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President Bush used his veto power for the first time July 19, rejecting a bill that would have funded stem cell research that destroys embryos.... Continue Reading »

International Mission Board personnel in the Middle East urged Southern Baptists to pray for peace in Lebanon, Israel and the entire region as it plunges closer to full-scale warfare.... Continue Reading »

At a forum where the dialogue was by turns both plainspoken and conciliatory, about 70 music and worship ministers and church musicians gathered July 13 at the South Carolina Baptist Convention building to talk with leaders about the future... Continue Reading »

Ronnie Helms, pastor of Roddy Baptist Church in Catawba, welled up with tears several times as he spoke of his life, his salvation experience and his church. Helms, a former paint contractor, was called into ministry after 30 years... Continue Reading »

The Southern Association of Colleges and Universities (SACS) recently approved North Greenville University's master of business administration program. The approval allows NGU to begin offering an MBA degree beginning July 21 at its T. Walter Brashier Graduate School in... Continue Reading »

Members of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools (ASBCS), meeting in Charleston, voted June 5 to change the name of the 51-member organization to the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU). Also, Anderson University president... Continue Reading »

I trust these summer months are treating you well. Please know that I love you in the Lord Jesus Christ and that I pray for you. There is so much going on across our wonderful state of South Carolina... Continue Reading »

Down the winding Gap Creek Road in Travelers Rest sits a beautiful, 320-seat sanctuary that will serve as the new facility for Gap Creek Baptist Church within the next year. This new building rests across the street from the... Continue Reading »

How I wish that all South Carolina Baptists could have been present at our state meeting after Dr. Frank Page was elected president of our national convention. As many South Carolina Baptists gathered in Greensboro, hearing from our new... Continue Reading »

During the national SBC Campers on Mission rally held at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, N.C., preceding the SBC convention in Greensboro, the South Carolina chapter of Campers on Mission received two national honors ? one as chapter... Continue Reading »

A small church with only 10 members and several visitors needs help in finishing a building that was started 15 years ago. Hillcrest Baptist Church in Dalzell needs materials and manpower to complete a concrete-block building to be used... Continue Reading »

Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., is mourning the deaths of two staff members ? David Boan and Bruce Rabon ? both of whom were South Carolina natives.... Continue Reading »