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Burden for Vancouver returns after 26 yrs.

Dannie Williams first set foot in Vancouver in 1985 and never forgot it.... Continue Reading »

Mich. Baptists approve strategic plan

Messengers to the 54th annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan approved a new strategic plan for refocusing and restructuring the convention for greater effectiveness in the future.... Continue Reading »

Ill. Baptists take 1% CP challenge

"Churches Cooperating" was the theme of the Illinois Baptist State Association"s 105th annual meeting, Nov. 2-3 at First Baptist Church in O"Fallon, Ill.... Continue Reading »

Ark. Baptists continue CP increases

Messengers to the 158th annual meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention retained a $21.5 million budget for 2012 and celebrated the theme "GO! Across the Street, Across Arkansas, Across the World."... Continue Reading »

Miss. Baptists support the unborn

Messengers to the Mississippi Baptist Convention unanimously passed a resolution supporting a constitutional amendment that would have defined human life as beginning at conception... Continue Reading »

Va. Baptists (BGAV) elect first black president

Messengers to the Baptist General Association of Virginia elected the state association"s first black president, Mark Croston, during its Nov. 8-9 annual meeting in Richmond, Va.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Misplaced priorities & the tragedy of Penn State

I wonder now if it was the desire to keep that lofty platform that led Paterno to make the greatest mistake of his life.... Continue Reading »

GCR session prompts changes to SCBC meeting

Consideration of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report at the 2011 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will move convention business traditionally considered on Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning and alter Tuesday evening's traditional worship time.... Continue Reading »

Marietta pastor third nominee for SCBC president

Bennie Durham, pastor of First Baptist Church, Marietta, is the third announced nominee for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Some S.C. churches still supporting CP through a ‘tithe’ (or more)

Dickie Cullum, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dillon, registers some puzzlement about the downward trend of giving to the Cooperative Program.... Continue Reading »

God’s timing apparent even on mission team’s ‘day off’

The week was filled with the urgent activities one might expect of a team of health professionals in a location like Delhi. Nurses Julie Hill, Joyce Dennis, and Gerri Hood of the South Carolina Baptist Nursing Fellowship, along with... Continue Reading »

S.C. Baptist Pastor’s Conference: A Message from Ty Childers

I write this article with great expectation concerning the 2011 South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference. I am really encouraged by the pastors who say they are praying and looking forward to coming together for worship and fellowship on Nov.... Continue Reading »