The Baptist Courier

FRED KAIGLER began duties as pastor of Denny Terrace Baptist Church, Columbia, on June 1. He and his wife, Pat, have four grown children.   Terry Pleasant TERRY E PLEASANT began duties as senior pastor of Little Mountain Baptist... Continue Reading »

Seth Buckley, minister to students at Spartanburg First Baptist Church for 14 years, has been using LifeWay Christian Resources? 'true Love Waits? materials since the program began in 1993. The Courier asked Buckley, whose youth group averages more than... Continue Reading »

They volunteered to die. The elderly men and women in this famine-wracked West African community knew there was simply not enough food to go around. Unwilling to watch their families starve to death, some made a choice: They would... Continue Reading »

True Love Waits will launch 'true Love Waits 3.0: A Path of Purity? during the National Youth Workers Conference sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources in mid-September.... Continue Reading »

SBC registration secretary Jim Wells has released official registration figures for the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, confirming earlier unofficial results showing a boost in registered messengers compared to 2009. A total of 11,075 messengers were... Continue Reading »

International Mission Board trustees moved toward the future while honoring the past during their July 20-21 meeting in Richmond, Va. Trustees voted unanimously to recommend modifying the IMB's primary ministry assignment to reach people groups globally, including North America,... Continue Reading »

Mitford Baptist Church, Great Falls, baptized seven new members on July 11, and four of the seven made professions of faith as a result of the church’s Vacation Bible School. Pictured from left are (back row) Brandon Boykin, John... Continue Reading »

In 2001, Geoff and Debbie Hammond were gathered in a Richmond area hotel with other members of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (SBCV) staff after a hurricane left their homes without electricity. ?In that hotel, nine years ago,... Continue Reading »

On Aug. 20, the Charleston Southern University campus will come alive with excited and nervous new students and parents. And like every other year, they?ll be greeted with smiles, cold drinks and food in abundance. This year, LifeWay Christian... Continue Reading »

Volunteers from First Baptist Church of Spartanburg first began making mission trips to Bell County, Ky., in 1969, under the leadership of Alastair Walker. Walker, the church's pastor, had formerly served at First Baptist Church of Middlesboro and took... Continue Reading »

Carrying a basket filled with more than 700 stickers bearing the names of unreached people groups, Clark Carter left the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting ready to help take the message of Jesus Christ to the world. Carter, a... Continue Reading »

I want to thank James Shull (?Your Views,? June 24) for suggesting reading ?Why I Left Christian Contemporary Music,? by Dan Lucarini. After reading this book, I (who would be considered traditional) had to take a long look at... Continue Reading »