The Baptist Courier

It was 1954, an age of television pioneers, and Walt Disney stood tall among them. But not nearly as tall as the talented Texan he cast in the title role of frontiersman Davy Crockett.... Continue Reading »

?If God can bring his Son back from the dead, he can resurrect the church we serve and even us pastors as well.? Those words were spoken by one of my seminary professors and have always stuck with me.... Continue Reading »

Matthew Ballard has the Scripture, James 1:2-3, written on his track shoes. It reminds him to persevere with joy in the midst of trials. Matthew is passionate about running. He says he loves the feeling of working as hard... Continue Reading »

The 2010 Woman's Missionary Union annual meeting was held March 19-20 at Ashley River Baptist Church, Charleston. Under the theme, ?In?du?bi'ta?ble,? more than 500 women from 37 associations participated in the weekend event that included mission education, testimonies, and... Continue Reading »

Peggy Brown has served in Vacation Bible School for 33 years and still feels the need to get all the training she can in order to better serve her church, Sweetwater Branch in Conway, and the Waccamaw Association VBS... Continue Reading »

A quartet of well-known Southern Baptist church leaders will combine their talents to teach a course in ?Evangelism and Church Health? this summer as part of the master of ministry program at Anderson University.... Continue Reading »

It all started with a campus minister and a former Hindu who is a recent convert to Christianity. The two shared the gospel with an Indonesian man, who responded by giving his life to Christ the night before departing... Continue Reading »

Upon learning of the death of Dr. A. Harold Cole on March 29, a verse from the 3rd chapter of 2nd Samuel came to mind. After King David and all the people had wept over Abner, who had been... Continue Reading »

The Georgia Baptist Convention's executive committee has endorsed the Cooperative Program as 'the historical and proven method of missions support? for the Southern Baptist Convention and asked the Southern Baptist Convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force to reconsider proposed... Continue Reading »

Mercedes Iturra has something she didn't have before Chile's 8.8-magnitude earthquake ? a newfound love of Scripture.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptists shipped 6,448 five-gallon plastic buckets loaded with food to Haiti, exceeding a state goal of 5,000 buckets. In Chile, local churches are serving up to 2,000 meals a day after receiving equipment and training from two... Continue Reading »

In the March 18 issue, you have presented so many issues and concerns that there is no way I can address all of them that interest me. But there are a couple I feel impelled to comment upon. All... Continue Reading »