The Baptist Courier

Drew Stables DREW STABLES has been called as student minister of Berea First Baptist Church, Greenville. A native of Charlotte, Stables attended Mars Hill College and Southeastern Seminary. For the past six years, he has served as student minister... Continue Reading »

Joe Donahue lay awake in terror that night. From his sleeping bag on the floor of his parents? trailer, his 8-year-old ears were flooded with the sounds of destruction: His drunken father's screaming, things smashing, breaking and shattering in... Continue Reading »

I have been involved in the local Baptist association for more than 10 years ? in participation and leadership ? and I have seen some good things and some bad things. The local association is facing challenges today. I... 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 »

It is Christmas time! Ironically, Christmas can be the best of times or the worst of times. Many acknowledge that Jesus is the reason for the season, but they realize also that Santa is king at the mall. For... Continue Reading »

When I was a college student in Oxford, Ohio, I knew ?Lottie Moon? only as the name of a local popular bar named after a Confederate spy during the Civil War ? not the missionary whose name our annual... 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 »

To hear pastor Ron Dillon describe how God has worked in the life of First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant, one might think it sounds like a movie script with a happy ending. But in this story of God's providence... Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Chris J. Bowman, 59, of Dillon, former pastor of Latta Baptist Church, Latta, died Nov. 18, 2010 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, N.C.... Continue Reading »