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Reedy Fork Baptist Church, Greenville, which for a short time claimed R.G. Lee as pastor, will celebrate its 140th anniversary on May 20.... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: My aunt was always a wonderful and kind Christian, but now she has Alzheimer's disease and has totally changed. She gets angry and lashes out at people, and we can't understand what's happened. Is she guilty... Continue Reading »

Cooperative Program giving from South Carolina Baptist Convention churches is up slightly from a year ago and running ahead of budgeted needs for 2012. According to information released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer, first-quarter giving for 2012... Continue Reading »

Now that the frenzy of filing your income tax returns is over, you can sit back and relax, right? Not so fast! If you were like most people, you didn't have everything in order and found yourself wishing you... Continue Reading »

Suddenly one the world's most famous low-tech devices has gained renewed publicity. The Etch A Sketch. It came about as an off-the-cuff comment from Mitt Romney strategist Eric Fehrnstrom. In March he was asked about the candidate's?politics now versus... Continue Reading »

A new survey of adoption agencies confirms that the secrecy once associated with adoption is no longer a reality, with 95 percent of all domestic adoptions now being ?open? or 'semi-open? ? that is, the birth parents and adoptive... Continue Reading »

SEAN GOSNELL joined the staff of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Spartanburg, as youth and children’s minister. He grew up in the Mount Zion community and has served as youth minister in several Upstate churches. He and his wife Tami... Continue Reading »

A prominent seminary president had the rare opportunity to engage a former president on his beliefs surrounding the importance and interpretation of the Bible. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., interviewed Jimmy Carter on... Continue Reading »

Holly Springs Baptist Church, Inman, honored Jannings Dill, left, with the title of deacon emeritus on Jan. 29 for more than 50 years of service as a deacon. Presenting a plaque of appreciation to Dill is Holly Springs pastor... Continue Reading »

With his ball in the Augusta National woods on the second playoff hole, Christian golfer Bubba Watson came up with the shot of his life, a 155-yard pitching wedge that clinched the 2012 Masters championship and his first major... Continue Reading »

Death is not a subject most people enjoy thinking or talking about. We obviously don't like the word because we?ve invented other terms to lessen the impact of what happens: deceased, passed, gone, departed, lost, released and asleep. No... Continue Reading »

Ignorance may be bliss, but ignorance about the needs of the poor and oppressed is not the way of Jesus. Such was the premise of a recent campus-wide event held by Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Francis Marion University.... Continue Reading »