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Dear Dr. Graham: My wife has always believed that if she stays a loyal member of her church, she?ll go to heaven when she dies. But since I?m not a church member, does this mean I won't be saved?... Continue Reading »

Who is teaching your child values? Pop culture is usually available, especially for passive parents. But these lessons are never neutral.... Continue Reading »

Paul Oliver knows what it is like to live in a ?new normal.? A native of South Carolina and the son of a Baptist pastor, Oliver suffered a crushed skull, broken neck, a brain injury and other problems that... Continue Reading »

In one of the most historic meetings in the Southern Baptist Convention's 167-year history, messengers meeting June 19-20 elected the body's first African-American president and voted to keep the convention's name while approving a descriptor, ?Great Commission Baptists,? for... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approved resolutions reaffirming their convictions regarding the means of salvation and the inerrancy of Scripture while indicating their intention to continue cooperating in the Great Commission despite some theological differences.... Continue Reading »

Thank you for two excellent articles on deaf ministry in South Carolina that you published in the June 7 edition of the Courier. I am especially pleased that you emphasized the deaf by putting George Adams? picture on the... Continue Reading »

Nate McMillan has heard Fred Luter preach on more than one occasion, and has even seen the pastor in action at his home church in New Orleans. McMillan, pastor of Orangeburg's Petra Community Church, said he has no reservations... Continue Reading »

'the Story Lives On? ? Woman's Missionary Union's 2012-13 theme ? took life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, an International Mission Board missionary and others during WMU's June 17-18 meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

A Father's Day theme marked the opening session of the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors? Conference, with speakers being introduced by either their fathers or their sons. The Pastors? Conference was held June 17-18 at the Ernest N. Morial... Continue Reading »

In the weeks leading up to the 2012 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, more than 700 denominational leaders and pastors, including seven state convention executives, signed ?A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan... Continue Reading »

The School of Cross-cultural Missions that Romero attends near the city of Iquitos is one of three training centers launched by Peru a las Naciones (Peru to the Nations), a Peruvian Baptist organization.... Continue Reading »

>A federal judge ruled Friday (June 29) that churches and other faith groups can continue to meet in New York City public school buildings for worship services.... Continue Reading »