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Moving people to become everyday missionaries is the goal of an intentional four-step discipleship growth process at Greenwood Baptist Church, Florence, where 50 percent of the active membership has engaged the process and another 20 are expected to engage... Continue Reading »

June 1 was an important date for 13 of Columbia's high school graduates ? they were the recipients of a $35,000 gift from His House Ministries for college scholarships. Of those 13, three are members of South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »

Glenn Metts GLENN METTS has been called as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Springfield. He previously served as associate pastor for college students and outreach at First Baptist Church, Sevierville, Tenn. Metts is a graduate of New Orleans... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I?ve tried every trick in the book to get rid of some of my bad habits, but they?ve all failed. A friend tells me to try God, but I don't know how, and anyway I?m afraid... Continue Reading »

Fred Astin, director of missions for Beaverdam Baptist Association since Aug. 6, 1994, has retired. He was the longest-serving full-time director in the association's history. A recognition service was held at Bounty Land Baptist Church in Seneca on May... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 2.57 percent below the same time frame last year and 2.40 percent off budget for 2009. As of June 30, the year-to-date total of $150,583,883 for Cooperative Program missions... Continue Reading »

Oldest BP articles now available online Baptist Press articles dating to 1948 now are available online in a searchable PDF format following a two-year digitization project by the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. About 8,000 articles on 66,000... Continue Reading »

Not your typical after-school program. One day every week, for nine weeks this spring, a group of Vermont high school students shuffled into a youth center to participate in a partially taxpayer-funded program with a specific purpose. And it... Continue Reading »

Apalache Baptist Church, Greer, held groundbreaking May 17 for a Christian life center. The facility will be more than 19,000 square feet and will include a gymnasium, commercial kitchen, education space and a fellowship hall that will seat approximately... Continue Reading »

The last few articles have discussed investing strategies for people at varying ages. For those who are beginning their retirement savings, through age 40-something, retirement is far enough away to allow for some risk in investment choices. At age... Continue Reading »

People live at a much faster pace of life today than at any other time in history. It seems we are not just busy, but we are busy craving pleasure. Much like the ancient Epicureans, the motto of so... Continue Reading »

?Living Proof Live,? a two-day video simulcast presentation with inspirational writer and speaker Beth Moore, will be held Aug. 28-29 at First Baptist Church, Simpsonville.... Continue Reading »