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Eighteen students, faculty and staff members traveled to Romania May 7-22 as part of the second Charleston Southern University sociology mission team in the past four years.... Continue Reading »

After committing his life to missions in Mozambique, Brian Harrell learned that his grandparents also had a heart for that country. However, a German warship sank ? literally ? his grandparents? plans to serve there as missionaries in 1941.... Continue Reading »

In a bold partnership, a Pageland congregation is crossing boundaries in a ground-breaking venture to become a satellite of a thriving church in another state.... Continue Reading »

Okla. law barring funds for abortion Oklahoma pro-life advocates finally achieved enactment of an abortion-restricting measure, even though the governor refused to sign it into law. A bill barring state-funded, elective abortions became law May 23 after five days... Continue Reading »

It could not be a more favorable time for Bill Curtis to be re-elected trustee chairman of the North American Mission Board. Not for Curtis, not for NAMB.... Continue Reading »

About one-third of Americans believe the Bible is absolutely accurate and that it should be taken literally word for word, according to a recent Gallup poll, and the majority of those who don't believe the Bible is literally true... Continue Reading »

Like the lukewarm church at Laodicea that Jesus said in the book of Revelation he was about to spew out of his mouth, The Barna Group in a recent study assessed American Christianity as neither hot nor cold.... Continue Reading »

At least 1,000 people attended a festival featuring foods prepared by six ethnic churches in the San Antonio Baptist Association June 2 to kick off Crossover San Antonio, an outreach effort preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

Jameson recommended as N.C. editor Norman Jameson, executive leader for public relations and resource development for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, is the search committee’s choice to become editor of the Biblical Recorder, the North Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 2.22 percent ahead of the same time frame in 2006.... Continue Reading »

As a born again Christian, a member, and a leader in a Southern Baptist church for more than 47 years, I was deeply saddened to see the May 17 issue of The Baptist Courier used as a vehicle to... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page has called on organizers of a planned January 2008 gathering of moderates and liberals to focus less on their plan to 'take the microphone away? from conservatives and attend more to spreading the... Continue Reading »