahead of 2005 pace

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 4.31 percent above the same timeframe in 2005.... Continue Reading »

In Your Interest – by Valerie Rumbough

I am married with two children, ages 8 and 10. My wife and I both work to meet expenses. How much life insurance do I need?... Continue Reading »

South Carolina schools can ‘critically analyze’ evolution

Starting this fall, biology teachers in South Carolina will be instructed to 'summarize ways that scientists use data from a variety of sources to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory,? after the state's education leaders unanimously voted... Continue Reading »

New IMB study kit seeks to get Southern Baptists ‘on mission’

Jerry Rankin has a God-sized vision for Southern Baptists: 10,000 churches working hand-in-hand with missionaries to reach a lost world. And now there's a new tool he hopes will help make it happen.... Continue Reading »