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Kirk Carlisle KIRK CARLISLE began serving Aug. 1 as pastor of New Prospect Baptist Church, Laurens. He formerly served nine years as pastor of Clarendon Baptist Church, Alcolu. Carlisle is a 2004 master-of-divinity graduate of Southeastern Seminary. He and... Continue Reading »

I know a great Christian lady who almost always responds to the question, ?How are you doing?? with these words ?I am blessed and highly favored.? What an attitude. She believes it and lives it. Her home reflects it.... Continue Reading »

LifeWay Research surveyed 7,000 churches in 2008 to discover the principles involved with healthy congregations. Last year, LifeWay's researchers went back into the field to focus on individual believers, asking more than 4,000 people about their spiritual lives and... Continue Reading »

"I have made that, and it's good," said our daughter Lee when I told her about the recipe I have for you this week. I had never cooked this. Apparently the writer of Ecclesiastes was correct: "There is nothing... Continue Reading »

Some of you will remember the article I wrote back in January about the partnership principle in ministry. At that time, our church had partnered with Connection Fellowship in our area and a much larger church in the Atlanta... Continue Reading »

Florence Josephine ?Jo? Rice McGee, 81, of Spartanburg, who served alongside her husband throughout 43 years of pastoral ministry, died June 3, 2012.... Continue Reading »

I always will have a tender spot in my heart for Kenya and its people. For four years, the South Carolina Baptist Convention had a missions partnership with the Baptists in that African nation. In the summer of 1996... Continue Reading »

Grace Hinson Watson, 80, of Lyman, died Aug. 4, 2012, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

In the July 19 edition of the Courier, there was a one-and-a-half page article on adoptions (?Panel: Adoption part of the Great Commission? and ? ?Orphanology? author says adoption shouldn't be ?Plan B???) that related thoughts from a panel... Continue Reading »

Research has shown that individuals and families suffering with substance-use disorders frequently turn to their church family for help. Too often, however, church leaders don't feel prepared to assist these individuals and families, and don't know the resources available... Continue Reading »

My brother Charles recently ran across Jane Poster's article about the first general agents of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, 1866-1878, which outlined the contributions of Dargen, Pope, Morrall and Lamar. We find this of personal interest because our... Continue Reading »

Here's a fresh and simple way to invite school teachers and staff to your church. Honor those important community leaders by planning a ?Meet the Teacher? Sunday during the first month of school.... Continue Reading »