The Baptist Courier

Excitement is mounting in the Olympic host city of Sochi, Russia, where recently the countdown clock in the central square displayed only 365 days until the Opening Ceremonies of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. Russian dignitaries and Olympic officials... Continue Reading »

Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, probably felt pretty ordinary to most South Carolina Baptists. But I assure you it was anything but that. South Carolina Baptists, by action of the Executive Board, enabled our convention to count the offerings postmarked... Continue Reading »

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 »