The Baptist Courier

Registration is open for families to enroll their children in preschool childcare and the children's conference in conjunction with the June 14-15 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix. For all information regarding registration, visit www.sbcannualmeeting.net and click on... Continue Reading »

As consumers in the United States shift increasingly to online banking and bill payment, their electronic financial habits are spilling over into the church. A new study by LifeWay Research found that 14 percent of all American Protestant churches... Continue Reading »

Arlene Harrison Cooper, 66, of Easley, a career international missionary, died April 2, 2011, at her residence.... Continue Reading »

I get around a bit ? okay, quite a bit. I have the safety announcement memorized on two major airlines. I can tell you the way T.S.A. procedures vary from airport to airport. I know the best places to... Continue Reading »

Larry Harrison is convinced that churches can reach outside their walls and reach hundreds for Christ through community block parties and by adopting the practice of intentional evangelism.... Continue Reading »

Robert Wallace Lawson Sr., 90, of Rock Hill, a retired pastor and missionary, died March 19, 2011.... Continue Reading »

Nailing gelatin to the wall may be easier than understanding local church autonomy. It's a Baptist hot button, a valued ideal. Even our definition of the church is qualified by the word ?autonomous.? Historically, we guard our autonomy closely.... Continue Reading »

Charles “Buddy” Freeman CHARLES “BUDDY” FREEMAN of Conover, N.C., recently returned to the administration of North Greenville University. Previously, Freeman served as vice president for admissions, but will now work in the office of university advancement in the role... Continue Reading »

William ?Bill? Henry Lee, 84, of Westminster, a long-serving pastor, died March 5, 2011.... Continue Reading »

Eddie Pettit, commander of the South Carolina Disaster Relief medical unit and member of the SCDR task force, was one of two Baptist Global Response (BGR) leaders meeting in Tokyo last week with Japanese Baptists regarding a Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

Georgia pastor Bryant Wright will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Alabama pastor David Platt announced March 11. Wright, senior pastor of the Atlanta-area Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, will be... Continue Reading »

A young lady approached me with a solemn, somber expression in her brown eyes, trying to hold back the tears, as I left the church auditorium's platform after extending the invitation. ?I have a personal request,? she said in... Continue Reading »