The Baptist Courier

When Dewey and Kathie Aiken survey the landscape of Vermont, they see much more than the beautiful red and yellow leaves of autumn, the traditional maple syrup-making in March, and 150-year-old churches with white steeples piercing the blue skies... Continue Reading »

On Sunday, Feb. 17, Hillcrest Baptist Church in Dalzell burned to the ground. Neither the sheriff's department nor the fire department suspected arson or foul play. The church was built in 1985.... Continue Reading »

If one out of eight of Southern Baptists? 43,000-plus churches would ?adopt? a North American Mission Board missionary, all 5,000 of NAMB's missionaries in the United States and Canada would receive much more prayer, encouragement and support.... Continue Reading »

The United States has become a nation of pleasure-seekers without equal in the world. We develop billion-dollar industries to produce items so trivial that one has to wonder if we?re not a little bit nuts.... Continue Reading »

Should we abandon the entire institutional church? This is, in essence, what George Barn is proposing in his most recent book co-authored with Frank Viola, ?Pagan Christianity.?... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members approved a 2008-09 Cooperative Program allocation budget of $205,716,834 for recommendation to the SBC during its June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis.... Continue Reading »

CP: .52% ahead of last year Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are .52 percent ahead of the same time frame in January 2007. As of Jan. 31, the year-to-date total of $67,669,562 for Cooperative Program... Continue Reading »

While reaction to the resignation of Fidel Castro was quiet in Cuba, Baptists are looking ahead to their work on the island.... Continue Reading »

Leaders at Liberty University have a vision to help plant some 500 new churches during the next five years, evidencing its commitment with a three-day church-planting conference.... Continue Reading »

Keli Sewell of Travelers Rest has recently been promoted to vice president of admissions and financial planning at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »

Lois Cherry Long, 74, of Duncan, died Jan. 24, 2008, at Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg.... Continue Reading »

Lewie H. Miller Jr., 88, of Greenville, a retired pastor, died Feb. 13, 2008.... Continue Reading »