Informing and Inspiring for 150 Years
This summer, The Baptist Courier will celebrate its founding a century and a half ago. We hope you'll take a few minutes to watch this video and learn how it all started — and where we want to go in the future. Also, return to this space to read about key moments in The Courier's history. Thank you for reading The Baptist Courier, and thank you for your prayers and financial support! — Rudy Gray, Editor
Greear reelected as SBC president
North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear was reelected by acclamation to a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area, was nominated by K. Marshall Williams, pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church in Philadelphia. No other candidates were nominated as president. In his first year as SBC president, Greear focused on the "Who's Your One?" evangelism initiative, which calls on believers to pray for and focus their evangelistic efforts on one individual over the course of a year in hope that person may come to know Christ. He also announced a Sexual Abuse Advisory Study, which will present its report to... Continue reading »
SBC supports survivors, embraces diversity
Southern Baptists acted in support of sexual abuse survivors, embraced ethnic and gender diversity and rallied around the Great Commission at their annual meeting June 11-12 in Birmingham, Ala. Messengers strengthened their stance against... Continue reading »
