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Just a few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a Greenville City Detective asking me to describe my ring that was stolen. After giving great detail, I was excited when he said, ?Rev. Atkins, we have found... Continue Reading »

National WMU introduced new branding elements today, including an updated trademark and tagline. Since 2006, the trademark for the national missions organization incorporated the letters WMU with a larger ?M? to place emphasis on ?missions.? Now missions ? the... Continue Reading »

As Christians, we have concluded what we call ?Holy Week.? It ended as it always does with the celebration of Easter. Last week, more than at any other time of the year, the church of the living Lord turned... Continue Reading »

A group of five North Greenville University students and one professor spent spring break making an impact in Nicaragua. The NGU team worked with a team from a Spartanburg church volunteering with Chosen Children Ministries, helping build houses and... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,764,590.68, or 5.12 percent, above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 0.75 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame... Continue Reading »

Summertime's coming, and you might be surprised how many people in your community would enjoy a walking tour of your church building. Whether it's large or small, your church building is a beacon in your town.... Continue Reading »

If there is anything consistent about the current state of how churches find and call pastors, it is the inconsistencies of the process for each church. It is inconsistent by denomination and by each church individually. I have the... Continue Reading »

With a reminder that their objective for the upcoming summer ?is to give the gospel away,? 45 Baptist Collegiate Ministry students were commissioned to summer missions service on the last Saturday in March at West Side Baptist Church, West... Continue Reading »

I would like to inform people in South Carolina about Camp Marietta. With all the exciting things happening, we still have lots of room for campers this summer. Our camp schedule is online at http://campmarietta.com. We also have room... Continue Reading »

SYNC ?12, the second annual church leadership event at Charleston Southern University, was held March 22-23 at the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel on the campus.... Continue Reading »

Pastors and ministers looking for ways to expand their ministry reach through the written word now have a place to learn the craft at the popular Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.... Continue Reading »

Somewhere around the mid 1700s, Christopher Wiles was born. In our Wiles? family history book, he is the oldest ancestor traceable without help from a professional genealogist. Because he was born and later married, I?m alive. And traits of... Continue Reading »