The Baptist Courier

If a crowd of children were coming to your home for an Easter egg hunt, would you just give each child a carton of raw eggs as they arrived? Of course not! You?d boil and color eggs, decorate, prepare... 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 »

John W. Keith JOHN W. KEITH has been called as pastor of Abbeville First Baptist Church. He began his duties in December 2011. Keith received his B.A. degree from Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky.; his master of divinity degree... Continue Reading »

A total of 230 people attended the first-ever South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief Apprentice Response Readiness training event Saturday, Jan. 28, at Brookwood Church in Simpsonville.... 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 »

On Feb. 22, a signing ceremony was held for a partnership between ?Creation Kidz? creator and author Joy Brown and North Greenville University. The school's art, mass communication, and theatre departments will provide the creative talents to bring ?Creation... Continue Reading »

Far off the beaten path in the mountains of an East Asian nation, believers in a house church find God's faithfulness in budding coffee crops and healthy animals. Zhe Wang Hu* is one of these believers, praying for his... 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 »

On Feb. 19, First Baptist Church of Hilton Head Island celebrated its 50th anniversary as the first Southern Baptist church on the island.... Continue Reading »

Uraj experiments awkwardly with the hand-propelled tricycle. ?His grip is good. He?ll be sore tomorrow, but he?ll get the hang of this,? says Bruce Burk, a Christian worker in Nepal who designed the trike after seeing how difficult it... 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 »

Children's Ministry Day is an opportunity to get the children of Sherwood Baptist Church, Lancaster, involved in missions. Recently ? the children gathered at the church early on a Saturday morning, ready to do a project. Some were not... Continue Reading »