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Crossing Carolina for September 4, 2008

Published on August 28, 2008

Fred Kaigler FRED KAIGLER has been licensed to the ministry by Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Columbia, and is available for supply work.

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South Carolinians reaching South Asia for God’s glory

Published on August 28, 2008

Danny Hester, of Columbia, converses with both adults and children whom he meets on the streets of a large South Asian city. This spring, Hester, a staff member with South Carolina’s Woman’s Missionary Union, took a team of volunteers... Continue Reading »

Morningside youth missions team goes to Poland on its first international project

Published on August 28, 2008

Morningside Baptist Church, Spartanburg, has a long history of missions involvement at home and throughout the world. For the past nine years, the church has been sending teams to Poland. This summer, however, for the first time, Morningside sent... Continue Reading »

Greenville pianist Pandolfi to do benefit concert at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home

Published on August 28, 2008

Emile Pandolfi will perform Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of Connie Maxwell Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

U.S. News & World Report: Anderson University among ‘up and coming’ schools

Published on August 28, 2008

Anderson University has been notified that not only had it moved up within the Top Tier of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges within its category, but it was also cited by experts as an Up and... Continue Reading »

Rudy Gray will be candidate for president of South Carolina Baptist Convention

Published on August 25, 2008

James Rudy Gray, pastor of Utica Baptist Church in Seneca, has confirmed that he will be nominated for president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the SCBC's annual meeting in November. Gray said he will be nominated by... Continue Reading »

Beijing coerces churches not to meet July-October

Published on August 22, 2008

The Chinese government has forced pastors of unregistered churches to pledge there will be no worship services at their congregations? meeting sites during a three-month period surrounding the Summer Olympics, a human rights group reported Aug. 13.... Continue Reading »

Gunman enters Arkansas Baptist building after killing

Published on August 22, 2008

A gunman shot Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney at the state party's headquarters in Little Rock at about 11:50 a.m. Aug. 13. Fleeing the scene, the suspect drove to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention building a few blocks... Continue Reading »

MercyMe band makes guest appearance at ‘Big Youth Thing’

Published on August 21, 2008

Their name is recognizable in part because one of the most indelible songs in recent years comes from the pen of MercyMe's lead singer Bart Millard. ?I Can Only Imagine? soared to the top of music industry charts and... Continue Reading »

No king but King Jesus

Published on August 21, 2008

In recently celebrating Independence Day, I thanked God for the privilege of living in the United States of America. Some countries guard their borders to keep people in. In America, we have to guard our borders to keep others... Continue Reading »

Rebekah Ann Naylor, M.D. – Missionary Surgeon in Changing Times

Published on August 21, 2008

For an entire generation, Rebekah Naylor has personified Southern Baptist medical missions. For 35 years, she served Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India as missionary surgeon and administrator. Stateside now, she continues to work on special assignment with the International... Continue Reading »

Low expectations can prevent Sunday school from growing

Published on August 21, 2008

My friend Allan Taylor wrote an excellent book about how to have a high-expectation Sunday school. Since 1995, when he was called to First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., as minister of education, Sunday school attendance at Woodstock has doubled.... Continue Reading »