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The context of this section is Amos's fourth vision ? a basket of summer fruit. It may well be that Amos could see this fruit as the last of the crop for the season and the last before the... Continue Reading »

The popular image of college student activities during a holiday might consist of hanging out at the mall, connecting with their friends on social media, or going to the movies. Not so for 23 Anderson University students over the... Continue Reading »

The world pays attention to big, loud things: wars, disasters, spectacles, celebrities, political showdowns. The people of God often are found in quieter places, doing quieter things. Yes, they respond to wars and disasters, especially if they can help... Continue Reading »

High Hill Baptist Church in Darlington is proof ? if proof were needed ? that a church doesn't have to be big to have a Vacation Bible School. The rural congregation, which averages about 35 mostly senior adults in... Continue Reading »

What comes to your mind when you think of winter? Short days? Chilling blasts of air? Flames in the hearth? Many people have a love-hate relationship with the wintry season. There's something cozy about snuggling under thick blankets on... Continue Reading »

I?ve served a lot of Christians over the past 10 years, but no one has ever invited me to their home,? said the young Chinese business owner as he accepted an invitation from one of our pastors in the... Continue Reading »

Archibald C. Prevatte, 91, of Dillon, died Sept. 5, 2012.... Continue Reading »

Bennie L. Ridlehoover, 89, of Greenwood, a long-serving pastor in the Upstate, died Jan. 10, 2013.... Continue Reading »

Haley Willis has exceeded expectations her whole life. Diagnosed with a neural tube defect 21 weeks before she was born, doctors told her parents, Jeff and Lynel, that Haley wouldn't survive the pregnancy. When she was born on her... Continue Reading »

While news outlets were focusing in January on a NeighborhoodScout.com report that Spartanburg was listed as the 12th-most dangerous city in the U.S., a coalition of nearly a dozen churches and ministries was telling a different story. Pastors and... Continue Reading »

While the majority of pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention have a will, nearly 40 percent possess no type of estate planning document at all. A recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research on behalf of the Southern Baptist Foundation... Continue Reading »

Bobby Earls BOBBY EARLS has been called as pastor of Northgate Baptist Church in Florence. It marks the first time in 22 years that Earls, a Blacksburg native, has served in South Carolina. He previously served Little Memorial Baptist... Continue Reading »