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It's a problem many pastors wish they had. About a year ago, Chris Roberts started Bridge Community Church in Blackshear, Ga., with just 36 people. The congregation has since increased to an average of 280 in Sunday morning worship.... Continue Reading »

Recent wildfires in Texas have destroyed more than 600 homes at an estimated cost of nearly $100 million, and several lives have been lost. Hurricane Irene swept up the East Coast at a cost of nearly $10 billion, several... Continue Reading »

Seeing a life changed because of Jesus will draw people to faith, a British evangelist told ministry leaders during Collegiate Week at LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center near Santa Fe, N.M.... Continue Reading »

We are living in some confusing and conflicting times. There are many good and positive things happening in our world and, at the same time, many horrible and evil things. Jesus told the church at Smyrna in Revelation 2:10,... Continue Reading »

Twenty members of Elko Church, Elko, traveled to Ashville, Ala., in July to help rebuild a home destroyed when tornadoes ravaged that state in April. Working in 100-degree temperatures, the team installed a tin roof, built front and back... Continue Reading »

The pastor of the oldest church in the Southern Baptist Convention ? First Baptist Church, Charleston ? said he will 'serve with an open mind and a prayerful heart? on a task force charged with studying the prospect of... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Baptist churches helped provide block parties at about 75 multihousing developments statewide as part of August's National Night Out event. NNO is an annual partnership between single-family resident neighborhoods and law-enforcement agencies.... Continue Reading »

For the second consecutive year, readers of The Baptist Courier will not see a subscription rate increase for their state denominational newspaper.... Continue Reading »

In the Old Testament, miracles are signs that reveal the glory of God. They are the visible manifestation of God's mighty acts. In the Gospels, Jesus? miracles reveal his glory, the glory of God's only Son (v. 1:14), and... Continue Reading »

Iran is under increasing pressure from leaders around the world to halt the execution of Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who on Wednesday refused for the fourth and final time to recant his faith and could be executed at any... Continue Reading »

The movie, ?Courageous: Honor Begins at Home,? is slated to open Sept. 30 in theaters nationwide. But when members of First Church, Camden, discovered that their local theater could not show it on opening weekend, they contacted the movie's... Continue Reading »

From the start, Jesus met human needs. Throughout Luke chapters 4 and 5, he healed many people, preached and called disciples.... Continue Reading »