The Baptist Courier

Twenty-five youth and six adult leaders from First Baptist Church, Laurens, participated in a clean-up project at Martha Franks Retirement Center May 17.... Continue Reading »

Senior leaders and dozens of staff members circled the flagpole in front of the North American Mission Board June 2 to carry on the summer tradition of giving 80-90 college and seminary students the ?Great Sendoff.?... Continue Reading »

A record 2,200 students will gain real-world experience in Southern Baptist church planting and evangelism this summer through the North American Mission Board's 2008 edition of PowerPlant.... Continue Reading »

?If we have the seed, should we wait for the soil to come to us?? That's the question pastor Daniel Lee and the people of Bethel Baptist Church asked themselves ? and answered, with an emphatic no ? recently.... Continue Reading »

More than 23,000 Southern Baptist students ? from teenage to college-age ? will tackle roofing, drywall repairs, painting and landscaping in 96 World Changers projects this summer in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.... Continue Reading »

Encountering hospitality in so many forms is one of the many advantages of living in Asia. The joy that comes from fellowship around a table must be experienced; it cannot be taught.... Continue Reading »

As a growing global food crisis stirs uncertainty and generates hostility around the world, International Mission Board missionaries are finding ways to help sustain both the physical and spiritual needs of the people they serve.... Continue Reading »

Let me state my deep hope that this year's annual meeting in Indianapolis will be the beginning of the greatest time of evangelism in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

One of earth's finest is now in the presence of the Lord. My life was one of many deeply blessed by Rev. Steve Taylor, music evangelist of the Southern Baptist Convention who raised his family in South Carolina for... Continue Reading »

In my 43 years as a lifelong Baptist, I?m just now wanting to be some form of leader instead of a pew-warmer. Being as brief and as guarded as I can be, there are two issues I feel pounding... Continue Reading »

As Dr. Page winds up his two terms as our denominational president, we reflect upon what God has allowed him to accomplish. The verdict is clear and decisive no matter what criteria you use to judge ? ?Well done.?... Continue Reading »

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that he died for the sins of man and that salvation is a gift we must choose to receive. I believe we live in a country where... Continue Reading »