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Encouraging stronger churches to partner with declining churches and developing effective mentoring strategies to groom future missionaries, state convention leaders and denominational employees were among the topics discussed during the first meeting of the African American Advisory Council May... Continue Reading »

A new blood test that might empower physicians to screen unborn children for more than 3,000 genetic disorders will result in a "death sentence" for many, a Southern Baptist bioethicist says.... Continue Reading »

Nigerian soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after a suicide bombing of two churches Sunday, June 3, local sources claim, according to a Compass Direct News June 7 report.... Continue Reading »

A newly released Gallup poll taking America"s moral temperature finds strong support for fidelity in marriage and increasing respect for unborn life, but in other key areas -- specifically sex outside of marriage and homosexuality -- Americans may have... Continue Reading »

While the national debt, war on terror and a presidential election dominate headlines and newscasts, the decline of civility may be the most ominous issue facing the United States.... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions through the Cooperative Program continue to run above budgeted goals for the South Carolina Baptist Convention. In the first five months of 2012, CP giving was 3.14 percent above budgeted needs for the year and 3.37 percent... Continue Reading »

Angry clouds and pounding rain threatened to cancel the Tuesday night rally at the Rick Gage ?Go Tell? crusade at Belton Honea-Path High School. Just in time, however, the rain stopped, and the clouds gave way to sunny skies.... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I know some of the things I do are wrong, and yet I just keep doing them. I tell God I?m sorry and won't do them again and ask Him to forgive me, but I still... Continue Reading »

Nate and Joanna Whitmire* told God they would go anywhere if he called them to missions. ?It's not like he?d ever call us to Africa,? they thought. But he did.... Continue Reading »

?When I served in Korea, there was a month where the war effort was wrapping up and our soldiers had no mission. We were bored out of our minds. I thought to myself that these soldiers were going to... Continue Reading »

North Greenville University will work with LifeWay Christian Resources to host Fuge Camps this summer. The school will host eight weeks of camp June 4-July 28.... Continue Reading »

For Margene Todd, 30 years of ministry began with an unusual answer to prayer. Shortly after moving to Myrtle Beach in 1969, she began to feel a call to minister to the deaf. The only problem was, she didn't... Continue Reading »