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Garden City Church fire ‘just a speed bump along the way’

Published on July 2, 2009

Rich McLawhorn, pastor of Garden City Baptist Church, has no doubt his church will rebound from a fire that engulfed its worship center and education building early Sunday morning, June 28.... Continue Reading »

Teenage volunteers gain insight into vocational church planting

Published on July 2, 2009

?We are raising up a generation that is learning that it doesn't matter whether you are part of a church that has beautiful arches or one that meets at the golden arches [of McDonald's],? says Art Fulks, North American... Continue Reading »

SBC Pastors’ Conference speakers point toward unity

Published on July 2, 2009

On the second day of the Southern Baptist Pastors? Conference at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville June 22, speakers exhorted pastors to lead with ?One Love,? ?One Spirit? and ?One Purpose.?... Continue Reading »

WMU envisions changed lives, a changed world

Published on July 2, 2009

One changed life for Christ can change the world, Kaye Miller said. Miller, president of Woman's Missionary Union, gave the challenge to nearly 1,200 attendees on the second day of WMU's missions celebration and annual meeting, June 22 at... Continue Reading »

Disaster relief is opportunity for volunteers, churches

Published on June 22, 2009

As June signals the onset of hurricane season, Baptist disaster relief responders across South Carolina triple-check their equipment, and Cliff Satterwhite recalls the 1989 category 4 storm that spawned the state's efficient network of volunteer relief units.... Continue Reading »

Volunteers seize divine appointments in Sri Lanka

Published on June 22, 2009

Ike Barnhart* stood to bid farewell to three young men standing in the doorway of the guesthouse where he was staying. ?You need to accept Jesus ? Jesus is alive!? Ike said, as the young men shook his hand... Continue Reading »

Do new buildings, services lead to growth?

Published on June 22, 2009

With two-thirds of all Protestant churches having expanded their ministry space or outlets in the past five years, a new study by LifeWay Research shows that adding a worship service and building new space on site corresponds to higher... Continue Reading »

South Carolina pastor writes novel of spiritual discovery

Published on June 22, 2009

Randolph J. Carlson, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Hamer (Pee Dee Association), has written his first novel, ?Directed by Light.?... Continue Reading »

Khalfani-Cox: Focus on personal financial choices

Published on June 22, 2009

South Carolina Baptists must focus on their personal financial choices and avoid obsessing over national economic issues beyond their control. That was the message from personal finance expert and former Wall Street reporter Lynette Khalfani-Cox while speaking at the... Continue Reading »

Make everyone happy?

Published on June 22, 2009

What is going to happen when we have managed to create a convention where everyone is happy?... Continue Reading »

Let’s move forward

Published on June 22, 2009

In response to Barry Wilson, ?Not All Bad News,? and his statement concerning 'the damage done to the SBC by the conservative resurgence of the ?80s,? I would like to make the following suggestion:... Continue Reading »

In praise of young preachers

Published on June 22, 2009

I am so thankful for these young men like Shawn White (?Your Views,? June 11) who will stand up not only for the church, but for the only purpose of the church: winning the lost!... Continue Reading »