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South Carolina Showcase for September 15, 2011

The North Greenville University Campus Band was birthed in August. The band plays contemporary praise and worship music at chapel and other venues. Jared Barber, class of 2009, is music director for the band. During his student days, Barber... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

Rachelle Friedman was overwhelmed with excitement. Her future with fiance Chris Chapman was bright and promising. She and her bridesmaids escaped to Virginia Beach in May of 2010 for her bachelorette party. And then they dashed to the pool... Continue Reading »

Inside Texas prison, seminary begins to change lives

Housed in this maximum security unit, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"s new bachelor"s degree in biblical studies gives inmates the opportunity to experience life transformation through studying the Bible as well as share that transformation with others.... Continue Reading »

ADAM & EVE (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): Clarifying what is at stake

This is the second article that R. Albert Mohler Jr. has written on denials by some scholars of a historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and as the solitary first human pair.... Continue Reading »

N.H. gay ‘marriage’ repeal advances

A bill repealing New Hampshire"s gay "marriage" law passed a House subcommittee by a vote of 3-1 Wednesday, potentially putting the state on track to becoming the first one to repeal such a law via the legislature.... Continue Reading »

GROWTH AMID TUMULT: GuideStone Funds, at 10-yr. point, rivals competitors

GuideStone Funds, launched just 15 days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has prospered through a turbulent decade that included two recessions and a national financial crisis.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: Hawaii, La., S.C., Penn./N.J & Iowa evangelism/missions news

Today"s From the States features items from:
Hawaii Pacific Baptist
Louisiana Baptist Message
Lexington Baptist Church (South Carolina)
Penn-Jersey Baptist
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune (Iowa)

Mission team finds sharing gospel
in Korea as simple as learning ABC
By Staff

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Hawaii Pacific Baptist).... Continue Reading »

Calif. ’12 marijuana push may be dead

>A major supporter of legalizing marijuana in California says a pro-pot ballot initiative likely won"t make it on the ballot in 2012 because there is not enough money behind it.... Continue Reading »

Poll: pastors want IRS out of pulpit

Protestant pastors overwhelmingly agree government should not attempt to regulate pastors" sermons through re-evaluation of a church"s tax exemptions, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Rick Perry is no George W. Bush

Those who either love or despise former President Bush need to understand that Perry should be neither accepted nor rejected based on their opinion of Bush.... Continue Reading »

Background checks are on the rise, LifeWay reports

Since launching background checks"in 2008, more than 1,656 different churches or organizations have conducted 25,470 background checks.... Continue Reading »

EMBRACE: ‘UUPG’ training gears up; IMB to hold 3 more conferences

Launched at June"s year"s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix, the Embrace initiative represents a radical addition to Southern Baptists" traditional missionary-sending model and an ambitious goal for the denomination"s 46,000 churches: a lifetime commitment to "do whatever... Continue Reading »