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William Horace Benjamin, 91, a resident of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens and a pastor in South Carolina for more than 50 years, died Aug. 9, 2008.... Continue Reading »

While celebrating the joy and fruits of our labor, may we vow to fulfill our Christian responsibilities in order to please God and witness to those around us.... Continue Reading »

Wingate Bryant Spivey Sr., 86, of Columbia, a retired pastor, chaplain and former Baptist Student Union director at the University of South Carolina, died July 26, 2008.... Continue Reading »

Members of Fairview Baptist Church, Kinards, will launch its 150th anniversary celebration Sept. 28.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina native Lonnie Wilkey, editor of Tennessee's Baptist & Reflector, and Will Hall, executive editor of Baptist Press, became the first two fellows inducted into Union University's Center for Media, Faith and Culture during Union's summer commencement ceremony... Continue Reading »

On 08/08/08 at eight minutes past 8 p.m., the summer Olympics began in Beijing, China, fully in tune with Chinese tradition down to the tiniest detail, even to its kickoff time.... Continue Reading »

Broadcast television by far depicts sex in the context of marriage as either ?nonexistent or burdensome? while portraying adultery and premarital sex as acceptable and desirable, a new study by the Parents Television Council says.... Continue Reading »

To take a single picture of the church in China would be tough ? in fact, it would be nearly impossible. 'this place is huge,? says Jamie Tatum, a Southern Baptist representative in the region, and the face of... Continue Reading »

The new 2008 Baptist Hymnal made its official debut during a morning worship Aug. 8 at LifeWay Christian Resources? home office in Nashville, Tenn., and again that evening at the city's renowned Schermerhorn Symphony Center.... Continue Reading »

When most Southern Baptists think of Baptist history in China, they think of Lottie Moon, the beloved missionary to China for whom the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions is named. Lottie Moon arrived in China in 1873,... Continue Reading »

Two months after the tragic accident that claimed the life of his 5-year-old daughter Maria Sue, Steven Curtis Chapman appeared with his wife and three oldest children on CNN's ?Larry King Live? Aug. 7 to testify to the solid... Continue Reading »

In recently celebrating Independence Day, I thanked God for the privilege of living in the United States of America. Some countries guard their borders to keep people in. In America, we have to guard our borders to keep others... Continue Reading »