The Baptist Courier

Much is being said these days about the intentional interim pastor. The phrase refers to an experienced minister who has had special training and is called to a church to serve temporarily during the ?in-between-pastors? period of the congregation's... Continue Reading »

On the first of July, members of South Main Street Baptist Church in Greenwood experienced a few other firsts in the grassy field behind the church building. Never before had there been a service designed specifically for the people... Continue Reading »

Missionary Ed Engle puts his life in God's hands as he begins his journey up the mountain to El Coche, a slum in Caracas, Venezuela. On the way, a man calls out and runs toward him, a nearly toothless... Continue Reading »

In a roll call Tuesday (July 31), the House voted 220-154 for the District of Columbia Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for passage.... Continue Reading »

When I received my July 5 Baptist Courier, I was pleased to see that the convention had elected pastor Fred Luter as president. I hope that we all realize that any kind of prejudice is sin, and the only... Continue Reading »

He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else. In Jeremiah chapter 1, God called Jeremiah before he was even born. God had a plan for him from the beginning. When God confronted him, however,... Continue Reading »

Grueling cancer treatment didn"t stop Byong Do Jang from living out his call to minister in East Asia.... Continue Reading »

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Conference of the Deaf would like to publicly thank Tim Rice of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and Vesta Sauter, Cameron and Meghan House of the International Mission Board for an... Continue Reading »

The people of Israel had strayed away from the Lord again, and God allowed the Philistines to conquer and oppress them for 40 years. One day, God sent an angel to a barren woman to tell her she was... Continue Reading »

While nearly half (45 percent) of Americans log in to their Facebook accounts at least a few times a week, fewer than 1-in-10 Americans report following a religious or spiritual leader on Twitter or Facebook (5 percent) or joining... Continue Reading »

On July 22, our church wrapped up a week-long evangelistic effort with a praise and testimony service of all that God did throughout the campaign. Project SOS (Servants of the Savior) was a mission trip conducted right here at... Continue Reading »

This lesson is about joining God in His concern for the moral and spiritual condition of people. People who reject God and live sinful lives deceive themselves by thinking there will be no consequences. The people of Judah knew... Continue Reading »