The Baptist Courier

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 »

A winter storm on Jan. 31 covered steps and walkways with ice, forcing many churches to cancel services for the day. However, the 'tween-Age? Sunday school class of Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Pageland did not let that keep... Continue Reading »

Tonight I had the pleasant surprise of being able to stay in the home of one of my personal mentors and pastoral heroes. The time I was able to spend talking and sharing about the Lord, the ministry and... 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 »

Thomas M. 'tommy? Knotts, 79, of Belvedere, an active leader in Baptist denominational life, died March 24, 2010.... 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 »

June Cooper, 81, of Columbia, who answered a call to full-time missionary service while a young woman at Park Street Baptist Church, Columbia, died March 14, 2010, at her residence.... 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 »

Barbara G. Platt, wife of John V. Platt, director of missions for Columbia Metro Association, died April 17, 2010.... Continue Reading »

The North Greenville University Board of Trustees, meeting April 15, appealed to Southern Baptist leaders at national and state levels to endorse the Cooperative Program as the ?primary means of missions giving? in the denomination.... Continue Reading »

A newly released LifeWay Research survey of 1,004 Protestant pastors found only 3 percent of their churches served as the primary sponsor of a church plant (new congregation) during the previous 12 months, and only 14 percent gave financial... Continue Reading »

A 7.9 percent decline in statewide missions support, the establishment of a South Carolina task force to assess the impact of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report, and a discussion of concerns of former convention staffers were on... Continue Reading »