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Brad Atkins, pastor of Powdersville First Baptist Church, will be nominated for first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when messengers gather for the state convention's annual meeting Nov. 16-17.... Continue Reading »

The annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Historical Society will be held Oct. 18 at First Baptist Church, Georgetown, in conjunction with the year-long celebration by the church of 300 years of Baptist presence in Georgetown.... Continue Reading »

The election of Kentucky pastor Kevin Ezell as president of the North American Mission Board has agitated the rarely-calm-anyway waters of the Southern Baptist Convention. Those waters were set to churning even earlier when it was announced that Ezell... Continue Reading »

When do you plan to retire? For years, the magic age has been 65. This was actually set decades ago when Social Security was created. Did you know that when that age was set, the average life expectancy was... Continue Reading »

The statistics are depressing for the Southern Baptist Convention in terms of baptisms, church attendance, and church growth. Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer are two prominent Baptists who have pointed out the downward trend in these areas. We are... Continue Reading »

LARRY R. SIZEMORE has been called as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Fairfax. He formerly served as associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Rock Hill. Sizemore is a graduate of Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky., and earned his... Continue Reading »

I ran across the following statement in the history of the First Baptist Church of Clover: 'the York Association held their annual meeting at Clover's new church on September 28, 1927. At that meeting a discussion was held concerning... Continue Reading »

Can one man's faith make a difference? The cynic might say no, holding up as evidence humanity itself ? never more self-consumed than today despite countless intercessions and the salt-and-light presence of Jesus? most devout followers over the last... Continue Reading »

Calvin Wesley Morrow, 84, of Rock Hill, died Sept. 10, 2010, at a hospice house in Rock Hill.... Continue Reading »

Tony Atkinson, director of church relations at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, spoke to the Joyful Heart senior adults of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Hemingway, on Sept. 2. The group presented to Atkinson three large boxes of school supplies for... Continue Reading »

Genre Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel Playlist Come Dance With Me (listen) Jesus Is Enough (listen) Offered Praises Round the Throne Polish Me Chorus Medley: Come Dwell in Me, Embrace the Cross, Just Have Your Way (listen) One Flesh Angels... Continue Reading »

At first, Rakesh Tandon* simply had no interest in hearing about God. He?d just come to play basketball. Although his family follows Hinduism, Tandon does not believe in any god. But every day for six weeks, Sheldon Catling,* a... Continue Reading »