The Baptist Courier

BP Ledger carries items for reader information each Monday from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources.... Continue Reading »

A Lutheran church body that regards the office of the Roman Catholic papacy as the Antichrist found itself thrust into a national spotlight after the departure of Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann from one of its churches.... Continue Reading »

The U.S. Supreme Court"s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught most conservative Christians unprepared and unaware.... Continue Reading »

Catholic University made headlines recently when officials announced the school was abandoning coed dormitories.... Continue Reading »

Twenty state Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams are now deployed in Minot, N.D., or en route -- eager to assist the thousands of flood victims in this north central North Dakota city of 41,000.... Continue Reading »

John Revell, editor of SBC Life, is resigning to become pastor of a church in Connecticut.... Continue Reading »

Contrary to popular belief, atheism is not the norm for people with higher education, new research shows.

Education does not push people away from God, it just makes them more likely to accept a liberal attitude toward religion, reported USA... Continue Reading »

The nomination to a federal appeals court of former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six, whose confirmation was opposed by pro-life organizations, has come to a halt in the Senate Judiciary Committee.... Continue Reading »

American Protestant pastors have widely varying standards for when they will and will not perform wedding ceremonies, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

Making their way to the dining hall, they crowded behind the thin glass of the windowpanes, a cloud of different colors and dialects -- fitting for a project based in the Republic of South Africa, a self-described "Rainbow Nation."... Continue Reading »

It"s not her sense of humor, and the way she introduces herself as Julia Roberts instead of Julia October, her actual last name. It"s not even the fact that she"s sick, diagnosed with autoimmune disease lupus since she was... Continue Reading »

Parents who long for wholesome television they can watch with their children have a chance to grab broadcasters" attention with the next installment of Family Movie Night August 6, and the only tool they need is their remote.... Continue Reading »