Wheelchair no obstacle for 68-year-old’s baptism in Louisiana
Being wheelchair-bound could not stop 68-year-old Jack Butler from publicly declaring his faith in Jesus through baptism. Six men, three
SBC Annual Meeting schedule offers familiar flow of reports, business
The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting will convene at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 15,
IMB missionary to Sub-Saharan Africa Jim Flora dies at age 63
Southern Baptist missionary Jim Flora died May 8 following a cancer diagnosis. He was 63. Flora and his wife, Teresa,
Maryland man’s collection a treasury of Baptist history
It was these collected documents that became the basis for the Robert R. Hudson Collection, which now resides at the American Baptist Historical Society at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Week of Prayer: IMB missions impacting lives in Senegal
Twenty-five Senegalese islanders crowded into a classroom. Sitting in front of a film projector, their eyes were glued to the screen. As they watched the JESUS film, International Mission Board missionaries Moses and Beth saw opportunity…
Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070, study shows
America has long prided itself on being a country where people can choose whatever religion they like. The majority has
Father, sons served 8 churches
By Todd Deaton The Courier Greg Sweet and his two sons, Neal and Nathan, together form what one fellow pastor
First person: The phases of a pastor firing
EDITOR’S NOTE: First, some pastors are fired for moral failure. This article does not address that category of firing. Second,