The Baptist Courier

In the wake of massive rainfall and extensive flooding caused by Hurricane Tomas as it skirted western Haiti, disaster-weary Haitians are now coping with an increased spread of cholera worsened by bacteria-filled standing water.... Continue Reading »

The challenges and opportunities smaller Southern Baptist churches might embrace to reach their communities with the gospel was the focus of a Small Church and Bivocational Pastors Missional Initiative Dialogue at the North American Mission Board.... Continue Reading »

As a pastor, I am deeply disappointed in the direction of our South Carolina Baptist Convention. I sat through the annual meeting and was frustrated and distressed over the hypocrisy: everyone cheering, saying ?amen,? clapping for missions ? and... Continue Reading »

Our Baptist universities receive only a small percentage of their operating budgets from the South Carolina Baptist Convention, but that amount of support is important. The convention needs the connection to the universities more than the universities need the... Continue Reading »

At last year's Pastors Conference in Jacksonville, Fla., David Platt said that 6 billion people are lost and on their way to hell. I went home with those 6 billion souls on my heart. I looked through a copy... Continue Reading »

My wife and I are transplants from Michigan from more than five years ago. We love Southern hospitality, the slower pace of life and the moderate climate.... Continue Reading »

From Steven Owensby's letter (?Your Views,? Feb. 4), it's obvious that he has never suffered the devastating results of depression. Chronic depression and generalized anxiety disorder are bona fide neurologic diseases that stem from traumatic events, lack of serotonin... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention will close its 2010 financial records at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 30.... Continue Reading »

It has been my privilege to help a number of Southern Baptist churches as a consultant. I have found dedicated servants of God who are deacons in all of those churches. Practically all of these servant leaders have been... Continue Reading »

A crisp November day in South Dakota. Virtus Strenge and his son, Chad, were at home and working around the house when they heard their 17-pound Jack Russell terrier barking furiously outside. More curious than concerned, they went out... Continue Reading »

  CP giving 3.77% below 2009 pace Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are 3.77 percent below the same time frame in 2009. As of Nov. 30, the year-to-date total of $31,991,253.91 for Cooperative Program gifts... Continue Reading »

This is the gist of it: To be free, master yourself. The title of Greer author Gene Bishop's new book is longer: ?No Man Or Woman Is Free Who Has Not Mastered Themselves.?... Continue Reading »