The Baptist Courier

Nick Dean and Daniel Cernero have been named first-place winners in the 2011 Baptist Press Excellence in Journalism Competition for collegiate communications students.... Continue Reading »

The protest was part of an ongoing effort to overturn the city"s ban against religious groups" use of public schools for worship services, scheduled to go into effect on Feb. 12.... Continue Reading »

If the First Amendment can be interpreted in such fashion as to restrict the very liberty it is intended to protect, then no freedoms are safe.... Continue Reading »

Four years before Send North America was launched by the North American Mission Board to mobilize churches and local associations to plant and support new churches in underserved parts of the United States, Todd Unzicker was down in the... Continue Reading »

Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia nearly doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches a key factor in the plight of the nation"s religious minority.... Continue Reading »

An evangelical Christian church has been told by New York City officials that it can no longer rent a community room in a federally funded housing project named after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.... Continue Reading »

This week"s Bible study is adapted from the Bible Studies for Life curriculum. Bible Passages: Ephesians 5:1-5,8-12,15-16... Continue Reading »

This sets the stage for the courts to make some determinative statement on same-sex marriage within the next several months -- a decision that will go a long way toward setting the direction of the larger culture.... Continue Reading »

Members of Sandy Lake Road Baptist Church realized last spring that their mission had been fulfilled. After 45 years of ministry, they closed the church doors.... Continue Reading »

Several students from South Carolina recently received graduate and postgraduate degrees from Southeastern Seminary.... Continue Reading »

The article in the Courier in which some attempted to sell the idea of dropping the word 'southern? from the name of our denomination ('sBC name-change task force reaches decision,? Dec. 22) did nothing to change the minds of... Continue Reading »

We live in a sensual world. Music, culture, movies and television all call us to be preoccupied with sensual gratification. This preoccupation becomes a master that demands our self satisfaction regardless of the cost, personal or relational. It causes... Continue Reading »