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South Carolina Showcase for June 26, 2008

Published on June 24, 2008

The Children in Action/KidLink group, along with members of Graham Baptist Church, Sumter, collected new and slightly used socks for the homeless in San Francisco. “Sock it to ’em in San Francisco” was part of their Live Action Project... Continue Reading »

RA race marks 100th anniversary

Published on June 23, 2008

More than 300 people celebrated the 100th anniversary of Royal Ambassadors, a missions education organization for boys in grades 1-6, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds June 7.... Continue Reading »

‘Death check’ could stir SBC toward renewal, Gilbert says

Published on June 23, 2008

The Southern Baptist Convention may be facing a ?death check,? but the convention can overcome its illness by refocusing on being servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries, Al Gilbert, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C.,... Continue Reading »

Commentary – by Don Kirkland

Published on June 23, 2008

Southern Baptists always have dreamed large, and we are no different today. The new North American Mission Board's national evangelism initiative, ?God's Plan for Sharing,? attests to our denomination's tenacity in keeping the spread of the gospel at the... Continue Reading »

Speakers issue call for revival at Pastors’ Conference

Published on June 23, 2008

A host of speakers in rain-drenched Indianapolis called for God to ?rain down? revival upon America during the 2008 Pastors? Conference. Rallying around the theme, ?Prepare for Rain,? speakers began by urging pastors to renew their commitment to prayer... Continue Reading »

Colts coach Dungy challenges pastors

Published on June 23, 2008

Tony Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl-champion Indianapolis Colts, addressed the Southern Baptist Pastors? Conference June 9 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.... Continue Reading »

WMU celebrates missions at home and abroad

Published on June 23, 2008

Missionaries serving locations ranging from Yellowstone National Park to the Philippines and Mozambique challenged participants at the 2008 Woman's Missionary Union missions celebration to join them in sharing Christ's love with their communities and around the world.... Continue Reading »

Alma Hunt, longtime leader of national WMU, dies

Published on June 23, 2008

Alma Hunt, 98, of Roanoke, Va., who served as the executive secretary of national Woman's Missionary Union for 26 years, died June 14. She led the national missions organization from 1948 to 1974.... Continue Reading »

‘Who will go tell?’ IMB president Rankin challenges Baptists

Published on June 23, 2008

We must challenge the next generation of Southern Baptists to ?go tell the story of Jesus,? Jerry Rankin told messengers at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis.... Continue Reading »

Shandon hosts Church Prayer Leaders Network conference

Published on June 23, 2008

Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia hosted a Church Prayer Leaders Network conference June 11-13 and heard a challenge to ?ask God to use us in those areas where we are strong and to enable us in the areas where... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Strawberry Pie

Published on June 23, 2008

I can't put a Methodist recipe in the Courier!" I declared to my neighbor Amy Philyaw. "But I came to the Baptist church for a long time," she answered. And she did.... Continue Reading »

Group files lawsuit to stop ‘I Believe’ license plates in South Carolina

Published on June 21, 2008

Joe Mack, the South Carolina Baptist Convention's voice for public policy issues, hopes a federal lawsuit aimed at preventing South Carolina from issuing ?I Believe? license plates will fail.... Continue Reading »