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Poll: 400 years later, KJV Bible still popular

Published on April 28, 2011

Four hundred years after it debuted as the first widely distributed Bible for the English-speaking world, the King James Version of the Bible still holds a place of distinction among Americans, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

My Answer – by Billy Graham

Published on April 28, 2011

Dear Dr. Graham: My life is falling apart. The doctor has discovered something that may be breast cancer, and I?m too scared to even get it confirmed. I?m divorced with two children who depend on me, and I can't... Continue Reading »

Personnel guidelines for executive level focus of new committee

Published on April 28, 2011

A year after personnel issues at the executive level of the South Carolina Baptist Convention were aired in an open forum during the Executive Board's 2010 spring meeting, the first step has been taken to write a policy to... Continue Reading »

200 respond to Bobby Bowden’s message at sportsman’s banquet

Published on April 28, 2011

Former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden visited Kingstree April 7 to speak at the first Black River Sportsman's Banquet.... Continue Reading »

At USC: Gay students protest SBC president’s honorary degree

Published on April 28, 2011

Some University of South Carolina students say the school should not award an honorary doctorate to Southern Baptist Convention president Bryant Wright because of his and the denomination's stance against homosexuality and ?gay marriage,? but Wright says he and... Continue Reading »

S.C. evangelist Frank Shivers authors ‘Growing in Knowledge, Living by Faith’

Published on April 28, 2011

South Carolina Baptist vocational evangelist Frank Shivers is the author of a recently published handbook on basic Christian values entitled ?Growing in Knowledge, Living by Faith.?... Continue Reading »

Centenary Church burns after lightning strike

Published on April 28, 2011

An ages-old Baptist church in Marion County burned to the ground April 9 after it was struck by lightning, but congregation members are determined to keep their spirits high.... Continue Reading »

Richard Clint Totherow Jr.

Published on April 28, 2011

Richard Clint Totherow Jr., 74, of Rock Hill, died March 14, 2011, at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville, N.C.... Continue Reading »

First Person: Mother’s Day Offering – ‘Providing for Our Own’

Published on April 28, 2011

South Carolina Baptists know that missions work takes many forms. While traditional missions is reaching the unchurched, within South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging (SCBMA), that also includes providing for our own in the later stages of life.... Continue Reading »

In Your Interest – by Valerie Rumbough

Published on April 28, 2011

Many churches give their ministers a housing allowance instead of providing a parsonage for them. There are real advantages to this, mainly the fact that it allows the minister an opportunity to purchase his own home and prepare more... Continue Reading »

Retired pastor latest beneficiary of Mother’s Day Offering

Published on April 28, 2011

At their February board meeting, trustees for South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging approved the awarding of two new Mother's Day Offering fund recipients. The Mother's Day Offering, received by South Carolina Baptist churches annually, is designated to... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for April 28, 2011

Published on April 28, 2011

Jeff Briggs JEFF BRIGGS, department chair for sport management at North Greenville University, was honored recently by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities during its annual Excellence in Teaching awards ceremony in Columbia. “This year’s award recipients demonstrated a... Continue Reading »