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SCBC Nominations Committee releases report

Published on October 13, 2011

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 »

Letters: Keep funds at home

Published on October 13, 2011

While I am certain that every aspect of our financial situation has been considered, I am concerned with the proposed changes [in the report of the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force]. At a time when the income... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: La., Tenn., N.C. evangelism/missions news

Published on October 12, 2011

From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state conventions in evangelism, church planting and Great Commission outreach, including... Continue Reading »

Egypt’s Christians, attacked by army, may flee country

Published on October 12, 2011

In the wake of what could be the worst act of violence against Egyptian Christians in modern history, leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church have called for three days of fasting and prayer for divine intervention, along with three... Continue Reading »

Pro-life ‘180’ film goes viral, changes minds

Published on October 12, 2011

ray comfort, video, "180," equates abortion to the murder of Jews in concentration camps... Continue Reading »

Women’s lives ‘destroyed’ by China’s one-child policy, House panel told

Published on October 12, 2011

A five-time victim of China"s coercive abortion program told a congressional panel she is only one among many women devastated by her home country"s coercive, population control program.... Continue Reading »

Faith, prayers sustain family of Holly Bobo

Published on October 12, 2011

Nearly six months have passed since 20-year-old Holly Bobo was abducted from her home in rural Tennessee.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON (Lonnie Wilkey): The hardest of interviews

Published on October 12, 2011

I visited and interviewed Karen Bobo, mother of Holly Bobo, the 20-year-old nursing student who was abducted from her Tennessee home in April.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Top 10 gifts to give your pastor

Published on October 12, 2011

This is the month when many churches will take some time to show their appreciation to their pastor for his love and ministry over the past year.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Want to reach young people? Better be on Facebook

Published on October 12, 2011

Long ago I decided to embrace Facebook and other social media as a medium for ministering to others.... Continue Reading »

A tribute: Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)

Published on October 10, 2011

Less known, however, is the instrumental work of Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the most determined and courageous leaders of the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s.... Continue Reading »

World Vision allowed to hire only Christians

Published on October 10, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the hiring rights of World Vision and other federally funded, faith-based groups by refusing to review a lower court decision in favor of the international relief organization.... Continue Reading »