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Southern Baptist missionary Mel Skinner keeps an empty whiskey bottle somewhere in his family's apartment in central Russia. In the fall of 1999, local women at a restaurant gave whiskey and chocolate to Skinner and his family as a... Continue Reading »

In recognition of Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, Tuesday night's session of the South Carolina Baptist Convention included a salute to the armed forces featuring Baptist association members with military background, who served as color guards.... Continue Reading »

Genre Christmas Playlist We Need a Little Christmas Winter Medley (listen) Don’t Save It All for Christmas Christmastime Jesus, O What a Wonderful Child Sing, Noel (listen) Agnus Dei Behold the Lamb It Could Have Been Me, Could Have... Continue Reading »

Genre Christmas solo accompaniment track Playlist In the Stillness of the Night (listen) Description “In the Stillness of the Night” is a performance accompaniment track for soloists and is especially suited to a Christmas Eve service. Tom Kline wrote... Continue Reading »

After lots of discussion, a smaller crowd of messengers than anticipated changed the face of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina during their Nov. 12-14 annual meeting in Greensboro.... Continue Reading »

Wayne Dehoney, president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1964-66, died Nov. 15 at a health and rehabilitation center in Louisville, Ky. He was 89.... Continue Reading »

Craigan Blankenship CRAIGAN BLANKENSHIP has been called as pastor by Bethany Baptist Church, Westville, where he has been serving as interim for almost a year. He is a graduate of Charleston Southern University and attends Southeastern Baptist Seminary. Blankenship,... Continue Reading »

"Jars of Clay" lead singer and firsttime children"s author Dan Haseltine is coming to Greenville Saturday, Dec. 1. Haseltine will be in town with Jars of Clay for their "Christmas Offerings" tour. He will be appearing at two Barnes... Continue Reading »

I attended the South Carolina Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference and annual convention this week. On Nov. 13, we passed a recommendation that sets into motion the decreasing of our percentage of giving to the Cooperative Program funds that stay... Continue Reading »

A big 'thank you? to Danny Burnley, 2007 president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor's Conference, for his vision and leadership this past year.... Continue Reading »

To all pastors and attendees who came to the Pastor's Conference in Florence I would like to say: You made a difference!... Continue Reading »

I went to the Pastor's Conference in Florence with our interim pastor Hudson White and chairman of deacons Barron Young. It was the first time for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.... Continue Reading »