The Baptist Courier

International Mission Board trustees formalized a new process for approving missionary candidates and adopted a formal document explaining trustee responsibilities and relationships during their meeting March 20-22 in Tampa, Fla. Trustees also passed a motion requesting new trustees to... Continue Reading »

AFA urges boycott of Ford Motor Company The American Family Association and at least 18 other pro-family organizations are leading a boycott of all Ford Motor Company products after executives of the automotive giant broke their word regarding the... Continue Reading »

It is not unusual to see students chatting around tables at Anderson University's Sullivan Hall. However, their subject might be a bit unique. Their topic? Starting churches.... Continue Reading »

Covenant Baptist Church, Lancaster, recently reached a missions milestone by commissioning its 100th mission team. Since Covenant's beginning in October 1994, members have participated in 58 mission trips to 18 countries and 43 mission trips to 17 states.... Continue Reading »

Thank you for your even-handed and thorough reporting of the recent events with the IMB. I believe that Allen McWhite was prescient when he spoke of the problem of establishing “doctrinal parameters that go beyond the Baptist Faith and... Continue Reading »

Union University and Lifeshape Foundation have announced a partnership for a nine-month ?gap-year? residential program primarily for students ages 18-20 who wish to delay entrance into college for a year or are unsure of what they want to do... Continue Reading »

I want to affirm the Cooperative Program Study Committee for their recommendations, especially the one that calls for our elected leadership to be selected from churches that give at least 10 percent of their undesignated receipts to the Cooperative... Continue Reading »

The term ?on mission? is about to take on new meaning for Christian educators across the Southern Baptist Convention as veteran educator Bill Taylor joins the staff of the North American Mission Board.... Continue Reading »

Eight months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the people and landscape of New Orleans, a tidal wave of Southern Baptist volunteers is needed to help rebuild the historic city and surrounding areas.... Continue Reading »

How does a pastor take a church that struggles financially from week to week and get it excited about participating in reaching 'the uttermost parts of the earth??... Continue Reading »

Police in Alabama have arrested three men in connection with a string of church fires in that state and scheduled a news conference on March 7.... Continue Reading »

When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the New Orleans area Aug. 29, pastor Thomas Glover Jr. thought his city and church were destroyed.... Continue Reading »