The Baptist Courier

Two more countries -- Turkey and Tajikistan -- are worthy of inclusion on a list of the world"s worst violators of religious liberty, a congressionally approved watchdog on the issue has recommended.... Continue Reading »

Family and friends gather around the International Mission Board"s newest missionaries to pray for them during a special service March 21 at Trinity Baptist Church in Lake Charles, La., where 61 new missionaries were appointed.... Continue Reading »

"October Baby" is an unexpected film which takes viewers through one of life"s most vulnerable times, leaving them alternately holding their heart and grabbing for tissues... Continue Reading »

The week will include an unheard-of five hours of oral arguments for and against the Obama Administration"s effort to forever change how Americans receive their healthcare.... Continue Reading »

>Michigan provides almost no oversight of the 32 abortion clinics in the state, a leader of Right to Life of Michigan has testified in a state Senate subcommittee hearing.<... Continue Reading »

>Garvon Golden, a longtime leader in the Dakota Baptist Convention, has become its executive director/treasurer.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist missionaries in West Africa are asking Christians to pray for Mali after an apparent military coup toppled the country"s government March 22.... Continue Reading »

If we are to navigate ourselves out of the political and ideological morass we now find ourselves in, it will require more speech, not less.... Continue Reading »

The film is a slick production calling for an end to the Ugandan rebel movement and its leader Joseph Kony, who has conscripted more than 30,000 children in the last 26 years to fight for his cause.... Continue Reading »

Syrians were complacent for a long time -- at least that"s how one person familiar with the war-torn Mideast country described its people.... Continue Reading »

Retired U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains (Major General) Douglas L. Carver has been appointed executive director of chaplain services for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in Alpharetta, Ga., with the goal of taking Southern Baptist chaplaincy to a... Continue Reading »

"For more than 20 years now, we have had two signs up at the border -- one says "No Trespassing" and the other says "Help Wanted,"" Land told 80 ministry leaders and concerned citizens attending sessions on Alabama"s new... Continue Reading »