The Baptist Courier

Messengers to the 14th session of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention annual meeting approved a $26.2 million budget; passed resolutions ranging from the personhood of the unborn to biblical gender roles; and elected Mesquite pastor Terry Turner as... Continue Reading »

For the first time in a decade, two candidates ran for president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, with Statesboro pastor John Waters garnering 749 votes over Tifton pastor Fred Evers" 656.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey celebrated the theme "Forward in Faith," based on Hebrews 10:38-39, and appointed a task force to evaluate the convention"s future.... Continue Reading »

Campbellsville University will make its second straight appearance in the Victory Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Christian College Athletic Association, when the Crusaders host Greenville College Saturday at Finley Stadium.... Continue Reading »

In the sexual abuse scandal still unfolding at Penn State University, we are once again confronted with the stark, uncomfortable reality of the deep, dark depravity of human nature.... Continue Reading »

After numerous mission trips, I have seen how traveling to foreign cultures can yield a new perspective by immersing yourself in a culture -- sleeping where the people sleep, playing where they play and eating like they eat.... Continue Reading »

Aid workers in the Horn of Africa famine make difficult life-and-death decisions every day. Follow one couple as they work through these questions: How do you decide who lives and who dies? Who gets t... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention"s annual meeting adopted a resolution opposing a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Eight months after unanimously electing Tom Elliff as "God"s man" to lead Southern Baptists" global missions efforts, IMB trustees officially inaugurated him as the mission board"s 11th leader.... Continue Reading »

EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention will be Dec. 4-11 with the theme of “His heart, His hands, His voice — I am Southern Baptist missions” from Acts 1:8. Each... Continue Reading »

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has asked President Obama to address Indonesia"s growing struggle with religious intolerance when he visits the nation for the East Asia Summit Nov. 19.... Continue Reading »

>Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Thomas J. Nettles was given a festschrift Nov. 10 at a seminary event, honoring a 35-year teaching career that helped influence the Southern Baptist Convention"s conservative resurgence.... Continue Reading »