The Baptist Courier

?Amazing Wonders: Encountering God's Awesome Power? (LifeWay Christian Resource's theme for Vacation Bible School 2012) has become a reality for Victory Baptist Church in Walker, La. The church was birthed amid the devastation and rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina, which... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board is providing a one-time deposit of $1,200 into the retirement accounts of Southern Baptist church planters who have joined its Send North America Support Network. NAMB will provide a one-time contribution to planters who... Continue Reading »

?I?m trusting God with my situation,? a Christian in the midst of suffering may say. ?Amen!? another may respond. ?Aren't you worried at all?? a third person may ask. ?Well, sort of,? the first person may answer. ?I wish... Continue Reading »

There are three well-established facts regarding Christianity and college students that ought to capture the attention of any gospel-loving pastor: 1) college is a time of unprecedented openness to all things, including the gospel; 2) many of the great... Continue Reading »

Drops of dried blood lead like bread crumbs up three flights of stairs to a shrapnel-shredded apartment, perhaps 40 yards from the site of a car bombing that killed Lebanon"s top intelligence chief Oct. 19 -- and threatened to... Continue Reading »

PHILLIP LATTA is retiring from the pastorate of First Baptist Church, Hemingway, at the end of October after more than 35 years in the ministry. Latta has served as pastor of churches in North and South Carolina. He previously... Continue Reading »

The Jewish religious leaders commanded Peter and John not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. They had boldly replied that they could not help but speak about what they had seen and heard. Peter and John... Continue Reading »

As I am writing my next-to-last article, I am waiting to preside over my sixth wedding rehearsal this year. Each of these weddings has been a blessing to me, but I must confess that the one I will be... Continue Reading »

"One of the greatest things you can do is to become a missiologist in your community and a mission strategist for your people," Floyd, pastor of Cross Church, Northwest Arkansas, said in a discussion with Southern Seminary"s president, R.... Continue Reading »

Members of a Marion church say they want to return America to the “moral character [of its] forefathers.” Darrell Floyd, pastor of Reedy Creek Baptist Church, told the Marion Star and Mullins Enterprise that a church service held in... Continue Reading »

?Me first? seems to be the mantra for many people's lives today. They not only have to be the first to buy the latest smartphone, but they also will cut in front of others on the interstate to be... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University has been named to America's 100 Best College Buys for the eighth consecutive year and America's Best Christian Colleges for the 14th consecutive year.... Continue Reading »