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In January, North Greenville University will offer its master of Christian ministry and business administration programs in an online format.... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention overwhelmingly approved a policy Nov. 11 that will allow convention officials to refuse donations from individuals and churches ? a new policy that apparently will apply to First Baptist Church, Decatur, which is... Continue Reading »

It is pretty easy to walk around the NGU campus and spot a few students having a jam session with their guitars. But one place you may never look for someone proficient at playing the instrument is White Hall,... Continue Reading »

North Carolina Baptists, gathered for their 178th annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 10-12, eliminated the option for churches to contribute to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship through the state convention.... Continue Reading »

Amid the arid lands of Afghanistan, where hills and snowcapped mountains surround deserts and poppy fields, a cloud of war hovers over the terrain and all who inhabit it. But there are those who, with the help of WorldCrafts,... Continue Reading »

William Eugene ?Gene? Franklin Jr., 64, of Sumter, a pastor and emergency services volunteer, died Nov. 11, 2008, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

The South Carolina Baptist Convention is launching a new resource magazine that will be distributed to churches starting in December.... Continue Reading »

Harold Wayne Lewis, of Taylors, a retired international missionary and writer, died Oct. 19, 2008, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease.... Continue Reading »

After successfully launching True Love Waits in six African countries a little more than a year ago, the ministry has received an additional $350,000 to expand its abstinence-until-marriage message into two more countries.... Continue Reading »

James Stevens JAMES STEVENS is the new pastor of Latta Baptist Church, Pee Dee Baptist Association. Previously, he was pastor of Welcome Baptist Church, Laurens. Other pastorates include Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw, and Mitford Baptist Church, Great Falls, where... Continue Reading »

Shiloh Baptist Church, Aiken, honored the achievements of its WMU mission groups, preschool through grade 12, on Sept. 7. The theme was “Lights, Camera, Action,” with the “Spotlight” on mission organizations. Children and youth told about a missionary kid... Continue Reading »

Six months after arriving in the coastal city of Recife, Brazil, International Mission Board missionary Keith Jefferson felt led to work among the Quilombola people of Brazil's interior. Two dozen missionaries were working in Recife, but none 450 miles... Continue Reading »