The Baptist Courier

Adam Hensley ADAM HENSLEY has been called as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Springfield. He previously served as senior pastor at Rocky Springs Baptist Church, Aiken, and youth pastor at Capitol City Baptist Church in South Charleston, W.Va.... Continue Reading »

Every Southern Baptist and Canadian National Baptist church in North America will receive a case of New Testaments from the North American Mission Board by early April. The ?Find It Here? New Testaments are part of NAMB's God's Plan... Continue Reading »

Spartanburg County Baptist Network will dedicate its new office space and host an open house for member churches on March 17 from 2-4 p.m.... Continue Reading »

Bill Andrews* has spent his entire life serving others ? his family, friends and his country. Now the Korean War veteran lies in a hospital bed waiting on death, often feeling like a burden to friends, family and the... Continue Reading »

Two 10-year-old boys sneak down the dark path and away from lingering ?adult talk.? They can't wait to rip into the Kits for Kids package some International Mission Board missionaries brought to their migrant camp in Southeast Asia. The... Continue Reading »

The Digital Age is upon us. In the span of less than three decades, we have redefined the way humans communicate, entertain, inform, research, create and connect ? and what we know now is only a hint of what... Continue Reading »

On Thursday, Feb. 7, more than 3,100 excited people departed from Galveston, Texas, aboard the Carnival cruise liner Triumph. It was to be a short cruise to Mexico and back. But after an engine room fire knocked out power,... Continue Reading »

Throughout young Ethan Gilman's captivity and following his rescue Feb. 4, his plight made headlines. The now 6-year-old ? who for days was held hostage by an abductor in an underground bunker in Midland City, Ala. ? has even... Continue Reading »

The Hollywood mogul best known for producing reality television programs is behind a new production of the ultimate ?reality? story ? the Bible. Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey, who played the angel Monica on the hit CBS... Continue Reading »

Call down God's fire or shuffle into irrelevancy ? that's the warning Tom Elliff gave trustees of the International Mission Board during their Feb. 26-27 meeting in Las Vegas. Speaking from 1 Kings 18 (Elijah and the prophets of... Continue Reading »

When Dewey Seale sings the old hymn, ?Amazing Grace,? the words come from deep in his heart as he remembers God's grace has always been sufficient no matter the circumstances. Dewey, with his wife Eloise at his side, served... Continue Reading »

Through February, Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist churches was slightly behind budgeted needs for the year. In the first two months of 2013, churches had forwarded $4,624,608 in CP gifts, $125,392 short of budgeted needs for the... Continue Reading »