The Baptist Courier

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 1.02 percent below the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief... Continue Reading »

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain caused quite a stir a little over a week ago when he asserted on Fox News Sunday that "local communities" had the right to veto mosques being built in their towns.... Continue Reading »

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 »

After seven months of work, the South Carolina Baptist Convention"s 35-member Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has released its report, which will be considered for adoption by messengers to the SCBC annual meeting Nov. 15-16 in Columbia.... Continue Reading »

Rebuild Haiti, the joint Southern Baptist disaster relief initiative launched in the aftermath of the massive Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, will have built 1,982 houses by the end of November and has 560 more in the pipeline before the... Continue Reading »

A pastor in Iran found guilty of leaving Islam is awaiting the outcome of a judicial investigation into his spiritual background to see if he will be executed or forced to become a Muslim, according to Christian groups with... Continue Reading »

The stream of profanity and nudity on broadcast television could soon become a flood if the Supreme Court finds the Federal Communications Commission"s indecency policy "unconstitutionally vague" during its next session, says the Parents Television Council.... Continue Reading »

In a victory for religious liberty, a California judge July 28 struck from the ballot a San Francisco initiative that, if passed, would have banned circumcision.... Continue Reading »

Women who want to know what men are thinking can look forward to some help from Rebecca St. James.... Continue Reading »

The "27 Club" is not an en vogue New York City venue where the rich and famous gather to party.... Continue Reading »

On a crowded street in Seoul, Korea, David Gill"s life changed when a missionary from the United States did something he didn"t expect -- the man spoke to him.... Continue Reading »

Pastor Mark Becton"s skin cancer surgery five years ago continues to touch lives -- not medically, but spiritually.... Continue Reading »