The Baptist Courier

3,567 churches represented at SBC Official registration figures for the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in San Antonio were recently released July 12 by SBC registration secretary Jim Wells. Texas Baptists sent the largest number of messengers, 1,605, of... Continue Reading »

Racing for the Cross Ministries will hold a second Faster Pastor race at the Laurens County Speedway at 8 p.m. on Aug. 25. The dirt track race is open to all pastors and youth ministers.... Continue Reading »

A children's evangelism team comprised of Baptist Collegiate Ministry summer missionaries is traveling throughout the state to reach South Carolina children. The Kids Connexion team, also known as the children's traveling evangelism team, consists of four students. Serving on... Continue Reading »

Carl William Jordan, 69, pastor of Calumet Baptist Church, Liberty, died July 6, 2007, at Oconee Point on Lake Hartwell after he pushed his great-granddaughter toward shore when she dropped her fishing rod into the lake and fell out... Continue Reading »

That flood has entered the church doors, leaving anecdotal and documented evidence that families and churches are being damaged, mostly by Christian men ? some of whom are ministers ? who succumb to what Land calls a cheap imitation... Continue Reading »

As pastors of our churches, one of our major goals is to lead those who enter the house of God into an encounter with God. The house of God should be a house of worship ? a house of... Continue Reading »

Pure Online (www.pureonline.com) is a fairly new resource aimed at being a first step for Christians with sex addictions, especially pornography. Through a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources, the company offers an online Bible study to help men and... Continue Reading »

The scholarship committee of First Baptist Church, Great Falls, awarded its education scholarships during the morning worship service on July 6 to three young adults: Joshua Heffner, Dakota McMurray and Scotty Smith.... Continue Reading »

Recently one of my professors asked us to write a thesis. I included this quote, ?Jesus stands alone. There has never been another like him. Through him alone, God comes to this world; through him alone, the Holy Spirit... Continue Reading »

Two college seniors are serving this summer as interns at The Baptist Courier. Sarah Eshleman, a student at Pensacola (Fla.) Christian College, and Cindy Gray, who attends Anderson University, are both satisfying college course requirements while serving as contributing... Continue Reading »

In several weeks, there will be thousands of students coming to Tallahassee to attend either Florida A&M University, Florida State University or Tallahassee Community College. The student ministry of First Baptist Church, Tallahassee, cares about students and wants to... Continue Reading »

Abney Memorial Baptist, Greenwood Arrowwood Baptist, Chesnee Baptist Church of Beaufort, Beaufort Beech Island First Baptist, Beech Island Berea First Baptist, Greenville Bethel Baptist, Sumter Blacksburg First Baptist, Blacksburg Catawba Baptist, Lancaster Cedar Creek Baptist, Nichols Cheraw First Baptist,... Continue Reading »