The Baptist Courier

LifeWay Research surveyed 7,000 churches in 2008 to discover the principles involved with healthy congregations. Last year, LifeWay's researchers went back into the field to focus on individual believers, asking more than 4,000 people about their spiritual lives and... Continue Reading »

Followers of God face many problems today, but we are encouraged to persevere in our service to the Lord by refusing to compromise our godly convictions, no matter what the cost.... Continue Reading »

Some of you will remember the article I wrote back in January about the partnership principle in ministry. At that time, our church had partnered with Connection Fellowship in our area and a much larger church in the Atlanta... Continue Reading »

Many people today do not want to accept responsibility because it requires commitment, dedication and time. It takes a strong, courageous person to step up and accept responsibility.... Continue Reading »

In the July 19 edition of the Courier, there was a one-and-a-half page article on adoptions (?Panel: Adoption part of the Great Commission? and ? ?Orphanology? author says adoption shouldn't be ?Plan B???) that related thoughts from a panel... Continue Reading »

Florence Josephine ?Jo? Rice McGee, 81, of Spartanburg, who served alongside her husband throughout 43 years of pastoral ministry, died June 3, 2012.... Continue Reading »

My brother Charles recently ran across Jane Poster's article about the first general agents of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, 1866-1878, which outlined the contributions of Dargen, Pope, Morrall and Lamar. We find this of personal interest because our... Continue Reading »

Grace Hinson Watson, 80, of Lyman, died Aug. 4, 2012, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

More than 2,000 church planters, pastors and other Southern Baptist leaders ? triple the number originally predicted ? attended the North American Mission Board's Send North America Conference at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga.... Continue Reading »

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 »

If you are like me, sometimes it is a little difficult to keep a good attitude during presidential election season. I know I have a duty as a citizen and as a believer to participate in the process by... Continue Reading »

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 »