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Donald Dowless, currently serving as vice president for academic affairs at North Greenville University, has been named president of Shorter University, a Georgia Baptist institution in Rome, Ga.... Continue Reading »

Glenwood Baptist Church, Easley, honored pastor Dale McCoig and his wife, Marianne, on Jan. 9 with a trip to the Holy Land. Pictured with the McCoigs are the Glenwood deacons and staff, who presented the gift on behalf of... Continue Reading »

Leonard Marvin ?L.M.? Simmons, 80, of Ladson, formerly of Williston, died Feb. 18, 2011.... Continue Reading »

Executive Committee members, Southern Baptist Convention entity heads and other guests gathered in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21 to inaugurate Frank Page as the SBC Executive Committee's sixth president. Page, former pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church, officially assumed the... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I don't think it does any good to pray for world peace or our leaders or things like that. What good has it done? We have so many problems that we?ll never solve them all, and... Continue Reading »

Start spreading the news! That's the call the combined children's choirs of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Easley, have answered boldly and in full voice. The 44-voice choir made of up first-sixth graders premiered LifeWay's VBS musical and drama, ?Big... Continue Reading »

Lake Placid is full of people going places and at great speeds. The resort town was made famous by movies, high rollers, Olympic events and now by top-flight winter athletes honing their skills on its bobsled tracks and ice... Continue Reading »

For 27 consecutive years, the people of Lowrys could look forward to a Frances Stephenson Christmas production at the First Baptist Church. When she passed away on May 2 of last year at age 79, it would be natural... Continue Reading »

Twenty-year-old Trevor Bayne ? an outspoken Christian who often uses social media like Twitter to talk about his faith ? became the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 Feb. 20 at the Daytona International Speedway.... Continue Reading »

Baptists often define kingdom boundaries too narrowly to affect mission. We love to mark our territory. These lines are many. But, the thing is, they inhibit mission because they hinder cooperation. If we are to be kingdom people, we... Continue Reading »

Recently, I was invited to speak in ?revival? services at an out-of-state church. The pastor wanted me to address a problem he saw in the congregation: people not living the Christian life at home. That is the challenge and... Continue Reading »

Correction: A story in our Feb. 17 issue listing South Carolina Woman’s Missionary Union’s 2011-2012 executive board and nominating committee nominees included the wrong site for the WMU’s upcoming annual meeting. The March 11 meeting will be held at... Continue Reading »