Don Kirkland

At this season of the year in 1992, my wife and I visited the tiny, east Texas town of Poynor, where a dear friend of my childhood lived just a few yards from the general store that she once... Continue Reading »

Someone has written, ?Gratitude is formed once you realize what you have been given, who you are, and from whom all blessings flow.? I cannot imagine how any believer could fail to realize even one of the three.... Continue Reading »

Last week's annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention ranks as one of our largest. The messenger count reached 1,528 by Tuesday evening when the entire session was devoted to the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report.... Continue Reading »

Minutes after his election as president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, Brad Goodale, pastor of Philippi Baptist Church in Union, drew plenty of "amens" and some shouts from his afternoon audience, even though he made it clear,... Continue Reading »

The annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is set for Nov. 15-16 in Columbia. The talk among Baptists now, and the action to be taken by messengers then, centers around the report of the Great Commission Resurgence... Continue Reading »

Billy Graham's latest, and possibly last, book will go on sale later this month. It is entitled ?Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well.? In previewing the book, Graham, in his 90s, said, ?I never thought I would live... Continue Reading »

What in the world should Southern Baptists call themselves in the 21st century? What name is the most descriptive of a denomination whose origin is southern and its mission global? Do the regional roots of the 166-year-old Southern Baptist... Continue Reading »

The renewal in January of the Minister/Spouse Breakaway sponsored by Kershaw Association is one man's answer to the question: Who cares for the carer?... Continue Reading »

Buoyed by the success of the first run last January, Jimmy Hanf of Camden has unveiled plans for a second Minister/Spouse Breakaway Jan. 19-21 at the Breakers Resort in Myrtle Beach. The Thursday-Friday getaway is sponsored by Kershaw Association,... Continue Reading »

Let me tell you about the ?High Point? in my life. It was not a defining moment in time. Neither was it a determining event. It was ? and is ? a church, High Point Church in Moriah Association.... Continue Reading »

The goal of getting each church to increase CP giving by 1 percent for next year takes the Great Commission Resurgence to the place where it must succeed or fail ? to the grassroots level of convention life, which... Continue Reading »

In June of 2010, the Southern Baptist Convention approved the report of a task force to set in motion a Great Commission Resurgence to more effectively carry out the mandate given by Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20. In so doing,... Continue Reading »