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In observance of its 175th anniversary celebration, members of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Ridge Spring, will conduct worship services under a brush arbor at its original site and learn about hardships endured by its founding members.... Continue Reading »

I am so glad to be able to write to you again. The Baptist Courier is a special means of ministry to all of us in South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

The push for Southern Baptist churches to baptize 1 million people in a year will reach the halfway point at the end of March.... Continue Reading »

Richard McLawhorn Last year, South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging faced the possibility that we would have to end our ministry to the elderly. However, churches all over this state joined together and provided a strong Mother’s Day... Continue Reading »

Plenty of fruits of the Everyone Can initiative are blossoming across the country.... Continue Reading »

Regarding the article in The Baptist Courier about a private prayer language, I must admit that I find this a very unusual practice. I guess you have figured out by now that I’ve never experienced such a thing. I... Continue Reading »

Registration is underway for the 2006 Ministers? Wives? Conference and luncheon, Dorothy Patterson, president of this year's gathering, has announced.... Continue Reading »

I have been a pastor in South Carolina for 28 years. The issues of a private prayer language and speaking in tongues have been divisive and harmful within several of the churches that I have served as pastor. Both... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University is passing along its culture of servanthood to students like sophomore Kristin Addy.... Continue Reading »

Imagine a time when it was virtually unheard of for Southern Baptist volunteers to share the gospel overseas.... Continue Reading »

The March commissioning service at First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, for the North American Mission Board was not the first, but, to date, still may have been the largest.... Continue Reading »

International Mission Board trustees formalized a new process for approving missionary candidates and adopted a formal document explaining trustee responsibilities and relationships during their meeting March 20-22 in Tampa, Fla. Trustees also passed a motion requesting new trustees to... Continue Reading »