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Ky. missions team returns home with new convert

Psalm 126:6 promises that ?when we go forth reaping, we shall return with our sheaves.? A team of 15 people from Griffin Baptist Church near Pickens that went on a recent mission trip to Stanton, Ky., saw a fulfillment... Continue Reading »

Beam named NGU V.P.

Tony Beam, director of Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University, has recently been named vice president of student services, student advocate and director of the Christian Worldview Center.... Continue Reading »

New school year! New clothes!

Everyone likes to have new clothes and shoes to head back to school. For 110 students in the Chapin area, this dream became a reality.... Continue Reading »

Call for Christian service nominations

Each year the Christian Life and Pubic Affairs Committee recognizes one individual and one church body for Christian involvement in the public arena of politics, government and community affairs.... Continue Reading »

SCBC resolutions due by Oct. 13

Resolutions to be considered at the 187th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention must be received by the Committee on Resolutions by Oct. 13.... Continue Reading »

First Person: For Christ’s sake, stop!

Do we love one another? Do we love our pastors? Do we genuinely care one for another? Do we care for the lost? Obviously, the list could go on and on, but the question remains, ?Do we love and... Continue Reading »

North Greenville students show God’s L.I.G.H.T. in a lost city

Several L.I.G.H.T. (Loving, Interceding, Going, Helping, Telling) teams from North Greenville University set out on the mission field during Summer 2007.... Continue Reading »

Starr’s anniversary

Starr Baptist Church will be ?Celebrating God's Grace: Past, Present, and Future? on Oct. 7. This will be our 175th anniversary as a church and the 150th anniversary of our sanctuary.... Continue Reading »

Seeking pen pals

This letter is to tell the young people, grades 7-12, and their leaders about a really neat way to serve as a Christian witness in a foreign country at almost no expense and without leaving home. We have requests... Continue Reading »

Missions partnership grows in Jamaica

It is known as a prime honeymoon spot, top tourist destination, and is the fodder of imaginations during bleak winter months. But Jamaica is more than sandy beaches and cruise-ship ports.... Continue Reading »

Monsoon-season miseries grip Christian hearts in south Asia

Almost every year, the snows melt in the Himalayas, monsoon rains come and floodwaters rise, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions in southern Asia. This summer is no exception ? murky floodwaters have killed about 2,800 people, destroyed... Continue Reading »

India believers tackle flood relief effort

Waiting anxiously for relief packets that would keep their families alive another few days, famished villagers braved swiftly moving, chest-high water to crowd around the small wooden boat.... Continue Reading »