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Belton pastor charged with arson in church fire

Christopher Daniels, 41, faces arson charges related to a fire set at Blue Ridge Baptist Church, formerly known as Triangle Baptist Church, in Belton.... Continue Reading »

Cooperative Program giving trails ’08 pace

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 3.27 percent below the same time frame last year.... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for March 5, 2009

Shane Stutzman SHANE STUTZMAN is the new senior pastor of Northside Baptist Church, Orangeburg. He comes to Orangeburg from Orlando, Fla., where he was pastor at Eastside Baptist Church for eight years. Stutzman was also adjunct professor for the... Continue Reading »

Experience Kingdom Life: Lugoff First Baptist has vision for being an Acts 1:8 missions-sending church

Lugoff First Baptist Church has embraced an Acts 1:8 missions-sending strategy that includes a local baseball clinic, associational missions involvement, trips to serve in other states, and international missions. It all started with a church renewal using Henry Blackaby's... Continue Reading »

Experience Kingdom Life: Missions is a process, not an event, at Old Fort Baptist Church, Summerville

When people get personally involved in missions, there's a contagious spirit that runs through the church, creating an Acts 1:8 mission strategy. That's the message of Eric Lethco, pastor, Old Fort Baptist Church, Summerville, when asked to encourage South... Continue Reading »

State Evangelism Conference: ‘Harvest Is Ready’ in South Carolina, but are the laborers few?

'the Harvest Is Ready? was the theme for this year's State Evangelism Conference, held at First Baptist Church in Columbia Feb. 23-24, and speakers expounded on the theme with observations both dire and challenging.... Continue Reading »

Upstate church to host global missionary appointment service

More than 100 Southern Baptist missionaries will be appointed when the International Mission Board holds a formal commissioning service March 18 at Taylors First Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

Johnny Hunt announces SBC theme

Registration for messengers and local hotels is open for the June 23-24 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.... Continue Reading »

Convention pays tribute to 200-year-old South Carolina Baptist churches

One hundred thirty-three Southern Baptist churches in South Carolina that are least 200 years old were recognized at the State Evangelism Conference in Columbia Feb. 23-24.... Continue Reading »

Capitol View – by Joe Mack

Like the old Timex ads used to tout, ?It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.? That's how I felt at the State House on Feb. 12. Surrounded by high-powered and high-priced lobbyists, I did all I could to... Continue Reading »

Donations needed

Faith Home of Spartanburg, a nonprofit Christian rehabilitation home for alcoholics and drug addicts, is in need of donations to our thrift stores.... Continue Reading »

Glass: Prison ‘greatest mission field in the world’

Former professional football player Bill Glass, speaking at the State Evangelism Conference in Columbia Feb. 23-24, encouraged listeners to take part in a large-scale prison visitation event in March.... Continue Reading »