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Please know how much Jeanette and I wish for our Baptist people all across South Carolina a most happy and fulfilling new year. Since announcing my retirement date for Feb. 28, we have both been amazed and humbled at... Continue Reading »

It was 1996 ? Nov. 3, 1996, to be exact. That is how precisely Michael Zigarelli recalls the day his manner of thinking began to shift from a secular to a biblical worldview.... Continue Reading »

Northbridge Baptist Church, Charleston, bore all the attributes of a church in decline and on the verge of failure when its current pastor, Louis Venable, arrived in 2003. In the 10 years preceding Venable, Northbridge averaged only two baptisms... Continue Reading »

NBC backs off on edits of ‘VeggieTales’ After initially requiring that all references to biblical or evangelical messages be edited out of the popular children’s show “VeggieTales,” NBC has cut back on its editing requests in episodes, according to... Continue Reading »

Nearly a year after an extreme makeover of its model for functioning as a church, North Side Baptist in Greenwood is discovering that senior pastor Jeff Lethco and his leadership team were right in their belief that ?we can... Continue Reading »

Two members of the Lander University family spent nearly a week in New Orleans this past fall helping residents of that city rebuild homes and restart lives.... Continue Reading »

CAMERON BYRD is the new pastor of Clear Spring Baptist Church, Simpsonville. A native of Cary, N.C., he is a graduate of Mars Hill College and Southwestern Baptist Seminary. After serving more than seven years as a pastor, he... Continue Reading »

The GAs and several adults from Grace Baptist Church, Duncan, recently delivered care packages and food to Connie Maxwell Children’s Home.   Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Conway, recently burned the mortgage on its new educational building. The $397,000 facility... Continue Reading »

A new Hispanic work has begun in Greenville under the combined efforts of Gerald Roe, associate professor of intercultural studies/missions at North Greenville University; Dan Messer, director of Hispanic ministries for Greenville Baptist Association; and Juan David Prettel, Hispanic... Continue Reading »

Carroll Willis Andrews, 74, of Conway, a long-serving South Carolina pastor, died Dec. 6, 2006.... Continue Reading »

I?d like to thank Bill Curtis for his clear and courageous call to tone down the rhetoric against Calvinism. Returning to 'the old paths? would do us well. It's peculiar how some sing for 'the old time religion? but... Continue Reading »

If you?re a Southern Baptist and ever wondered who Lottie Moon is, you aren't alone. Maybe you recently joined a Southern Baptist congregation. Or you were raised in a church that doesn't participate in the annual missions offering. There... Continue Reading »