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Northside Baptist Church, currently located in West Columbia, will open a private school in the fall when the church moves to a new facility in Lexington.... Continue Reading »

Youth ministers from around the state assembled at the SYNC ?11 conference at Charleston Southern University Feb. 8-9. Sonny Holmes, pastor at Northwood Baptist Church in North Charleston and president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, launched the conference... Continue Reading »

Trustees of the North American Mission Board approved sweeping changes Wednesday, Feb. 9, altering the focus, strategy, leadership and organizational structure of the Southern Baptist entity. The changes come almost five months to the day after trustees voted last... Continue Reading »

Dan Wackerhagen DAN WACKERHAGEN recently began duties as senior pastor of West End Baptist Church, Rock Hill. He formerly held pastorates in North and South Carolina, and served as a brigade combat team chaplain in Iraq during both Operation... Continue Reading »

A former Taylors pastor and now the president of the SBC Executive Committee in Nashville has told a select panel of South Carolina Baptists that the task of winning souls to Christ is an ?awesome, massive task,? and it... Continue Reading »

David Owens was ordained to preach by East Dillon Baptist Church, Dillon, on Feb. 6. He has been called as pastor by Beulah Baptist Church, Pee Dee Baptist Association. Pictured, from left, front row: James Smith, David and Jessica... Continue Reading »

Three out of four people in South Carolina ? a state with more than 4.5 million people ? are living without God in their lives, former missionary-surgeon Rebekah Naylor told those attending one of three Women's Lifestyle Evangelism conferences... Continue Reading »

Two weeks ago, Mina Peter* didn't know a soul in his Cairo apartment building. Like many young Egyptians, the 22-year-old computer science major was simply too busy to make the effort. And as the only Christian in the building,... Continue Reading »

Two words kept scrolling across my personal screen as I sat before God in solemn assembly Jan. 30: arrogance and pride! How many times have I boasted about (1) being affiliated with the largest Protestant denomination in America, (2)... Continue Reading »

Matthew Hyde and Matt Joliff walked down two separate roads for most of their lives. When their paths crossed in a Sunday school class, their separate journeys intersected, and their lives were changed forever by a gift.... Continue Reading »

Kevin Ezell used the weekly campus worship time at Anderson University Feb. 2 to share his passion for church planting with students and to urge them to consider God's call to plant churches when choosing a place to begin... Continue Reading »

Prisoners are arguably the most neglected population in the country, and, presumably, for good reason. In addition to holding a ?normal? inmate population, Lieber Correctional Institute in Ridgeville also maintains death row inmates for the entire state. Some of... Continue Reading »