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 »

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 »

In a June 15 letter, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, joined the United Methodist Church"s Jim Winkler in asking congressional leaders to oppose a bill that would exempt many cigars from control... 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 »

As a pastor since the early 1980s, I have reaped the benefits of men and women who stood for the Word, refused to compromise, and proclaimed the truth that my home church had taught me.... Continue Reading »

The event was one of 38 block parties hosted by Southern Baptist churches around metro New Orleans during Crossover 2012.... Continue Reading »

Dave Miller, pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting Tuesday-Wednesday, according to an Alabama pastor.... 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 »

>Messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans might notice fewer leaders in suits again this year, Bryant Wright, the convention"s president, said.... Continue Reading »