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In 2000, an Empowering Kingdom Growth futuring group was appointed by Carlisle Driggers, executive director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, to prepare the convention for the second chapter of the EKG emphasis. The group was composed of pastors,... Continue Reading »

After seeing pictures of devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in media reports, a Lancaster physician knew he had to help. He began calling his colleagues and friends and put together a medical team to help the victims in a... Continue Reading »

The residents of one Aiken community have the dates circled on their calendars a year in advance. They can depend on Cornerstone Baptist Church to meet their needs every third Wednesday of each month.... Continue Reading »

Many churches have some literature left over at the end of the month or quarter. North Greenville Association has a use for it.... Continue Reading »

Because of continuing interest in Calvinism and its influence in South Carolina Baptist life, The Baptist Courier ran a five-part series on Calvinism beginning in November, 2000. Many readers contacted us with requests for copies, so we have republished... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter Jr. is featured in a new series of videotaped appeals to churches to increase their giving to the Cooperative Program by 1 percentage point of their budgets.... Continue Reading »

Philip Gunn, second vice chairman of the seminary"s board of trustees, was elected speaker in early January, making him the first Republican to sit as speaker of the house in Mississippi since Reconstruction.... Continue Reading »

It was in the early hours of the morning on Sept. 6 when Pastor Vasili Romanyuk"s phone rang. A group of men backed by local police were demolishing his Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church, housed in a three-story building nestled... Continue Reading »

This is my first time experiencing Chinese New Year like this -- in my parents" homeland and with traditions that go back thousands of years.... Continue Reading »

Welcome to the brand new year of 2012, when good things will happen to you and your church. And it isn't too late for resolutions. If you did make resolutions and have broken them already, you can start again.... Continue Reading »

For those with homes built of mud and livelihoods based on farming, the devastation -- and the time it takes to rebuild -- multiplies exponentially.... Continue Reading »

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney won a plurality of support from evangelicals and pro-life voters during the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, edging out Rick Santorum in each category, according to exit polls.... Continue Reading »