The Baptist Courier

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum once again rode the support of self-identified evangelical/born again voters to a pair of momentum-building victories Tuesday, but Mitt Romney still walked away with the most delegates, thanks to a pair of Pacific island... Continue Reading »

When Nobuko Tanno closes her eyes, she sees tsunami waves rushing in and destroying her village along Japan's northeastern coastline. She sees cars floating and houses coming off foundations. She hears the roar of the water and desperate cries... Continue Reading »

Grace Baptist Church in Una (near Spartanburg) stands at a crossroads. For about eight years, the people of Grace Church and Renacer Baptist Church, an Hispanic congregation, have been worshiping at Grace Church's campus ? Grace's members in the... Continue Reading »

The Occupy Wall Street movement finds its basis in a core belief that 'the richest 1% of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future? (see occupywallst.org/about). While the protestors would,... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,122,100.78, or 5.32 percent, above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 1.53 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame... Continue Reading »

I want to thank all of you for the expressions of sorrow over the loss of my North Greenville College ring that I wrote about in my last article, 'the Hard Way.? I have also learned a couple of... Continue Reading »

Charles Westbrook, pastor of Saluda River Baptist Church in West Columbia, has published an e-book, 'the Quest for Spiritual Growth: Growing a Life Designed for Strength.?... Continue Reading »

I see that a suggestion for the name change of our denomination has been offered. I am trying to be charitable here, but it is both unwieldy and confusing; it looks like something designed by a committee.... Continue Reading »

Some in the Southern Baptist Convention want to change the name 'southern Baptist? to something else. I would like to know why. It's always been 'southern Baptist,? and I would hope and pray that it will stay that way.... Continue Reading »

I am 81, proud to be a born-again Christian, and proud to be a Southern lady. They can change the name; I?ll still be a Southern Baptist.... Continue Reading »

The editor's Commentary on March 1, ?It's Not Too Much to Ask,? suggests that seminaries should be willing to take fewer Cooperative Program dollars in order for more dollars to reach the unreached. While it may not be too... Continue Reading »

A correct exegesis of Genesis 1-3, along with teaching basic creation apologetics, is vital in order to defend the authority of the Bible. World-class Hebrew scholars admit that Genesis 1 and following is historical narrative and that the author... Continue Reading »