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Great Commission Perspective: 2012 Convention – by Brad Atkins

Our yearly meeting is coming up Nov. 13-14 in Greenville at the TD Convention Center behind the Krispy Kreme. Just like the sweet donuts that you can get on your way to the meeting, it is going to be... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: November 18, 2012, Bible Studies for Life

God worked through the early church, and He continues to work through the church today. The church at Antioch was a growing and prosperous church made up of Jews and Gentiles from various walks of life and countries. Luke... Continue Reading »

Recreational marijuana passes in Colo., Wash.

Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana Nov. 6, while voters in Oregon rejected a similar proposal.... Continue Reading »

NGU launches campaign

The Christian music group 4Him provided music on Oct. 16 for ?Vision of Courage,? the formal kickoff of North Greenville University's $25-million GIFT God Capital Campaign, the most ambitious fund-raising effort in the school's 120-year history.... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: November 18, 2012, Explore the Bible

Every church has its dissenters, and that can be good when their ideas help a church stay on track and accomplish its purpose. Every church also has some dissenters who are troublemakers. These two truths call for adults to... Continue Reading »

Ark. voters reject medical marijuana

Arkansas voters, by a narrow 51 percent majority, defeated a ballot measure on Election Day that would have made their state the first in the South to legalize medical marijuana.... Continue Reading »

Commentary: The ?Unfinished Business? ? by Don Kirkland

Unfinished business awaits messengers to the annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention in Greenville Nov. 13-14. Last year, messengers gave overwhelming and enthusiastic approval to an 11-point report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. At the... Continue Reading »

Older than republic, Big Stevens Creek celebrates 250th

Big Stevens Creek Baptist Church in North Augusta observed its 250th anniversary in October, capped by a celebration service on Oct. 21.... Continue Reading »

Voters retain death penalty in Calif.

The death penalty remains on the books in California after residents there defeated an initiative to replace it with life imprisonment without parole.... Continue Reading »

Letter: Articles were ‘blessings’

Don Kirkland's Commentary on ?Enduring to the End? and Lee Clamp's article on the contrast of a cruise ship to an aircraft carrier in the recent ?Baptist Courier were blessings to me.... Continue Reading »

Whitmire First Baptist Church observes 225th anniversary

A special homecoming service was held Oct. 14 to celebrate the 225th anniversary of Whitmire First Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

ELECTION WRAP: Assisted suicide loses

An election night that largely was bleak for social conservatives had a few bright spots, including one in Massachusetts, where voters narrowly rejected a measure that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide.... Continue Reading »