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Gambling is an issue that has plagued society since the beginning of time. In our state alone, issues such as video poker, the lottery, bingo, poker, casino boats and sports betting have brought not only local headlines but also... Continue Reading »

Brandy, a rising 7th-grader, approached flag football camp in a black T-shirt that matched her disposition. She wasn't confident that she would fit into the afternoon camp, sponsored by First Church, Williston, N.D., and organized by 13 men from... Continue Reading »

Although Jan. 1 is usually considered a time for ?new things? and developing new habits, most Americans consider the fall as that time, mainly due to the fact that vacations are over and school begins. If you are one... Continue Reading »

Wynn already had plenty of opportunities to listen in three days of helping coordinate Hurricane Irene relief efforts in New Bern, N.C.... Continue Reading »

Eddie and Frances Willis will soon become church planters in the metropolitan Atlanta area. He is currently pastor of Friendship Church, North Charleston. He and his wife will plant a church through the Urban Atlanta Church Planting network. The... Continue Reading »

From Sept. 18-25, Pleasant Grove Church, Fountain Inn, will celebrate 50 years of ?Learning from the Past,? (Sept. 18) ?Living in the Present? (Sept. 19-22) and ?Looking to the Future? (Sept. 25).... Continue Reading »

Small groups of young men and women gathered around the shopping mall's decorative palm trees, deep in conversation. Curious onlookers leaned over the railing to listen in on the stories of gods ? and God ? that wafted back... Continue Reading »

Leaders of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force of the South Carolina Baptist Convention will host a series of six ?Q&A Forums? around the state in the coming weeks.... Continue Reading »

Second Church in Great Falls (Chester Association) began its annual seven-day revival on June 26. Forty-nine days later, on Aug. 14, the meetings finally ended, but only so that the church could get on with the business of discipling... Continue Reading »

When the jets slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field a decade ago, the life of Joseph Rose* began to change. A Christian college student, he knew little about Islam. He didn't know a... Continue Reading »

A Facebook group page created to ?encourage discussion? among South Carolina Baptists about the GCR report's recommendations has attracted nearly 200 members and sparked a series of discussion threads centered mostly around the issue of trustee selection for the... Continue Reading »

Ten years after 9/11, Freeman Field and his father Taylor agree that what terrorists intended for evil produced a life-changing harvest of good for the younger Field. ?For Freeman, the experience itself was spiritually a turning point,? Taylor Field,... Continue Reading »