The Baptist Courier

W. Lindsay Smith III, 96, of Greenville, an organist and college professor who trained scores of church musicians, died Oct. 2, 2012.... Continue Reading »

Her face was drawn, sallow and dirty. She was standing quietly in a line outside the local mission with her siblings, hoping for a piece of bread, a cup of soup and maybe something to drink. Beyond the glazed... Continue Reading »

Lower Fairforest Baptist Church, Union, celebrated its 250th anniversary during homecoming services Aug. 26.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary"s trustees approved a new strategic plan and voted to form a task force to review the seminary"s administrative structure during their Oct. 9 meeting at the Louisville, Ky., campus.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist Convention president Brad Atkins has announced his appointments to the 2013 Committee on Committees. The Committee on Committees will consider and present for approval nominees to the convention's standing committees at next year's annual meeting, to... Continue Reading »

Abram was getting older and he was concerned that he had no son to inherit his possessions. God had promised that he would be the father of a great nation, and he felt like time was running out for... Continue Reading »

The Office of Public Policy is looking forward to improved methods for keeping churches informed on the issues that matter most to Christians in today's culture. Thanks to a gracious ministry gift given by Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company,... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary"s new Bevin Center for Missions Mobilization officially opened Oct. 9 during the seminary"s Heritage Week.... Continue Reading »

Nearly 90 percent of pastors believe they should not endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit, according to a recent survey by LifeWay Research. The survey also revealed that 44 percent of pastors personally endorsed candidates, but did... Continue Reading »

Although Christians in many places throughout the world are persecuted for their faith, that rarely is the case for those of us in America. Here, we are more likely to think of suffering as what we give up as... Continue Reading »

Many times when we begin to think about the Great Commission, there are thoughts that enter our minds. For those of us who can remember what life was like before HD projectors, retractable screens, and computer-generated multimedia presentations, we... Continue Reading »

If you are looking for a hunger ministry to support, I encourage you to give to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.... Continue Reading »