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North Greenville University celebrates Founders Day

On a rainy Wednesday morning Sept. 21, North Greenville University celebrated 119 years of existence with a Founders Day chapel service.... Continue Reading »

Evangelism among Southeast’s Arabic population on the rise

Because of one man's vision to take the gospel to the nation's Arabic population, more than 100 Arabic men, women, and children attended the Southeast Arabic Conference Sept. 2-5 at White Oak Conference Center.... Continue Reading »

Clover kitchen/homeless shelter struggles to help the needy

In his 16 years leading the ministries at New Beginnings Baptist Church in Clover, Sam Thompson has been steadfast in his faith that God will provide. Those provisions are less now, but Thompson's faith is unshaken. With the help... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: October 16, 2011, Bible Studies for Life

?A great prophet has risen among us, and God has taken note of His people (v. 16).? This is the proclamation Luke makes in 7:1-17, declaring the hope discovered in the character and work of Jesus.... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: October 23, 2011, Bible Studies for Life

As Halloween approaches, it seems appropriate to study the Gerasene demoniac. In Mark 4, Jesus explained to his disciples that seed sowers (gospel sharers) recklessly sow the gospel in many soils. Then he took his disciples across a stormy... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: October 16, 2011, Explore the Bible

On many college campuses, harmful ideologies have crept into the classroom and produced detrimental impacts on our culture. Moral relativism (right and wrong determined relative to individual circumstances, not a universal moral standard) and religious pluralism (world composed of... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: October 23, 2011, Explore the Bible

In a recent meeting of Southern Baptist collegiate ministry leaders, one of the participants continually asked the question, ?What's the goal?? After a while, he added, ?If we don't know where we want to go, then it will be... Continue Reading »

LifeWay Men, Joe Gibbs, Tony Evans off to the races at live NASCAR simulcast

LifeWay Men, a team at LifeWay Christian Resources, will broadcast a live simulcast event featuring Joe Gibbs and Tony Evans on May 26, 2012, from Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.... Continue Reading »

SCBC Nominations Committee releases report

Recommendations of this committee must be approved by vote at the 2011 meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. If approved, terms begin Jan. 1, 2012. Rodney Hord, pastor at Juniper Bay Baptist Church, Conway, is chairman.... Continue Reading »

Committee on Committees Report

This is the final report of the 2011 Committee on Committees. If approved by messengers to the 2011 annual meeting, members will begin serving Jan. 1, 2012. Ron Dillon from Mt. Pleasant is the chairman.... Continue Reading »

Thompson ‘bridge-builder’

Sam and Annie Thompson ?have hearts as large as the community they serve and have tried to honor the Lord with everything they have done,? said Mike O?Dell, director of missions for York Association.... Continue Reading »

WEEK OF PRAYER: Missionaries help Japan’s homeless find hope

Like many affluent nations, Japan isn"t quite sure what to do about its homeless population.... Continue Reading »