The Baptist Courier

The 2010 Chaplains Equipping Conference, held Sept. 27-28 at White Oak Conference Center, focused on suicide prevention. Suicide is the 11th-leading cause of death in America, and the third-leading cause of death for youth.... Continue Reading »

Consortium takes stock of Hispanic surge With the tripling of the U.S. Hispanic population since 1980, from 15 million to nearly 47 million today – or 16 percent of the U.S. population – the Southern Baptist Convention Hispanic Consortium... Continue Reading »

Seeing some of the faces and names of 6,426 people groups unreached by the gospel ? like the Warnang of Sudan ? gave college student Kaci Dills a sense of urgency to do something now. While attending a collegiate... Continue Reading »

Proponents of the Word of Faith movement teach a heresy that wrecks the lives of many suffering Christians, evangelist Justin Peters said during a series of lectures at Southwestern Seminary.... Continue Reading »

Loyalty Day at Lake City First Baptist Church on Sept. 19 was a special homecoming. Former members of the church's youth choir from the 1970s came to remember good times and to share some of their favorite songs in... Continue Reading »

Waccamaw Baptist Association Woman's Missionary Union sponsored its first Children's Missions Day Camp on Sept. 11 to emphasize state missions. The event was hosted by North Conway Baptist Church. The theme was ?Opportunity ? Respond!?... Continue Reading »

?Reach London and you will reach the world.? That statement is a motto International Mission Board missionaries live by, according to David Bagwell, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Westminster. He led a vision trip of 15 people from South... Continue Reading »

Tweet JACK HESTER resigned as pastor of Nine Forks Baptist Church, Easley, where he has served the past seven years. He previously served at Powdersville First Baptist Church and retired from the pastorate there in 2002.   Jeff Williams... Continue Reading »

Barker’s Creek Baptist Church, Honea Path, honored member Billy Kline on Aug. 8 for his service in the military. Staff Sgt. Kline, left, is scheduled to return to active duty in the Army and will report to Fort Bragg.... Continue Reading »

A sinful man like me can be justified with God by faith alone ? not by my works, not by my good intentions, and not by my religious activities. Justification by faith alone comprises the very essence of the... Continue Reading »

In November 1997, I was involved in a serious automobile accident that left my right leg severely broken. My condition rendered me nearly immobile and confined to a bed or reclining chair. I required assistance for every activity. As... Continue Reading »

Paul stresses that a believer's life should be a reflection of God's love through Christ and that His love, lived out in us, transforms us into children of light.... Continue Reading »