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‘Immigration Awareness’ event April 29

A trio of evangelical groups, including the Spartanburg County Baptist Network, will hold an ?Immigration Awareness? briefing and luncheon April 29. The event is designed to explore the role of evangelicals ?in helping mold a policy that is biblical... Continue Reading »

Big Creek to celebrate big anniversary

Big Creek Baptist Church, Williamston, will celebrate its 225th anniversary in the coming months, capped with a homecoming service on Aug. 4.... Continue Reading »

Land selected president of Southern Evangelical Seminary

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has been selected president of Southern Evangelical Seminary.... Continue Reading »

George Beverly Shea, longtime Billy Graham associate, passes away

George Beverly Shea, 104, of Montreat, N.C., soloist of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, died Tuesday evening, April 16, following a brief illness.... Continue Reading »

Letter: Easter is over – now what?

He has risen. Amen. The Easter sermon is over. Everyone has gone home. The Easter dinner is put away in the fridge. A new day is dawning. Now what?... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for April 11, 2013

Jack Cauley JACK CAULEY recently concluded 44 years of service with Connie Maxwell Children’s Home and retired as director of special services. Cauley was presented the 2013 Distinguished Service Award by the Palmetto Association of Children and Families at... Continue Reading »

Letter: Being the biblical church

I agree with the March 28 article by Ed Stetzer ('the Media's Yearning Desire for Catholics to ?Get with the Times???). We as Southern Baptists need to get back to being the biblical church.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Dallas opens $130M campus

First Baptist Church in Dallas celebrated the grand opening of its $130-million, 500,000-square-foot campus in downtown Dallas on Easter Sunday.... Continue Reading »

In Zimbabwe, relief gives HIV/AIDS patients ‘lease on life’

Lives are being saved and families are finding hope for the future in a Zimbabwe village at a time when the country as a whole is battling one of the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world. In a partnership... Continue Reading »

Wife of slain pastor tells of peace, hope

Cindy Winters didn't set out to write a book. But as she journaled about her grief and pain after her husband Fred was killed in his Maryville, Ill., pulpit four years ago, she realized how healing the writing process... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

On Feb. 26, Loraine Bayless collapsed to the floor in the dining room of a California retirement home. The 87-year-old resident suffered a cardiac arrest. Someone frantically called 911, and the dispatcher asked if there was someone present who... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: April 14, 2013, Bible Studies for Life

In Leviticus, we find the guide for holy living that was given to the nation of Israel. Instructions were given related to health and holiness, worship and sacrifice. Five kinds of offerings, which fulfilled two main purposes, were identified.... Continue Reading »