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Baptism in totality, gospel outreaches, church festivals mark solar eclipse

Pastor Billy Glover sought the best gospel witness when 3 minutes and 52 seconds of totality covers Steel City Church in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, during the solar eclipse April 8. He’s offering baptisms in total darkness in the church... Continue Reading »

Executive Committee deems four churches not in friendly cooperation

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee deemed four churches not in friendly cooperation with the SBC Feb. 20, including a Greenville, S.C., congregation. Because of matters related to the handling of sex abuse allegations, the Executive Committee deemed not... Continue Reading »

Dislike of organized religion, maltreatment cited by many ‘Nones,’ Pew finds

More than half of religiously unaffiliated Americans, identified as ‘Nones,” say they don’t like organized religion or have been mistreated by religious people, Pew Research said Jan. 24. Specifically, 55 percent of Nones cited one of the two factors... Continue Reading »

Election year expected to impact legislatures as pro-life advocacy continues

Tony Beam, a policy consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, had not been able to enter the room for the overflow on the South Carolina Legislature’s opening day as a subcommittee considered a bill to protect minors from... Continue Reading »

S.C. Army Chaplain Among Stateside Workers Highlighted on Missions Prayer Calendars

Church planter Chris Mills and his wife, Sarah, want prayers for grace as they “make everyday missionaries” in New York, and U.S. Army Chaplain Dom Grotti and his wife, Megan, request prayers in discipling soldiers and their families in... Continue Reading »

Most adults cite MLK’s ‘positive impact’ ahead of 95th birthday, Pew finds

Charleston pastor Marshall Blalock listened again to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1961 remarks at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where “his perspective was not always appreciated at the level we would today.” Blalock was struck that the image of God... Continue Reading »

Peachtree Publishing, B&H among its clients, celebrates 1 billion Bibles 

When Jan Gibbs began proofreading Bibles 14 years ago for Peachtree Publishing Services, which celebrated in December the distribution of a billion copies of its works, she first had to learn to draw lines. In the Bible’s poetry books... Continue Reading »

Top findings from State of the Bible 2023

Online church attendees read the Bible more than onsite worshipers. Nonbelievers outpace Christians in valuing several pro-social Bible-based behaviors. And Black Americans are more spiritually vibrant than whites and Hispanics. The American Bible Society ranks those tidbits among the... Continue Reading »

SBC defies downward trend in donor trust in religious charities

Religious organizations including churches are no longer the most trusted charities among American adults, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) said in its 2023 Give.org Study. Rather, donors hold the highest trust for veterans’ groups and not-for-profit hospitals, pushing out... Continue Reading »

141 baptisms at First Simpsonville after ‘overwhelming’ response

Multi-site Upstate Church in Simpsonville baptized 141 new believers Dec. 3 after a one-month evangelistic teaching series on church ordinances. For Senior Pastor Wayne Bray, it was clear the Holy Spirit was at work. “We have never seen anything... Continue Reading »

Online worshippers lead in Bible reading frequency

Bible users who worship God online are most likely to read the Bible at least weekly apart from church service, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in its latest 2023 State of the Bible release. Among online worshippers, 74... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists encourage prayer Nov. 5 for global persecuted church

For the family of 80-year-old Washima Erukaa, a Nigerian Christian and government official, the 5-million-naira ransom his kidnappers demanded was out of reach. Unable to pay what amounts to about $6,400, Erukaa’s family members learned Oct. 29 of his... Continue Reading »