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South Carolina Disaster Relief volunteers can learn ash-out work, the newest DR response skill, at the Oct. 12?13 training session at White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro. The training will equip volunteers to respond to disaster scenarios caused by... Continue Reading »

Over three sessions Sept. 6 at the SCBC's 2012 ?A Day of Prayer,? former International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin spoke about praying to change the world, overcoming obstacles to victorious prayer, and intimacy with God.... Continue Reading »

In 1 Peter 2, we observed that God's motivation for believers? suffering was that the world would see their example and come to faith in Christ. In chapter 3, Peter turns to the family, particularly the husband/wife relationship. In... Continue Reading »

Who knew the Cosmo girl would spawn an exploding welfare state?... Continue Reading »

?Prayer is work. It's not a warm, fuzzy thing that's easy to do.? That's what retired International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin told about 350 South Carolina Baptists who attended ?A Day of Prayer? Sept. 6 at White Oak... Continue Reading »

Roy J. Fish, Southwestern Seminary distinguished professor emeritus of evangelism, died Sept. 10 at age 82. Many Southern Baptists considered Fish's name synonymous with ?evangelism,? a fitting remembrance for the man who served Southwestern for nearly 50 years and... Continue Reading »

Most churches have just experienced the launch of a new Sunday school year. Some call it ?Advance Day.? Most still just call it ?Promotion Day.?... Continue Reading »

The three universities affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention are again reporting healthy enrollments this fall. Anderson University welcomed a record freshman class, Charleston Southern University enrolled more than 3,100 students and North Greenville University set an overall... Continue Reading »

A new gospel tract published by Houston businessman David Howell has been read by at least 15,000 people ? most of them prisoners ? since June, and many have reported that God used it to change their lives.... Continue Reading »

Ginny Dent Brant, daughter of the late Harry Dent, who served Sen. Strom Thurmond and three presidents, spoke to students during Charleston Southern University's chapel service Sept. 12.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention president Fred Luter Jr. discussed his goals with more than 100 Kansas City-area pastors and denominational workers after delivering a chapel message at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 11. Luter said he plans... Continue Reading »

A couple of nights ago, I was awakened by a pain in my chest and nausea in my tum-tum. I got up, and, although no further ailments presented themselves, I changed clothes.... Continue Reading »