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Retired pastor presented Baptist Heritage award

M.B. ?Bobby? Morrow Jr., a former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and longtime pastor in the state, received the Richard S. Furman Baptist Heritage Award presented March 23 at Furman University's Founders Convocation.... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University students take broadcasting awards

Students and faculty from North Greenville University's mass communication department attended the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 27-March 3.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for April 15, 2010

3,000 attend NAMB commissioning Before 3,000 people at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga. – one of the largest crowds to ever witness a North American Mission Board missionary commissioning service – NAMB introduced 79 new missionaries and 16... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for April 15, 2010

Saluda Baptist Association Day Camp was held at Barker’s Creek Baptist Church, Honea Path, on March 27. Trudy Crittendon of Anderson, who has served in South Asia, was the guest missionary speaker. A total of 60 girls attended the... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

It was 1954, an age of television pioneers, and Walt Disney stood tall among them. But not nearly as tall as the talented Texan he cast in the title role of frontiersman Davy Crockett.... Continue Reading »

Determined high-schooler running the race every day

Matthew Ballard has the Scripture, James 1:2-3, written on his track shoes. It reminds him to persevere with joy in the midst of trials. Matthew is passionate about running. He says he loves the feeling of working as hard... Continue Reading »

State, association Vacation Bible School clinics underway

Peggy Brown has served in Vacation Bible School for 33 years and still feels the need to get all the training she can in order to better serve her church, Sweetwater Branch in Conway, and the Waccamaw Association VBS... Continue Reading »

New Christian returns to homeland with gospel

It all started with a campus minister and a former Hindu who is a recent convert to Christianity. The two shared the gospel with an Indonesian man, who responded by giving his life to Christ the night before departing... Continue Reading »

‘Love Dare’ creators reveal secret to a good marriage

There is a secret formula to a good marriage. It's not money, good looks or even a healthy love life. It's the intimate relationship that exists between Christ and the two people in the relationship.... Continue Reading »

Iditarod finish line is site of South Carolina church’s mission effort

Ten people from Calvary Baptist Church, Ware Shoals, recently returned from Nome, Alaska, and the finish line of the Iditarod dog sled race.... Continue Reading »

Ken Freeman leads Christian Worldview Week at North Greenville University

Unlike past Christian Worldview weeks at North Greenville University, where political figures spoke about current events from a Christian perspective, the most recent was a revival led by one evangelist whose story reflected how his worldview changed.... Continue Reading »

Georgia Baptist executive committee vote: Cooperative Program ‘historical and proven’

The Georgia Baptist Convention's executive committee has endorsed the Cooperative Program as 'the historical and proven method of missions support? for the Southern Baptist Convention and asked the Southern Baptist Convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force to reconsider proposed... Continue Reading »