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An eight-term member of the House of Representatives was the sole Southern Baptist in Congress to lose in voting Nov. 7.... Continue Reading »

On Aug. 17, President Bush signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006. This law includes a long-awaited provision that will allow taxpayers to make direct charitable contributions from their individual retirement accounts.... Continue Reading »

CP in October: 3.3% below last year October contributions through the SBC Cooperative Program were 3.32 percent below CP gifts received in October 2005. As of Oct. 31, 2006, Cooperative Program gifts of $15,358,955 were $527,686 below the $15,886,642... Continue Reading »

This Thanksgiving week will be a time for you to view part of our state’s agricultural heritage if you go to Cattle Creek Plantation near Reevesville, and while you are there, try to arrange your visit when Aunt Nellie... Continue Reading »

Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention disqualified 19 churches under the convention's single-alignment stipulation approved at last year's annual meeting.... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I have a friend who says that the Dead Sea scrolls disprove Christianity. I don't know anything about this, but could he be right? I have tried to tell him about my faith in Christ, but... Continue Reading »

Ray and Margie Pratt, members of Sardis Baptist Church, Saluda, were recognized Oct. 8 for a total of 55 years perfect Sunday school attendance. He has had perfect attendance for 39 years, and she for 16 years.   Scott... Continue Reading »

In my previous article, I argued that a person does not have to go to church in order to become a Christian, but that Christians will, in fact, go to church. The fact that church membership is assumed of... Continue Reading »

Danny Burnley, pastor of West Gantt First Baptist Church in Greenville, was elected president of the South Carolina Baptist Pastor"s Conference by acclamation at the group"s annual meeting Nov. 13 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors.... Continue Reading »

W.L. Collins W.L. COLLINS, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Florence, is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 20 years of ministry there. A graduate of West Georgia College and New Orleans Baptist Seminary, he became pastor of Calvary Baptist... Continue Reading »

The savings rate in 2005 was a shocking negative percentage. Before 2005, this had happened only during the years of 1932 and 1933. But wait ? that was the Great Depression, a time of enormous business failures and job... Continue Reading »

As China races to spiff up for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Southern Baptist workers are preparing for a different kind of gold. Ministry teams are working with churches in the United States for thousands of volunteers to... Continue Reading »