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Cowboy worship sets stage for challenge facing Canadian Baptists

Southern Baptists in Canada opened their annual meeting with an Alberta-style fellowship that included horse-drawn wagon rides, a creek-side fire pit and "cowboy-style" worship.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Gay ‘marriage,’ young adults & polling

Polls are showing that young adults in America are increasingly favoring same-sex marriage, and more likely to favor legalizing same-sex marriage compared to older generations of Americans.... Continue Reading »

CSU breaks ground for Christian Leadership Building

Charleston Southern University held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Christian Leadership Building Oct. 14.... Continue Reading »

‘Keep less and give more,’ GCR chairman urges

Ralph Carter, pastor of Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Taylors, and chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, was invited by South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board chairman Keith Davis to address the board on Tuesday morning during its... Continue Reading »

Iran officials pressure pastor to convert

A jailed Iranian pastor who could be put to death for his faith has been given Islamic literature and been asked to read it -- a move potentially meant to trap him into a blasphemy conviction.... Continue Reading »

GCR Viewpoint: Let’s Trust Our Ministry Partners

The men and women who serve on our state convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force have done a tremendous job of putting together a workable plan to help South Carolina Baptists become more intentional about penetrating our spiritually dark... Continue Reading »

Aiken Baptists oppose GCR report ‘as it now stands’

Aiken Baptist Association messengers have adopted a statement that expresses non-support for the report of the South Carolina Baptist Convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force ?as it is being presented? at the upcoming SCBC annual meeting. An accompanying statement... Continue Reading »

WEEK OF PRAYER: Pakistani Christians thank missionaries

Aadam Channar* was only a young boy quietly listening in the shadows when Baptist missionary Hu Addleton first brought the Gospel to his Hindu tribal village in Pakistan.... Continue Reading »

Sosebee joins SCBC staff

Jerry Sosebee has been named associate director of the church health and Cooperative Program group at the South Carolina Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Clamp new evangelism director

The Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, meeting Oct. 10-11 at White Oak Conference Center, elected Lee Clamp to the position of director of the SCBC's evangelism group. Clamp serves as missional pastor of First Baptist Church,... Continue Reading »

Calvinism an issue in associational vote

Was a western Kentucky church denied admittance to a Baptist association because it is too Calvinistic?... Continue Reading »

2011 Pastor’s Conference: A Time to ‘Be Encouraged!’

Ty Childers, president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, hopes pastors and others who attend the 2011 Pastor's Conference Nov. 14 in Cayce will leave feeling encouraged in their ministries.... Continue Reading »