The Baptist Courier

The deadline for completing the biennial SBC Church Compensation Survey has been extended to June 30. More than 12,000 surveys had been completed as of May 21, with the highest number of completed surveys from North Carolina and Alabama.... Continue Reading »

In his first public comments on events that drew a sharp reprimand from trustees of the SBC"s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Richard Land acknowledged June 19 the charges of both plagiarism and "racially insensitive and hurtful remarks" following... Continue Reading »

The food crisis in Africa's Sahel region is expected to remain critical throughout the summer, a United Nations relief official has announced. Southern Baptists are being asked to pray for those who are suffering near starvation and for the... Continue Reading »

June 24 is Mission:Dignity Sunday across the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

In 2005, Jim Goodroe was on a quest. In his position as director of missions for Spartanburg County Baptist Network, he needed to find a replacement pastor for a Cambodian ministry.... Continue Reading »

Life is full of choices. We are constantly making choices ? some significant and life-changing, and some insignificant. The most important choice we will make is about our relationship with Jesus Christ. When we accept His salvation, He wants... Continue Reading »

At times, when Doug Shaw stands on the hill just outside Olympic Park in London, he can barely hear himself think. Construction buzzes and roars in preparation for the Summer Olympic Games, which start July 27. The work's been... Continue Reading »

North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell, at the Send North America luncheon June 19, thanked churches for their Annie Armstrong Easter Offering gifts in 2011 as NAMB leadership cast a vision for every church to be a part... Continue Reading »

?Extremely grateful.? That's what IMB president Tom Elliff is saying about Southern Baptists? gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, which reached $146.8 million last year ? the fourth-highest total in the offering's 123-year history.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention were reminded of the importance of theological education through reports from the convention"s six seminaries during the June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

The crowd of boys is rowdy, respectful, pumped up and sweaty. Nine hundred of them are packed into the Henderson Auditorium at Anderson University on Thursday afternoon of the week-long convocation for the best young leaders in South Carolina.... Continue Reading »

On my bookshelf sits a copy of the B&H Publishing Group classic trade book from 1991, ?Help, There's a Computer in My Church!? Surprisingly, I have yet to be able to convince our leadership team to convert it into... Continue Reading »