The Baptist Courier

The North American Mission Board's presidential search committee hopes to have a recommendation by late March or early April, committee chairman Greg Faulls reported to NAMB's trustees during their Feb. 7 meeting at the mission board's offices in Alpharetta,... Continue Reading »

Research conducted for Facts & Trends magazine shows two-thirds of all American Protestant churchgoers feel they will continue attending the same church in the near future.... Continue Reading »

It's another early morning for Bill Barker in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. He leaves home earlier than usual in his brown Toyota minivan, which suddenly tops a mountain crest. He pulls off the road to talk to... Continue Reading »

Chris Yeargin CHRIS YEARGIN began duties Dec. 31 as pastor at Ridge Spring Baptist Church, Ridge Spring. He is a 2003 graduate of Southwestern Seminary. Yeargin and his wife Marcia previously served Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Keller, Tex.... Continue Reading »

The Gulf Coast of Alabama is blessed with a usually warm, emerald-green ocean for swimming and sugar-white, soft-sand beaches for sunning. It's a paradise that draws 6 million people a year, but 70 percent of them don't know Christ.... Continue Reading »

As the time for his official retirement as executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention approached, Carlisle Driggers answered this series of questions posed by The Baptist Courier.... Continue Reading »

In the last issue of the Courier, I began looking at the parable of the fig tree (Luke 13:1-9). It is one of the most powerful passages in all the word of God.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University students can now visit Jerusalem – or at least a scale model of the city. Barry Behling of Columbia donated the model to CSU’s L. Mendel Rivers Library. The model represents Jerusalem during three periods: at... Continue Reading »

Clyde L. Fox, 82, of Mauldin, a retired Baptist pastor and active denominational servant, died Feb. 14, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Pastor, do you remember when you were called to preach the gospel? Do you remember how humbled and excited you were to serve your Lord? Do you remember when you were asked to preach your first sermon or to... Continue Reading »

Rodger D. Martin, 51, associate pastor of Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Darlington, died Jan. 31, 2007.... Continue Reading »

Many North Greenville University students traveled to unfamiliar places on three separate mission trips over Christmas break.... Continue Reading »