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7-member panel to seek next SCBC exec

A seven-member committee drawn from the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will lead the search for a successor to Carlisle Driggers, who will step down from the position of executive director-treasurer on Feb. 28.... Continue Reading »

Blind missionary shares her ‘vision’ with a lost world

Kendra Lindsey is legally blind and unable to drive or leave her house alone. Yet her vision for overseas missions is crystal clear.... Continue Reading »

Collegiate missions partnership blooms into spring, summer ministries in Pittsburgh area

Pittsburgh is home to the world champion Steelers, 'terrible towels,? and the same number of college students as in the entire state of South Carolina. After scouting several cities, South Carolina's Baptist Collegiate Ministries have partnered with the Baptist... Continue Reading »

Vision Casting

All of my adult years, I have heard it said that the best time to retire from a position is when the work is going well. If that is indeed true, then my decision to retire as executive director-treasurer... Continue Reading »

God ‘knew I was ready’

Southern Baptist missionary Elsie McCall, 69, admits she gets a little ?restless? from time to time.... Continue Reading »

First Person – with Howard Dayton

Apparently it's never too early to plan for a career, considering the fact that our modern-day public schools often are forcing teens to make key education and career decisions at increasingly earlier ages ? sometimes as early as 6th... Continue Reading »

Churches across Palmetto state hold Easter baptism services

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 »

In community of 300,000: 1,200 to 1,500 Brazilians accept Christ during mission trip

They exalted the Savior, equipped the saints and evangelized the sinner. Then they watched as 1,200 to 1,500 Brazilians prayed to receive Christ as their Savior.... Continue Reading »

Christian Worldview Today

The gospel of Judas, a known Gnostic and totally discredited account of the relationship between Jesus and Judas, is making the rounds in liberal theological circles as if it is the Holy Grail of the 21st century.? The document,... Continue Reading »

Thank you, Jim

I have been a minister of music since 1978, and 20 of these past 28 years have been served as a South Carolina Baptist. Jim Gill has been a leader, mentor, example and friend to me, and I am... Continue Reading »

Faith in Today’s World

Disney phone offers parental controls Now parents who want to give their children the independence associated with carrying a cell phone can also monitor how long the kids talk on them and even who they exchange calls with, thanks... Continue Reading »

Blacksburg artist-minister makes 7th trip ‘back to Africa’

Even though this was Vince Tharpe's seventh trip to Africa, he felt it was a whole new continent.... Continue Reading »