The Baptist Courier

Soulforce makes Easter plans Soulforce and other homosexual rights advocates are planning to make a statement in Washington this spring by lining up 1,000 “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender” families to participate in the annual White House Easter Egg... Continue Reading »

If we are going to debate ideas in the marketplace, we must have a standard by which ideas can be measured, because all ideas are not equally valid or worthy of consideration. R.C. Sproul says there are ?four essential... Continue Reading »

Explaining the concept of Intelligent Design, William Dembski compared it to looking at Mount Rushmore, the national memorial located in South Dakota that displays the granite faces of four American presidents.... Continue Reading »

CP giving: 1.1% below last year Year-to-date contributions through the Cooperative Program are 1.1 percent below the same time frame in 2005. As of Jan. 31, the year-to-date total of $65,872,491 for CP missions is $742,451 under the $66,614,942... Continue Reading »

A new survey of Baptist newlyweds suggests that, though true love does not always wait, it waits more often if it starts with a formal pledge of purity.... Continue Reading »

For almost three years it has been my privilege to represent Southern Baptists as a trustee on the International Mission Board. I was previously privileged to serve for two terms as a missionary with the IMB in South America.... Continue Reading »

The women gathered at the annual Women's Lifestyle Evangelism Conference started the conference like they started the morning ? looking at a woman in curlers. Only this time, the bathrobe-clothed woman was humorist Kay DeKalb Smith and her practical... Continue Reading »

I write this short letter to you with so much joy in my heart. I returned home recently from a trip to Africa with a heightened sense of gratitude to our Heavenly Father and a renewed sense of gratitude... Continue Reading »

In his 50th year of pastoral ministry primarily in the midlands, Lonnie Shull has announced his retirement from the pastorate of First Baptist Church, West Columbia, effective Feb. 28.... Continue Reading »

?What do you want from Jesus? Why are you following him?? The question posed by speaker Clayton King hung over the room of nearly 700 college students at the annual retreat Converge Jan. 27-29 in Myrtle Beach, where students... Continue Reading »

The Christian gospel began with the life, death and resurrection of one man nearly 2,000 years ago. Since that time, the gospel message has been embraced by hundreds of millions of people. You and I are beneficiaries of the... Continue Reading »

A conversation with Lynn Peters, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Prosperity, is like running a litany of ministry marathons back-to-back. With uncanny enthusiasm, Peters gratefully tells of how God has used nearly every member of the 300-person congregation in... Continue Reading »