The Baptist Courier

This is the first article that R. Albert Mohler Jr. plans to write on denials by some scholars of an historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and as the solitary first human pair.... Continue Reading »

The Auburn football team took a break from practice and team meetings for a screening of "Courageous," the new movie from Sherwood Pictures, releasing Sept. 30.... Continue Reading »

With both anticipation and nostalgia I listened to Bryant Wright, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, tell how he and Tom Elliff, the International Mission Board"s new president, each had been led by the Spirit of God to challenge... Continue Reading »

Today"s BP Ledger includes items from:
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Union University
Compass Direct News Service
World News Service
American Center for Law and Justice
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Israel Ministry of Tourism

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRISONERS IN CHINA... Continue Reading »

Brandy, a rising seventh-grader, approached flag football camp in a black t-shirt that matched her disposition. She wasn't confident that she would fit into the afternoon camp, sponsored by First Church, Williston, N.D., and organized by 13 men from... Continue Reading »

Ocielia Gibson impressed judges at the Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant 2011 when asked how the nation could improve the high school graduation and college entry rates of African Americans.... Continue Reading »

With Southern Baptist famine relief efforts gearing up in the Horn of Africa, support for those efforts is being mobilized with the posting of a downloadable multimedia slideshow on the crisis.... Continue Reading »

Encounters at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally between 160 evangelistic volunteers and 4,800-plus biker enthusiasts led to 539 professions of faith in Jesus Christ over an eight-day period at the famed event.... Continue Reading »

A retired Tulsa police officer persuaded a suicidal man against taking his own life in mid-August by talking about his Christian faith. He also prayed with the distraught man.... Continue Reading »

While tens of thousands of young Brits rioted in the streets of England"s cities, thousands of refugees at a camp in Somalia"s capital Mogadishu rioted, fearing food meant for distribution was being stolen by government troops.... Continue Reading »

Pastors, ministers of education, state executives, deacons and Sunday School teachers traveled to the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains for the sessions at the LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center.... Continue Reading »

Rebecca Millsapp* balked at returning to the mission field in 2006.... Continue Reading »