The Baptist Courier

“I don’t need to tell you that the Gospel is cross-cultural,” O.S. Hawkins said to students, faculty and staff at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, “because you work and live in a part of the country that contains a... Continue Reading »

Our relationship with God is similar to a marriage or dating relationship.... Continue Reading »

In celebration of October"s National Coming Out Day, mass same-sex "weddings" were held on the steps of the Texas capitol in Austin and at Founders" Plaza in downtown Dallas.... Continue Reading »

Though almost all pastors feel privileged to be in ministry, a majority also experience loneliness and discouragement.... Continue Reading »

Not one Christian church building is left standing in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department.... Continue Reading »

Bryant Wright, Southern Baptist Convention president, and Larry Wynn, NAMB vice president for evangelism, charged the 67 new missionaries and others gathered at the church to be obedient to God"s call.... Continue Reading »

Roma gypsies -- about 200,000 strong in Macedonia -- tend to be a castoff people in every European country they alight in.... 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 »

Smock, one of the oldest International Mission Board missionaries at age 78, was born to a Macedonian couple living in the United States.... Continue Reading »

Money and wealth are not the same.... Continue Reading »

Secret Church events include six hours of in-depth Bible teaching and prayer for the persecuted church led by Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala., and author of The New York Times bestseller Radical.... Continue Reading »

Trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary approved a new student housing project and voted to relocate the school"s South Georgia Extension center during an Oct. 12 meeting.... Continue Reading »