Todd Deaton

Mike Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, Honea Path, was elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention during the Nov. 15 session of its 186th annual meeting in Taylors.... Continue Reading »

David Collier expects to be deployed to Afghanistan with his National Guard unit in the next few months. When this infantry man arrives there, however, he will be carrying more than the standard issued equipment: He will also be... Continue Reading »

Released Time programs in Spartanburg's District One schools, known as D1RT, began this fall with approximately 250 students and has already recorded about 30 students accepting Christ, reported Tracy Burns, who became executive director last January.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the annual meeting of South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting at Taylors First Baptist Church Nov. 14, adopted a $32.75 million Cooperative Program budget and extended their missions partnership with South Asia for another two years.... Continue Reading »

In addition to a resolution of appreciation for Carlisle Driggers, who will have completed 17 years of invaluable leadership to the South Carolina Baptist Convention when he retires in February, the 1,226 registered messengers to the annual meeting Nov.... Continue Reading »

For months now, South Carolina Baptist Convention officials and pastors have been declaring a need to ?protect marriage.? An overwhelming vote on Nov. 7 in favor of a marriage amendment to South Carolina's Constitution has given South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »

On the eve of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's 60th anniversary, Hal Lane, its newly elected chairman of trustees, is as equally excited about how emerging technologies are enabling the Southern Baptist agency to place biblically based resources... Continue Reading »

The seven-member search committee charged with recommending the next executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is ?moving forward with great confidence? in the process of finding a successor to Carlisle Driggers, who will step down from the... Continue Reading »

Facing the Giants is more than a movie about a football team that rises out of nowhere to play in a state championship game. Alex and Stephen Kendrick, associate pastors of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and a... Continue Reading »

One hundred and twenty-five years ago, 31 people from Beaverdam Baptist Church met in mid-June at Huntsville, a few miles south of Clinton, with a dream of forming a new church. By the next May, they had organized as... Continue Reading »

?Preacher Nick? ? that's what he wanted us to call him. I can think of no better description: His life was a testimony to his Lord.... Continue Reading »

The amended report, which drew considerable discussion during the Tuesday morning session, removed a portion urging churches to ?adopt a missional mindset as they contribute at least 10 percent? of their undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program. Instead, the... Continue Reading »