The Baptist Courier

City View First Baptist Church, Greenville, will observe its centennial celebration April 28.... Continue Reading »

Losing a loved one is a traumatic event. Those who are left behind have several things to deal with, such as learning to live with the loss, settling the decedent's estate, etc. Add one more item to the list:... Continue Reading »

God is at work in the former mill town of Pacolet, just outside of Spartanburg. For the last few years, Brown's Chapel Baptist Church has seen how God is breathing new life into the congregation through baptisms, new ministries,... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I don't think we should try to convert people from one religion to another, because, in spite of our different labels, we all worship the same God. We may call Him by different names and have... Continue Reading »

Don Kirkland, retired editor and president of The Baptist Courier, has been named editor emeritus of the state Baptist paper he served for nearly four decades. At their spring meeting March 1, Courier trustees voted unanimously to bestow the... Continue Reading »

Many people are looking for something, or someone, to make a difference in their lives. They try to fill an empty void with possessions, power, money and success. They do not recognize that Jesus is the only one who... Continue Reading »

If Billy Graham has had a profound influence on your life, we want to hear from you. The famed evangelist will turn 95 in November, but he is not finished preaching yet. On his birthday, Nov. 7, thousands of... Continue Reading »

On the eve of the giving of the Law to the nation of Israel, God told the people, through Moses, what He expected of them. Following up on the promises He made to Abraham many years earlier, God reaffirms... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists may access new online church-planting maps for North America's largest, most-influential and least-churched cities.... Continue Reading »

A prominent attorney from Virginia once made a diligent investigation into the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, asking himself the question: Can any intelligent person believe the resurrection story? After examining the evidence thoroughly, he came away asking... Continue Reading »

Randal Lyle knew almost nothing about church revitalization when he joined the staff of Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. His education would be by immersion when a nearby church ? Meadowridge Community Baptist ? came seeking help.... Continue Reading »

?Grow in Godliness? has been the theme for this unit of study in 1 Timothy. The term ?godliness? appears four times in the text for this lesson. In the Greek, this word describes an individual who, because of a... Continue Reading »