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A Spartanburg-area pastor will be nominated to serve as president of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors Conference. Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, told The Courier Feb. 29 that he intends to nominate... Continue Reading »
Eleven speakers, including an Anderson pastor, will join worship leader Charles Billingsley on stage for the 2024 Pastors Conference June 9-10 preceding the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. Stephen Rummage, senior pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma... Continue Reading »
A five-member team of South Carolina Baptists has returned from a trip to Spain, where they explored ways that churches can partner with international missions workers there. The 10-day venture in February — coordinated by Jamie Rogers, missions strategist... Continue Reading »
Late last year, I enjoyed casual conversation at an SCBaptist association’s monthly pastor gathering. We discussed Baptist doctrine, organization, mission, and funding. Several in the room asked for help with a practical strategy for funding our shared mission work... Continue Reading »
The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution (Thomas Nelson) by R. Albert Mohler Jr. “Our Father, who art in heaven … .” The opening words of the Lord’s Prayer have... Continue Reading »
Brian Saxon, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Lancaster, will begin duties May 15 as team leader for South Carolina Baptists’ new Shepherd Team. “This new Shepherd Team will come alongside pastors in the Palmetto State to strengthen and... Continue Reading »
It is important to have regular and disciplined prayer But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will... Continue Reading »
Prayerlessness is a lack of faith in Christ “I will lift my eyes to the hills — from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Ps. 121:1-2, NKJV). Any time you... Continue Reading »
God commands that we pray John Calvin wrote some profound words about prayer: “It is very important for us to call upon him: First, that our hearts may be fired with a zealous and burning desire ever to seek,... Continue Reading »
Jesus not only taught us to pray — He commands it We long for revolution. Something within us cries out that the world is horribly broken and must be fixed. For centuries, the word “revolution” was scarcely heard, buried... Continue Reading »
Pray and leave the results to God’s wisdom In 1990, country music mega-star Garth Brooks released a song that, like many of his records in those days, quickly ascended the charts to number one, a song that, wittingly or... Continue Reading »
Anyone who has been around me for more than one day probably knows this: I love baseball. My wife would say that’s an understatement. It’s been a lifelong flame that still burns bright but is also an agent God... Continue Reading »
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