The Baptist Courier

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 »

"Join God where he is working."That simple premise hasn't changed during the two-decade history of ?Experiencing God,? an interactive Bible study first published in 1990 that taught a radically God-centered way of life. Initially written by Henry Blackaby and... Continue Reading »

This is in response to David Martin's letter in your July 22 issue. He said, ?I believe it is clear who has control.? If that were true, there would have been no need for the article on the problem... Continue Reading »

Chubby guy. Red suit. Red hat. White beard. December? No. But it is Christmas. At least, according to retailers throughout the country. Last year top retail giants like Sears and Target theorized that they could ignite spending by hosting... Continue Reading »