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CP: 1.07% below last year’s pace Year-to-date contributions through the SBC’s Cooperative Program are 1.08 percent below the same time frame in 2005. As of Feb. 28, the year-to-date total of $82,116,153 for CP missions is $891,885 under the... Continue Reading »

Push against conversions considered evidence of gospel’s success in India

A new campaign against the conversion of Hindus to Christianity is ?evidence of success? for the spread of the gospel in India, a Christian worker there says.... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for March 23, 2006

Dan Messer DAN MESSER has been called by Locust Hill Baptist Church, Travelers Rest, to serve as minister to senior adults. Messer also serves as the director of Hispanic ministries for Greenville Baptist Association.          ... Continue Reading »

Faith in Today’s World

Pat Boone wins lifetime achievement award Pat Boone Recording artist Pat Boone, 73, was given a lifetime achievement award at the 14th annual Movieguide Faith and Values Awards. The awards are the brainchild of Christian movie critic Ted Baehr,... Continue Reading »

In New Orleans: Billy Graham eases suffering, says sermon probably last that he will ‘ever preach’

In what he called his last sermon, Billy Graham voiced a message of thanks and encouragement during the March 11-12 ?Celebration of Hope? at the New Orleans Arena.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for March 23, 2006

River Street Baptist Church, Anderson, broke ground in September 1976 for its current sanctuary and dedicated it in May 1977. A campaign was begun to pay off the debt, with a target date of May 8, 2005. The church... Continue Reading »

Commentary

One of my favorite songs by the Canadian artist, Anne Murray, has a haunting quality to it, continuing to play sadly on the mind even when it has ended. It recalls the deep longing of the heart to restore... Continue Reading »

Shull receives Order of Palmetto, other honors

In recognition of 50 years of ministry and community service, Lonnie Shull was awarded The Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest civilian honor.... Continue Reading »

Viewpoint – with Peter Beck

Webster's dictionary defines 'theology? as 'the study of the religious faith, practice and experience.? Generally speaking, theology is God (theo) talk (logy). We are ?doing? theology when we talk about God.... Continue Reading »

First Person – with Howard Dayton

If you?re a new widow or widower, chances are your emotions are raw, and the last thing you want to focus on is your finances. But after the will is read, there are some things that are essential for... Continue Reading »

An Encouraging Word

I am so grateful for this opportunity to write to you in each edition of The Baptist Courier. We are a diverse and very large group of cooperating Southern Baptists who, though separated by many miles, share a common... Continue Reading »

Christian Worldview Today

The question of how Christians should engage the age in which they live has made for lively debate, especially in the last 50 years or so.?We know we must encounter the culture with the gospel, but how do we... Continue Reading »