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The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted Feb. 18 to give $100,000 to help Union University rebuild from the devastating tornado that wrecked the campus almost two weeks earlier.... Continue Reading »

Four-part harmony lingers in the air. A slightly out-of-tune guitar urges the singing to start again, vibrating the plastic walls of the makeshift shelter.... Continue Reading »

While reaction to the resignation of Fidel Castro was quiet in Cuba, Baptists are looking ahead to their work on the island.... Continue Reading »

Baptist leaders are planning outreach efforts surrounding the 2010 Winter Olympics that they hope will lead to additional churches in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.... Continue Reading »

Leaders at Liberty University have a vision to help plant some 500 new churches during the next five years, evidencing its commitment with a three-day church-planting conference.... Continue Reading »

Jim Austin, executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention for the past nine months, and Alabama evangelist Junior Hill, ?who has preached to our hearts time and time again through the years,? brought messages of challenge and encouragement... Continue Reading »

Keli Sewell of Travelers Rest has recently been promoted to vice president of admissions and financial planning at North Greenville University.... Continue Reading »

On Sunday, Feb. 17, Hillcrest Baptist Church in Dalzell burned to the ground. Neither the sheriff's department nor the fire department suspected arson or foul play. The church was built in 1985.... Continue Reading »

Lois Cherry Long, 74, of Duncan, died Jan. 24, 2008, at Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg.... Continue Reading »

For all of his preeminence among the prophets of Israel (he and Moses joined Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration), Elijah remains a puzzling figure who lived an amazing life of faith and obedience, but also was prone to... Continue Reading »

Lewie H. Miller Jr., 88, of Greenville, a retired pastor, died Feb. 13, 2008.... Continue Reading »

If one out of eight of Southern Baptists? 43,000-plus churches would ?adopt? a North American Mission Board missionary, all 5,000 of NAMB's missionaries in the United States and Canada would receive much more prayer, encouragement and support.... Continue Reading »