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The revival that drew Larry Thompson to Christ as a 17-year-old continues to influence his ministry long after he left South Carolina for pastorates in four other states.... Continue Reading »

For layman Terry Ballenger, a gratifying result of the revival that broke out in Easley in the early 1970s is hearing the preaching of those who were called into the ministry and how their spiritual gifts have developed over... Continue Reading »

Laura Beth Lewis, a senior from Rocky Mount, N.C., has received the eighth annual Horace B. Sims Jr. Award for excellence in Christian Studies at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »

?It is not about you.? With one simple sentence, Jane Poster, USC Baptist collegiate minister, summed up the central theme to this year's batch of college students commissioned for summer missions service.... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention Church Gifts listed in the April 20 issue of The Baptist Courier (see page 14) were incorrectly dated January 1-December 31, 2005. Gifts that were listed in this issue actually were received January 1-March... Continue Reading »

Barclay Radebaugh's checkbook balance totaled $13. Thirteen dollars left to feed his wife and children. Thirteen dollars to pay a stack of bills.... Continue Reading »

B. Carlisle Driggers, saying 'the time has come for me to announce my retirement,? will step down from his position as executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention on Feb. 28, 2007, after 15 years at the helm... Continue Reading »

As he nears the first-hundred-days mark in his tenure as president of South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging, Richard McLawhorn has proven himself a tireless and tenacious champion for the cause of ministry to retired senior adults.... Continue Reading »

Davis Saunders, a pioneer in Southern Baptist missions work in East Africa and retired regional vice president for Africa at the International Mission Board, died April 2. He was 80.... Continue Reading »

Moses, who was picked for the major role of liberator and lawgiver in God's great drama of deliverance for his Hebrew people out of bondage in Egypt, still has box-office appeal ? and actors generally answer the call to... Continue Reading »

I trust you are reveling in the magnificence of this spring season here in our beautiful state of South Carolina. We must never take our blessings for granted.... Continue Reading »

Jim Gill, director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention music and creative worship group, will be retiring July 1.... Continue Reading »