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Here are a few from my annual thankful list, as told by International Mission Board writers around the world:... Continue Reading »

"The Love Dare," a devotional book for couples based on biblical themes from the movie "Fireproof," continues to be a bestseller three years after the film opened.... Continue Reading »

As I"ve said, for many families, Thanksgiving will involve a family reunion of sorts -- a family reunion in which old wounds and grudges may be present, buried just beneath the surface.... Continue Reading »

All in all, we Americans have much for which to be thankful, and we should be reminded of how the Lord blessed our nation at various points in our history.... Continue Reading »

I made a vow to God that I would never coach a kid who did not hear the plan of salvation."... Continue Reading »

Quake victims are ?on the brink of great suffering? because of their conditions, the international relief organization Baptist Global Response reports.... Continue Reading »

Ministers are people, too. When they struggle with family, church, or personal and moral issues, the pastoral ministries office of the South Carolina Baptist Convention is ready to help. Clergy in the midst of crises have access to affordable... Continue Reading »

There is a hierarchy in the church, though we do not usually mention it. It is not a hierarchy of money (though that sometimes surfaces). It is not of temporal power, though that rears its head as well, in... Continue Reading »

Tom Capps TOM CAPPS, missions mobilization consultant for Greer Association since 2007, has been named interim director of missions for the association. He began his new duties Nov. 1 following the Oct. 31 retirement of Cleatus Blackmon after 13... Continue Reading »

Keith Brownfield, a lay member of Spring Valley Baptist Church, Columbia, has published a new book, ?Finding Passion and Purpose for Serving a Loving God.?... Continue Reading »

In 2008, Brad Atkins sat on the back row of the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and listened to a sermon by then-president Eddie Leopard, pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken. ?I wasn't concerned with the... Continue Reading »

A group from White Plains Baptist Church, Gaffney, joined a team from several churches in Broad River Association to do mission work in South Africa. The White Plains members worked at Aurora Primary School in Johannesburg Sept. 8-15. Pictured... Continue Reading »