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For most Americans and even for world travelers, Hawaii is the ultimate, exotic tourist destination. After all, it's paradise. But for Southern Baptist missionaries Chris and Monica Woodall, Hawaii is not just a paradise, but islands inhabited by the... Continue Reading »

What prompted Jesus to change neighborhoods ? to pick up and move from his hometown of Nazareth, which is located in the heartland of the region of Galilee, to Capernaum, a small fishing village nestled against the northwestern shores... Continue Reading »

Having now come to the beginning of 2008, an update on your World Hunger offerings is in order. First, I wish to thank every South Carolina Baptist who gave to World Hunger offerings in 2007.... Continue Reading »

When you visualize ?retirement,? what do you see? In the Wall Street Journal, columnist Jonathan Clements recently wrote that ?most people's vision of retirement can be summed up in two words: Blissful sloth.? That is, while we are working... Continue Reading »

If we give scholarships for South Carolina Baptist students at the beginning of their ministry careers to go to our Baptist colleges and seminaries, then why can't we give scholarships to help South Carolina Baptist ministers and their spouses... Continue Reading »

Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Seminary, will require additional surgery after a scheduled colonoscopy Feb. 11 revealed a tumor in his colon. An initial biopsy indicated that the tumor is pre-cancerous and further tests are to be... Continue Reading »

Evangelist Billy Graham remains hospitalized following an elective procedure Feb. 13 to install a new valve in a shunt designed to drain excess fluid from his brain, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina.... Continue Reading »

After a medical team of three people was sent to the Gulf Coast to assist in the aftermath of Katrina, talk started about beginning a regular medical unit for our state's disaster relief ministry. Two years later, the list... Continue Reading »

?I wear feather boas because I found it is hard to have a bad day wearing a pink feather boa," said Mary Krulikowski, better known as Florida's Funny Lady, as she flipped her bright feather scarf to the laughs... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board will commission 125 new missionaries ? representing 29 states, one Canadian province and Puerto Rico ? at First Baptist Church, Taylors, during 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services on Sun., Feb. 24.... Continue Reading »

A group of 30 pastors and their wives gathered together recently to examine their unique gifts, talents and abilities and learn how to better serve in their ministries.... Continue Reading »

Charleston Southern University has reached an agreement with court-appointed receiver David Dantzler to settle allegations arising from its relationship with Al Parish, a former economics professor at the university. Parish, who pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of investors out... Continue Reading »