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Lois Cherry Long

Lois Cherry Long, 74, of Duncan, died Jan. 24, 2008, at Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg.... Continue Reading »

Dalzell church destroyed by fire

On Sunday, Feb. 17, Hillcrest Baptist Church in Dalzell burned to the ground. Neither the sheriff's department nor the fire department suspected arson or foul play. The church was built in 1985.... Continue Reading »

Lewie H. Miller Jr.

Lewie H. Miller Jr., 88, of Greenville, a retired pastor, died Feb. 13, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Baptists can adopt missionaries

If one out of eight of Southern Baptists? 43,000-plus churches would ?adopt? a North American Mission Board missionary, all 5,000 of NAMB's missionaries in the United States and Canada would receive much more prayer, encouragement and support.... Continue Reading »

Kingstree 1st Baptist celebrates church’s 150th anniversary

More than 500 people crowded into the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Kingstree, on Jan. 20 for the congregation's 150th anniversary celebration.... Continue Reading »

First Person – Self-indulgent: Who, me?

The United States has become a nation of pleasure-seekers without equal in the world. We develop billion-dollar industries to produce items so trivial that one has to wonder if we?re not a little bit nuts.... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for March 6, 2008

Carroll Waddell CARROLL WADDELL has announced his retirement from the pastorate. He has served churches in Santee Baptist Association for 15 years and is currently the pastor of Long Branch Baptist Church, where he has served as pastor for... Continue Reading »

Ministry effectiveness: How is it measured?

Should we abandon the entire institutional church? This is, in essence, what George Barn is proposing in his most recent book co-authored with Frank Viola, ?Pagan Christianity.?... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for March 6, 2008

The RAs and GAs from Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Woodruff, stand in front of Helping Hands Ministries in Woodruff, where they did volunteer work on the first day of their Christmas break. The group also collected cans, clothes, and... Continue Reading »

Executive Committee endorses $205.7 million SBC budget, receives CP funding report

Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members approved a 2008-09 Cooperative Program allocation budget of $205,716,834 for recommendation to the SBC during its June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis.... Continue Reading »

Intentional Community Evangelism engaging one upstate church

What could be a catalyst for entire communities being served by local churches? What could stimulate a church to intentionally see and meet needs?... Continue Reading »

Prayer room dedicated at Connie Maxwell’s Chesterfield campus

Thompson Creek Baptist Church recently dedicated a prayer room that it furnished for the Connie Maxwell Children's Home Adams campus in Chesterfield.... Continue Reading »