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"You're my test group to tell me if you like these muffins," I explained to the group at our dining room table. The gathering included four adult guests, three of our children and their spouses, my Ed and me.... Continue Reading »

Anderson University's new Clamp Graduate School of Christian Ministry will have its beginning this fall with a special consecration service on Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall.... Continue Reading »

Friends, church members and pastors have sought to comfort loved ones of the victims of a serial killer even as they try to come to grips with the aftermath of a tragedy that struck the Gaffney area in late... Continue Reading »

Extending marriage-like benefits to same-sex couples will give such unions an elite status and will promote a social agenda largely opposed by evangelical Christians, a former Southern Baptist Convention president told members of Congress.... Continue Reading »

Almost four years after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees on Aug. 29, 2005, Southern Baptists continue to spend a week or so in the Big Easy, volunteering their time and skills to rebuild or refurbish homes... Continue Reading »

Washington bureaucrats are pushing hard for a vote on national health care reform. Provisions in the legislation allow abortion on demand, override state abortion laws, and establish federal funding for abortions. The National Right to Life Web site states... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists are certainly to be commended for following a divine impulse to develop a strategy that would give rise to what is being termed a Great Commission Resurgence within our denomination.... Continue Reading »

I would like to respond to an article in the June 11 issue of The Baptist Courier. In this article, Jerry Rankin talks about the shortfall of $30 million for the Lottie Moon Christmas offerings.... Continue Reading »

Steven Guyton 'steve? Stone, 57, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Pelzer, died July 14, 2009, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

Frances Dickard Morrow, 80, of Rock Hill, wife of retired pastor Calvin Morrow, died June 25, 2009, at her home.... Continue Reading »

Wolf Stake Baptist Church, Beaverdam Baptist Association, was honored at a presentation ceremony July 5 by the North American Mission Board for being the best per-capita giving church for 2008. Missions Service Corps missionary Jon Varner presented a certificate... Continue Reading »

Michael Jackson, an international pop star, passed away recently. It is hard not to know this, since the media has carried it so extensively. His departure leaves us with quite a legacy of music that spanned over 40 years.... Continue Reading »