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Biographer Eric Metaxas will the featured speaker for the John A. Hamrick Lectureship at First Baptist Church, Charleston, at 5 p.m. on Jan. 15 and at 10 a.m. on Jan. 16. Both lectures will center on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Question-and-answer... Continue Reading »

Like too many other congregations affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Greenville's Laurel Baptist Church is suffering decline. Today, only a handful of the faithful gather on Sundays in a sanctuary where several hundred regularly worshipped in better... Continue Reading »

Christian counseling should be, above everything else, Christian. That seems so obvious, but it is often not the case. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan, professor of psychology at the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, recently wrote, ?Whatever form... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I don't know what's gone wrong, but my marriage seems to be headed for the rocks. We got along fine when we first got married, but now we bicker all the time, and my wife is... Continue Reading »

As an additional aid to churches and study leaders, Baptist Press cartoonist Joe McKeever has created 13 cartoons that can be used in handouts, worksheets and slides during the study.... Continue Reading »

As an allied soldier held prisoner by the German military during World War II, Sam anxiously awaited liberation by allied forces. Following his dramatic liberation, Sam returned to the states, married his sweetheart, was blessed with a family, worked,... Continue Reading »

Two and a half years ago, Olga Krasnov was a mother of three with a broken marriage, no job or education, and living in a bad neighborhood. She was an immigrant from Estonia with nowhere to turn ? until... Continue Reading »

Sometimes the hardest part of any action is simply knowing where to start. Perhaps you?ve been thinking about branching out and having a mobile app developed for your church. It might be intimidating ? apps are the new, hot... Continue Reading »

If you ask 100 pastors and 1,000 laypeople what their church"s strategy is to reach their city, you would hear much more clutter than clarity.... Continue Reading »

"The beauty of the Cooperative Program," as Rolando Castro sees it from a church"s perspective, "is that you can be involved no matter how big you are, no matter your location."... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 7.01 percent below the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board"s Send North America: New York City church planting focus garnered attention from the New York Times over the Christmas holidays.... Continue Reading »