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National Night Out chance for churches to cultivate multihousing outreach

South Carolina Baptists are mobilizing to participate in the National Night Out event this August and take the traditional partnership between single-family residence neighborhoods and law enforcement into the state's multihousing developments.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern administrator leads Hispanic Bible Institute

AGAPE, a Bible institute designed to train Spanish-speaking Christian leaders, awarded certificates in Christian ministry to six students this spring.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina’s Lewis joins Southern faculty

South Carolina native Chuck Lewis has joined the faculty of Southern Seminary as ?part of a major new step forward in the seminary's School of Church Ministries? vision of training worship pastors equipped for the challenges of the 21st... Continue Reading »

Boyle named director of alumni relations and annual giving

Beth Boyle has been named director of alumni relations and annual giving at Charleston Southern University. A 2008 Charleston Southern graduate with a major in communication, Boyle has served in the athletics department at the university. She previously worked... Continue Reading »

Fallaw assumes post at Ministries for Aging

Weldon Fallaw, retired president of the South Carolina Baptist Foundation, has been named director of community relations and development for South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging. In the part-time position, Fallaw will be responsible for ?enhancement of ministry... Continue Reading »

SBC Pastors’ Conference: See world as God sees it – and take action

Hearing passionate pleas to view the people of the world as God sees them, attendees of the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors? Conference were challenged to take action. Following the conference's theme of ?Aspire: Yearning to join God's Kingdom Activity,?... Continue Reading »

My Answer – by Billy Graham

Dear Dr. Graham: I?m in 3rd grade, and my mommy said to write you because she couldn't answer my question. Where is heaven? Is it way off somewhere, or is it maybe on the back of the moon? ?... Continue Reading »

Immeasurably More: Higher Ground

Working as a member of the South Carolina Great Commission Resurgence Task Force appointed by 2010 convention president Fred Stone has raised my personal learning curve to a steep incline. The diversity and size of the group have been... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for June 23, 2011

Padgett’s Creek Church, Union, recently honored Sharon Harris (left) on her retirement as church treasurer. Pictured with Harris are incoming treasurer Nicole Harmon, who presented a plaque of appreciation to Harris on behalf of the congregation, and pastor Carrol... Continue Reading »

Commentary: New Era ‘Already, Not Yet’ – by Don Kirkland

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention June 14-15 in Phoenix had the fewest registered messengers in 67 years. The count was just over 4,800. Despite this, Bryant Wright, who was re-elected for a second term as SBC... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: June 26, 2011, Bible Studies for Life

Capitalism rewards hard work and diligence. You work hard for what you have; why then should you give away what you have earned? Of course, one answer that we saw a couple of weeks ago is that even what... Continue Reading »

Letter: The case for the doxology

Before changes were instigated within our Southern Baptist churches during the decade of the 1980s, the doxology was sung as part of our worship services. Things began to turn back positively in the 1990s, except for one important item... Continue Reading »