The Baptist Courier

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 »

Lois Jane Kilgore started life on this earth just on the next ridge from where she ended it. She came and went in the very same bed (when Granny Kilgore died in 1963, mom got the ancient high-poster bed,... Continue Reading »

Native New Orleanian Fred Luter was elected by acclamation Tuesday, June 19, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

More than 1,500 Southern Baptist volunteers from 59 New Orleans area churches and many others from across the nation shared the Gospel at Crossover, the evangelistic emphasis preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

During Crossover weekend, my wife Melissa and I connected with Crossroads Community Church in Kenner, La., and interim pastor Dan Panter.... Continue Reading »

"The Story Lives On" -- Woman"s Missionary Union"s 2012-13 theme -- took life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, an International Mission Board missionary and others during the opening session of WMU"s June 17-18 meeting in New... Continue Reading »

Bryant Wright has traveled more than 100,000 miles to 16 states and to 10 countries on three continents since his election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June 2010.... Continue Reading »

2012 SBC Annual Meeting Program... Continue Reading »

The long-awaited commentary on Revelation by Paige Patterson for The New American Commentary will be previewed during the Southern Baptist Convention"s June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

American pastors have hiked for hours down the side of a mountain in extreme heat and humidity to reach the village.... Continue Reading »

Former Southern Baptist missionary Wade Watts, who miraculously survived severe brain injuries in a head-on collision in Peru in 1996, died June 6 at his Memphis, Tenn., home.... Continue Reading »