The Baptist Courier

Harley Cannon, being blind, doesn't read music. But that doesn't stop him from playing a crazy clavichord or a mean trumpet.... Continue Reading »

The Georgia Baptist Convention experienced its most dramatic staff reduction ever Jan. 27 and Jan. 30 as 16 employees and two vacant positions were eliminated in the latest round of downsizing. Staffing has now been cut 26 percent since... Continue Reading »

Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Kershaw is compiling a history to commemorate our 100th birthday in 2012. We are seeking assistance from South Carolina Baptists in gathering information and photos of pastors and interim pastors who have served our... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention Youth Choir Festival is returning after a 10-year hiatus. The one-day event will be held March 10 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo.... Continue Reading »

My mother has always possessed a very special way of teaching biblical truth. It was not by what she said as much as it was by the things that she did.... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.02 percent above the year-to-date budgeted goal and are less than 1 percent (0.82 percent) behind contributions received during the same... Continue Reading »

You can tell a lot about a community from the inside of a barbershop. Just about everyone, at some time or another, needs a haircut. Yet of all the patrons at the beauty and barbershop operated by Sean and... Continue Reading »

Faced with spiritual forces in their own living room, the Yorks had no recourse other than prayer.... Continue Reading »

Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., spoke to the Florida Baptist Witness about his church"s new movie "Courageous" during a visit to the Pastors" Conference at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville.... Continue Reading »

Burk and his wife Sherri want to help the disabled find dignity and independence. With a grant from Baptist Global Response, the Burks opened a welding shop called Hope Haven in Dharan, Nepal, to build tricycles especially designed for... Continue Reading »

The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has joined in an effort to strengthen a South Carolina law against cockfighting. Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, appears in a new video produced by the Palmetto Family... Continue Reading »

February sometimes is called the "month of love," with Valentine"s week especially being a time when people not only send cards and gifts to loved ones, but also when families and churches give special attention to the meaning of... Continue Reading »