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FIRST-PERSON: Gay ‘marriage,’ young adults & polling

Polls are showing that young adults in America are increasingly favoring same-sex marriage, and more likely to favor legalizing same-sex marriage compared to older generations of Americans.... Continue Reading »

College faculty inks Baptist Faith & Message

Truett-McConnell College faculty set a precedent among Baptist colleges by publicly signing the Baptist Faith and Message on Oct. 27, demonstrating their belief in the confession as adopted in 2000 by the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Sosebee joins SCBC staff

Jerry Sosebee has been named associate director of the church health and Cooperative Program group at the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Letters: Losing more than we gain

I don't think the suggested name change for the Southern Baptist Convention has to do with political correctness. In fairness, the name 'southern? no longer really reflects who we are.... Continue Reading »

Executive Board drafts ‘contingent’ budget

With an eye toward possible adoption of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report at the upcoming annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the convention's Executive Board approved two versions of the 2012 SCBC budget and reviewed... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: November 6, 2011, Bible Studies for Life

You have a purpose. You were not accidentally conceived or recklessly abandoned. The Creator intentionally planned your role and strategically placed you in his story of redemption. And God is calling you to fulfill that purpose.... Continue Reading »

2011 Pastor’s Conference: A Time to ‘Be Encouraged!’

Ty Childers, president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, hopes pastors and others who attend the 2011 Pastor's Conference Nov. 14 in Cayce will leave feeling encouraged in their ministries.... Continue Reading »

Letters: Honoring vows ‘in sickness’

In response to ?Alzheimer's, Pat Robertson & the True Gospel? (Sept. 29): My mother developed Alzheimer's at an early age. My dad stayed with her. He had to put her in a nursing home, but he visited her many... Continue Reading »

Executive Board chairman urges ‘unity of the Spirit’ despite GCR ‘divisions’

While the chairman of the South Carolina Baptist Convention's Executive Board says there are portions of the GCR task force report he does not endorse, he nevertheless hopes South Carolina Baptists can come together to ?honor the Scriptures that... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: October 30, 2011, Explore the Bible

Sir Arthur Helps is recorded as asking, ?Was anything real ever gained without sacrifice of some kind?? After reflecting on that question, the answer appears to me to be ?no? ? sacrifice is crucial for obtaining important things in... Continue Reading »

SCBC president names committee on committees

Sonny Holmes, president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, has announced 15 appointments to the SCBC's Committee on Committees for 2012.... Continue Reading »

‘Keep less and give more,’ GCR chairman urges

Ralph Carter, pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Taylors, and chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, was invited by South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board chairman Keith Davis to address the board on Tuesday morning during its... Continue Reading »