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North Carolina exec. supports 50/50 CP split

North Carolina Baptists? top administrator declared his support for moving the state convention to a 50/50 allocation of Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention ?over a protracted period? in his address during the BSCNC annual meeting in... Continue Reading »

Palmetto Boys State moving to Anderson University

Anderson University and the Palmetto Boys State organization have announced a new partnership that will see the leadership development camp moving to the AU campus beginning next June.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for November 25, 2010

  Georgia Baptists adopt 10-year evangelism plan Georgia Baptists voted to establish a new association and approved an operating budget of $45 million during their 189th annual meeting. Also, a 10-year plan to reach Georgia Baptists, Mission Georgia 2020,... Continue Reading »

Pleasant Grove Church travels to Africa

A dozen people from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Fountain Inn, recently traveled to Africa for a mission trip. They were part of a group of 17 who spent a week in Tiriki in October, where they conducted Vacation Bible... Continue Reading »

New missionaries recount calling

Excuses were flowing through Jason Palmer's mind as quickly as the rain dripping through his tent: I won't make enough money. I don't know enough theology. I don't want to live overseas. My parents will be upset. I can't... Continue Reading »

Columbia-area associations offer January Bible Study overview

?If righteousness could ever be attained by works alone, Christ died needlessly, and the very character of God is called into question. However, we are redeemed from the curse of the law by Christ, who became a curse for... Continue Reading »

Amid drawdown, IMB still sending full-time missionaries

Southern Baptists are seeking to deploy as many missionaries worldwide as resources will allow, amid reductions in personnel due to lower Cooperative Program receipts and the U.S. recession. The International Mission Board's interim president, Clyde Meador, told the Southern... Continue Reading »

My Answer – by Billy Graham

Dear Dr. Graham: Somehow I got on the mailing list of a religious group that keeps sending me their magazines and other things. They write a lot about what the world is going to be like once God takes... Continue Reading »

Blanton is new Union County Association DOM

Union County Baptist Association has called David M. Blanton as director of missions, effective Oct. 1.... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer – ‘God’s Time for Cuba’: Churches Multiplying

When Osvier Acosta Ferrero, 72, and Ricardo Tadeo Soria Perez, 58, pedal down dirt roads on their bicycles, they?re not out for exercise. They?re praying for Cubans who need Christ.... Continue Reading »

Taylors First Baptist Church calls Paul Jimenez as pastor

Taylors First Baptist Church in Upstate South Carolina has called 41-year-old Paul Jimenez as pastor. He will begin duties in mid-December.... Continue Reading »

Churches, organizations to stage public Christmas events

Anderson University will usher in the Christmas season at the AU centennial edition of Christmas First Night. The concert will be held Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and will feature selections performed by the major choral and instrumental ensembles... Continue Reading »