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Dear Dr. Graham: I?ve been teaching a Bible class at our church for several years, but I?m about to give up. The class is for junior high students, and I just don't feel like I?m getting through to them.... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention has named Andy Weems the new Baptist Collegiate Ministry director for the University of South Carolina and Columbia-area colleges.... Continue Reading »

Here's a simple way to evaluate how guests see your church building. Take the ?5-Spot Test.? Stop at five specific places around your church site for five minutes and answer five questions.... Continue Reading »

Although South Carolina Baptists came up more than $717,500 short of fully funding their $28.6 million state convention budget in 2012, some state convention officials hope gifts received from churches in the days following the Dec. 31 deadline ?... Continue Reading »

You have probably seen the commercials where people are walking around carrying their ?number? ? the amount they need to have in their retirement account before they can actually retire. So what is your ?number?? There are several factors... Continue Reading »

Medical strategies are a key piece of engaging unreached people groups, said Trey Alexander,* a church-planting strategist in Central Asia. While formal requests for medical personnel are limited, the International Mission Board needs doctors, dentists, nurses and public health... Continue Reading »

Tom Tucker, pastor of Sisk Memorial Baptist Church, Fort Mill, heads a slate of officers elected in December to lead the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for 2013.... Continue Reading »

Eight years ago, Mac Lawton was given only six months to live after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. There were many things he could have done in those six months ? travel, enjoy hobbies, or just spend time relaxing... Continue Reading »

In 1997, I entered a country far different from my own. As a trustee of the International Mission Board, I visited Yemen in July of that year. At that time, trustees were debating whether to keep Jibla Baptist Hospital... Continue Reading »

Robert E. Whitehead, youth minister at West Gantt First Baptist Church, Greenville, was ordained to the ministry Nov. 25. Pictured, from left, front row: Amanda Whitehead, Robert Whitehead, and West Gantt interim pastor Tony Beam. Back row: Bryan Holder,... Continue Reading »

?Medical missions is dead.? ?IMB no longer appoints medical personnel.? 'transitions of IMB-funded hospitals to local leadership are a failure.? These are just some of the myths circulating about Southern Baptist medical missions, according to Dr. Charles Fielding,* a... Continue Reading »

Choral singing enthusiasts in the Aiken/North Augusta area will have a rare opportunity Feb. 5 to hear a joint concert by men's choirs from South Carolina and Georgia.... Continue Reading »