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LifeWay camps expand, impact at NGU

The summer of 2006 began a new era of cooperation between North Greenville University and LifeWay Christian Resources. Centrifuge Camp was expanded to include Mission Fuge on the NGU campus.... Continue Reading »

Intersections: Where Faith Meets Life – by Bob Weathers

When Tanith Tyrr climbed into the king cobra's exhibit at the Cape Fear Serpentarium in Wilmington, N.C., she was not the victim of a terrible sense of direction. She entered intentionally. Why? To prove snakes aren't the aggressive murderers... Continue Reading »

Anderson moves up one spot in rankings

Anderson University has moved up one spot to 44th from 45th among comprehensive colleges and universities in the South, according to the U.S. News & World Report's ?Best Colleges? edition for 2007.... Continue Reading »

Revivals needed

I might be revealing something about my age by even bringing up the question that I am posing here, but whatever happened to revivals?... Continue Reading »

The Silver Ring Thing comes to CSU

There are teens today who are saying ?no? to sex before marriage. On Sept. 23, the Silver Ring Thing, an abstinence program incorporating hi-tech music, lights and sound, will be held at Charleston Southern University.... Continue Reading »

Too much ‘milk’

G.K. Chesterton said: ?It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but that it has been found difficult, and not tried.?... Continue Reading »

Jeremiah, Billingsley hosting NGU event

Dedicated pastor, best-selling author, dynamic speaker and prominent Bible teacher, David Jeremiah, will be joined by Christian recording artist Charles Billingsley Oct. 19 to assist North Greenville University in a fund-raising event.... Continue Reading »

Resolutions due by Oct. 14

Resolutions to be considered at the 186th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention must be submitted to the Resolutions Committee by Oct. 14.... Continue Reading »

Lights, camera, evangelize!

Before there was The Passion of the Christ, there was Flywheel, The Movie. And now Facing the Giants is coming to the silver screen with the same Christian and family values that are capturing the attention of Hollywood.... Continue Reading »

1 year after Katrina: Ministry counters exhaustion

A thin edge of normality veils the emotional trauma of living for the last year in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which has been called the nation's worst-ever natural disaster.... Continue Reading »

Dove Award winner, wife lead marriage conference

People filed into the lecture hall at White Oak Conference Center in pairs. Some had been together for more than 40 years, others married only a few. But regardless of their history, all were present to strengthen their marriages... Continue Reading »

MPAA ‘PG’ rating mixed blessing for Kendrick brothers’ film

When Alex and Stephen Kendrick asked their church to pray for a media breakthrough to draw attention to their latest movie, Facing the Giants, they were not exactly prepared for a worldwide firestorm throughout the secular and evangelistic communities... Continue Reading »