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Dear Dr. Graham: What did Jesus mean when he said we shouldn't judge other people? I?ve a hard time with this, because I?m a businessman, and if I didn't judge whether or not someone I was doing business with... Continue Reading »

During the business section of the SBC Executive Board report, messengers, without discussion, adopted a 2010-11 SBC operating budget that anticipates $8.64 million in income, with $6.79 million through the Cooperative Program. A total of $2.98 million is budgeted... Continue Reading »

Bill Butler was born and raised in Sumter, served in the Army and raised two children with his wife Louise. He went to church as a child, but did not attend for most of his adult life. Louise has... Continue Reading »

A church with 103 members and an average 30-year Cooperative Program giving rate of 32.78 percent received the M.E. Dodd Award during the Southern Baptist Executive Committee's morning report June 15 at the SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.... Continue Reading »

Fairview Baptist Church of Greer celebrated its 125th anniversary May 16.... Continue Reading »

Student missionary dies in Maine car crash Southern Baptist summer missionary Palmer Maphet, 20, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., was killed and three other Tennessee students and their supervisor were injured June 16 when their car was struck by another... Continue Reading »

The Children in Action of Talatha Baptist Church, Aiken, helped decorate dolls sewn by the church’s Woman’s Missionary Union for use by missionaries as ministry tools for teaching the love of Jesus. The dolls have eyes closed and open,... Continue Reading »

It was all about goalie Tim Howard, an outspoken Christian, during the U.S. team's World Cup opening match against England on June 12. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. In spite of a first-half injury to the ribs... Continue Reading »

The annual Coastal Evangelism Conference, sponsored by churches in the coastal area of the state and hosted by Langston Baptist Church in Conway, is set for Aug. 4-6.... Continue Reading »

Charles Stanley ? long-time pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta ? and his son, Andy Stanley ? pastor of the Atlanta-area North Point Community Church ? appeared together on the platform of the Southern Baptist Pastors? Conference June... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists, you can mark this one down on your calendars as a day of significance in the life of the denomination. But will its importance in how the world's largest evangelical body of believers envisions its mission and... Continue Reading »

After nearly a year of formulation and discussion among Southern Baptists and the pleas of proponents to ?penetrate lostness,? messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 15 adopted, after lengthy discussion, a list of strategic and organizational... Continue Reading »