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Seminar to help ministers assist with addiction, substance-use disorders

Research has shown that individuals and families suffering with substance-use disorders frequently turn to their church family for help. Too often, however, church leaders don't feel prepared to assist these individuals and families, and don't know the resources available... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern hosts M-Fuge for 13th year

Charleston Southern University hosted more than 3,600 teens this summer in cooperation with LifeWay's M-Fuge camps. M-Fuge combines the experience of a mission trip with the format of summer camp. Students in 7th-12th grades worked in the Charleston area... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

Andre Aganbi and his friends from The Summit Church in Raleigh, N.C., were in New York City this summer on a mission trip. Their days were spent in Bible reading, sharing Christ, and praying on the streets of New... Continue Reading »

Former editor John Roberts dies at 85

The longest-serving editor in the 143-year history of The Baptist Courier has died. John Roberts died Wed., Aug. 15, 2012, at the Rolling Green Village Retirement Community in Greenville following a brief illness. He was 85.... Continue Reading »

Report: 19 Christians killed at Nigerian church

Gunmen armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles surrounded a church in central Nigeria Monday (Aug. 6) and opened fire during a worship service, killing more than a dozen.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Choose your Tweets (& words) carefully

Recent Twitter-related scandals coming out of Britain surely have some in the Twittersphere experiencing what might be called Twitter"s remorse.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: God’s providence after a robbery

In sum, we thought we were going on a culture trip, and, to a great extent, we were -- from the Prado in Madrid to the Alhambra in Granada. But we mainly had a faith trip, a marriage enrichment... Continue Reading »

Dockery: Calvinism has roots in SBC history

Calvinism isn"t a recent phenomenon in Southern Baptist life but instead has deep roots in its history, Union University President David S. Dockery said Saturday (Aug. 4) at a conference on the issue.... Continue Reading »

‘Alpha course’ reaches Britons, immigrants

For the Shaws, the Alpha course offers a structured opportunity to engage Polish speakers in the neighborhood and to begin spiritual discussions.... Continue Reading »

Plant in U.S. to reach the nations, panel says

The influx of foreign-born people into North America gives Southern Baptist churches a unique opportunity to reach the nations, a veteran International Mission Board worker said at the 2012 Send North America Conference.... Continue Reading »

Emil Turner retiring as Arkansas Baptist exec

Emil Turner, executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) since 1996, will retire effective February 2013.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Medical marijuana, an oxymoron

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms, like "larger half" or "jumbo shrimp." The term also applies to the phrase "medical marijuana."... Continue Reading »