The Baptist Courier

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 »

And here is your question for the day. Again. What will it take for the largest Protestant denomination in North America to move from decline to recovery to growth?... Continue Reading »

When a couple begins to pray about having children, there is always a sense of apprehension and anticipation as to the question of will they be blessed with a son or a daughter. We had been blessed with Annie... Continue Reading »

A friend of mine recently referred to his missionary dad as his ?hero.? As I creep into the back half of my 40s, being a hero to my kids holds more allure, and the legacy of my life seems... Continue Reading »

'to each his own? seems to be a term synonymous with today's society. It comes from the Latin, suum cuique pulchrum est, which means, 'to each his own is beautiful.? There is another saying: ?Beauty is in the eye... Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones created a buzz when she told the world on an HBO talk show that at 29 she's a Christian, and a virgin, and she is delaying sex until marriage.... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,909,539, or 3.96 percent, above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 1.08 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame... Continue Reading »

Well-versed in living a "fishbowl" experience, Pam Tebow, mother of NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and a former missionary to the Philippines, joined Jeannie Elliff, wife of the International Mission Board"s president, for the Pastors" Wives Conference June 18 prior... Continue Reading »

Stories of faith from behind prison bars, in lives of at-risk youth, through the work of missionaries and church planters nationally and internationally, as well as the dedication of missions-minded women across the nation, affirmed during the WMU Missions... Continue Reading »

GuideStone is offering a presentation at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday (June 20) in New Orleans to detail what can be done to lessen the risks of abuse within churches.... Continue Reading »