The Baptist Courier

Thatcher Wine has an unusual name. And an unusual job. He populates personal libraries. And he gives new meaning to the phrase, ?You can't know a book by its cover.?... Continue Reading »

A massive earthquake hit northeast Japan the afternoon of March 11, triggering tsunamis throughout the region. A wall of water swept away cars, ships and even buildings after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake. It struck about 250 miles from Tokyo. Death... Continue Reading »

Michael Haykin, professor of church history and biblical spirituality at Southern Baptist Seminary, was the guest speaker March 8 at the Staley Lecture Series on the campus of Charleston Southern University. The event was hosted by the university's religion... Continue Reading »

As the leader of a military wives faith-based support organization and a military wife myself, I?m often asked by women's ministry leaders and churches what they can do to support military wives and their families. You might be unsure... Continue Reading »

Among all the hundreds of places North American Mission Board church-planting missionaries work and minister across the United States and Canada, none is more dangerous than Laredo in south Texas, where Chuy and Maria Avila live and serve.... Continue Reading »

Pakistan's Christian minority spent the weekend paying respect to the man who openly stood for his faith in a nation known for persecuting Christians.... Continue Reading »

Encouraged by her pastor, Sunday school teacher Mary Carter wrote lessons for her class on the parables of Jesus that grew into a recently published book, a ?Layman's (Laywoman's) Study of the Parables of Jesus.?... Continue Reading »

The debate about the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report seems to be veering off course. This is because we suffer from a strain of spiritual attention deficit hyperactive disorder that distorts our vision. Already much of the grapevine... Continue Reading »

Jim Green* has been on his knees for North Africa, praying for the past five years that God would ?rebuild a highway of righteousness from Gibraltar to Jerusalem.? He's been leading the rest of his prayer network of believers... Continue Reading »

For Jared and Lacy Taylor, the fall of 2008 seemed full of promise. They were expecting their first child when their season of blessing seemed to slip through their hands. Without warning, they found themselves in a season of... Continue Reading »

The general drift of Brad Whitt's first-person article in the March 3 edition of The Baptist Courier was offensive and divisive, and contrary to the standards that South Carolina Baptists expect from our state publication. Dr. Whitt criticized many... Continue Reading »

  CP 1.20 percent below previous year’s pace Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 1.20 percent below the same time frame last year. As of Feb. 28,... Continue Reading »