The Baptist Courier

IMB trustees plan for interim presidency International Mission Board trustees meeting in Chicago May 4-5 made plans for an interim presidency if no candidate for president has been voted into office by July 31. If no candidate is brought... Continue Reading »

Bryan Cribb has joined the faculty of Anderson University as assistant professor of Christian studies.... Continue Reading »

I believe most of us can agree that our denomination needs to be reinvigorated and that we as Baptists should have a renewed passion for saving the lost. I commend those who have worked long and hard on the... Continue Reading »

With the substance of changes varying for each respective component of its February progress report, the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force issued a final report, posted May 3 at www.pray4gcr.com, containing seven recommendations the 22-member task force will bring... Continue Reading »

I am encouraged by what I have read in the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force's report, ?Penetrating the Lostness: Embracing A Vision For A Great Commission Resurgence Among Southern Baptists.? While not a perfect document, it charts a course... Continue Reading »

Trustees of Connie Maxwell Children's Home are calling for a one-year waiting period to allow Southern Baptists time to evaluate the potential impact of sweeping changes proposed in the final report of the SBC's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.... Continue Reading »

Les Puryear, senior pastor of Lewisville (N.C.) Baptist Church, has introduced a movement to increase the representation of smaller churches on committees and boards of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

In Acts 1:8, Jesus says, ?But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the... Continue Reading »

Delay GCR till 2011, Missouri board urges Missouri Baptist Convention executive director David Tolliver will attempt to make a motion at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in June asking messengers to receive the report by the Great Commission... Continue Reading »

Tyler Hansbrough has learned that he can rely on God's presence in his life. 'the biggest thing for me, God's always been someone there I can talk to when things get really tough,? the Indiana Pacers forward said.... Continue Reading »

Despite a successful pro golf career and the appearances of everything going right, Bernhard Langer felt a void that he couldn't explain in 1985.... Continue Reading »