The Baptist Courier

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 »

Standing in the pulpit of First Baptist Church, Mixon, Tex., in 1950, 15-year-old Jimmy Draper preached his first sermon. ?I had it down to 30 minutes,? Draper said, recalling his first step into the ministry. ?When I got up... Continue Reading »

The media sizzled last month with the news that portions of James Frey's memoir, ?A Million Little Pieces,? were complete fabrications. His book supposedly chronicled his life as a drug addict who bounced through a variety of destructive behaviors... Continue Reading »

As sounds of 'the Wonderous Cross? ring through Lexington Baptist Church, no treble soprano voices can be detected among the crowd of nearly 1,200.... Continue Reading »

NBC cancels ‘Book of Daniel’ NBC’s foray into irreverent religion ended Jan. 23 with the cancellation of “The Book of Daniel” after three episodes. The show’s most outspoken critic, Donald Wildmon, founder and chairman of the American Family Association,... Continue Reading »

Firsthand accounts from a group of 90 college students who spent part of Christmas break ministering to the hurricane-ravaged Bay St. Louis, Miss. Students cleaned houses, yards and lives.... Continue Reading »

As debate escalates over the International Mission Board's effort to remove one of its trustees from office, a Texas Baptist pastor has warned that he might seek to have the entire board dismissed.... Continue Reading »

Leaving Botswana in 2002 to begin a seminary degree in Texas was difficult for Otlaadisa ?Jack? Rantho. Besides the inevitable cultural and academic adjustments he faced, he was leaving his church in Lobatsi without a pastor.... Continue Reading »

Doctrinal differences among Southern Baptist conservatives apparently have claimed another victim ? Scott Camp, dean of students at Criswell College in Dallas.... Continue Reading »