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Ridgeland church holds day of prayer

Faith Baptist Church, Ridgeland, recently joined other Americans in prayer for the nation and its leaders.... Continue Reading »

Spiritual immaturity stymies church, Barna Group says

An unclear understanding of spiritual maturity may be an underlying reason why there is so little progress in seeing people develop spiritually in the United States, despite overwhelming access to churches and unlimited products and resources, the Barna Group... Continue Reading »

Freshman reading assignment reinforces foundational beliefs

This summer's reading assignment for entering freshmen at Charleston Southern University is the student edition of 'the Case for Christ,? by Lee Strobel.... Continue Reading »

Business Meetings and Half Nelsons

A church sign revealed, 'today's sermon: What is hell like?? Underneath the sermon title were the words, ?Church business meeting tonight.? Some business meetings have been alarmingly similar to the place of torment.... Continue Reading »

Band changes gears – and hearts – for the homeless

A trio of Charleston-area Christian bandmates recently bicycled more than 500 miles to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for the homeless.... Continue Reading »

Disaster relief is opportunity for volunteers, churches

As June signals the onset of hurricane season, Baptist disaster relief responders across South Carolina triple-check their equipment, and Cliff Satterwhite recalls the 1989 category 4 storm that spawned the state's efficient network of volunteer relief units.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for June 25, 2009

3 from Upstate among New Orleans grads Three South Carolinians were among those who graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary May 16. Todd Sullens of Campobello received the doctor of ministry degree. Sullens is senior pastor at Hamilton... Continue Reading »

Volunteers seize divine appointments in Sri Lanka

Ike Barnhart* stood to bid farewell to three young men standing in the doorway of the guesthouse where he was staying. ?You need to accept Jesus ? Jesus is alive!? Ike said, as the young men shook his hand... Continue Reading »

NAMB Great Commission re-focus task force named

Don Wilton, pastor of First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, is among 24 Southern Baptists from a cross-section of the denomination ? theologians, missiologists, practitioners, denominational leaders and pastors of churches of varying sizes and ethnicities ? who will comprise a... Continue Reading »

Do new buildings, services lead to growth?

With two-thirds of all Protestant churches having expanded their ministry space or outlets in the past five years, a new study by LifeWay Research shows that adding a worship service and building new space on site corresponds to higher... Continue Reading »

Betty Marshall Bedenbaugh

Betty Marshall Bedenbaugh, 79, of Greenville, a retired Southern Baptist missionary, died June 11, 2009.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina pastor writes novel of spiritual discovery

Randolph J. Carlson, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Hamer (Pee Dee Association), has written his first novel, ?Directed by Light.?... Continue Reading »