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‘Any size church’ can partner to reach NYC

Pastored for the last 15 years by Danny Wood, Shades Mountain Baptist is spearheading New York City area church planting under NAMB"s Send North America initiative.... Continue Reading »

ANALYSIS: China’s barbaric one-child policy

Calling on the voices of women who have experienced firsthand the ongoing population-control efforts inside China, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on global health and human rights sought to spotlight and help bring to an end the human... Continue Reading »

CHRISTIAN APPS OF THE MONTH: Pro-family organizations

Sponsored by ADF, a Christian legal organization that defends religious freedom around the United States and the world, the app allows users to stay up-to-date on the latest news regarding the defense of religious liberty, the sanctify of life... Continue Reading »

TECHNOLOGY: 5 ways tablets will change church & ministry

Let"s look at five ways tablets are going to be changing your church and ministry in the coming years.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Just say ‘no’ to abstinence, our gov’t (sadly) says

In July a bipartisan group of 40 House members delivered a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee lamenting the fact that abstinence-only sex education programs have lost federal support.... Continue Reading »

S.C. pastor to serve on task force to study possible SBC name change

The pastor of the oldest church in the Southern Baptist Convention ? First Baptist Church, Charleston ? said he will 'serve with an open mind and a prayerful heart? on a task force charged with studying the prospect of... Continue Reading »

No rate increase for Courier subscribers

For the second consecutive year, readers of The Baptist Courier will not see a subscription rate increase for their state denominational newspaper.... Continue Reading »

Camden church mobilizes to bring ‘Courageous’ to Camden theater

The movie, ?Courageous: Honor Begins at Home,? is slated to open Sept. 30 in theaters nationwide. But when members of First Church, Camden, discovered that their local theater could not show it on opening weekend, they contacted the movie's... Continue Reading »

‘Jesus people’ act on hunger, SBC leaders say

When Southern Baptists observe their annual World Hunger Sunday, Oct. 9, they will be called to demonstrate the love of Jesus, several key Southern Baptist leaders said.... Continue Reading »

World Hunger Sunday resources

Churches and other groups who want to engage hunger issues have a variety of resources available to them. A new item for 2011 is World Hunger 101, a two-hour church-wide event that explores the issue of world hunger.... Continue Reading »

Servant leaders deserve our appreciation

While quickly moving up the engineering ranks of a major American corporation, God intervened in the life of Boyce Whitman and his wife Doris by calling Boyce to become a bivocational pastor.... Continue Reading »

Immeasurably More: Running in Circles

Americans are avid motor sports fans! We enjoy watching people run in circles. What's more, we maximize the thrill by pushing the speed envelope. No matter how fast you accelerate, however, you?re still just running in circles. Harder and... Continue Reading »