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For 49 years, South Carolina Baptists have provided a Christmas gift to every inmate in the state, bringing hope to nearly 1 million people over the life of the ministry. This initiative is called Prisoner Packets, and it is... Continue Reading »
Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention is Nov. 30–Dec. 7. Each year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions supplements Cooperative Program giving to support international missionaries’ initiatives in sharing the... Continue Reading »
It’s official: Charleston Southern University has packed the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes of any college or university in the U.S. for the seventh year in a row. This year is Charleston Southern’s 14th year of packing the red... Continue Reading »
The woman was dressed in light blue and wore a pearl necklace and earrings. Her glasses sat on her nose and her hair was the color of snow. Her name was Martha Franks, and she was forever posed in... Continue Reading »
On Oct. 19, Southern Baptists are called to pray for and recognize the cooperative ministry relationships that predate the SBC itself by 138 years. Five churches from Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association in... Continue Reading »
“We lived our entire lives in New York and moved to South Carolina for a change. Five years later, it still isn’t quite what we hoped for. Our religious and social differences have made it hard to make friends,”... Continue Reading »
Mormonism is hard to shake loose from those who are long-time adherents. Allen McWhite, chairman of the Intercultural Studies Department at North Greenville University, says missions work in Utah is almost like being outside the United States. “It is... Continue Reading »
Two years ago, Josh Powell, pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church, spent the night in jail for sharing the gospel on a faraway island. Powell has been to five continents and undertaken an estimated 60 mission trips. He’s pastored... Continue Reading »
In a small home office in Greenville, S.C., Lydia Riley, who attends Pleasant View Baptist Church in Taylors, sits writing a story. Knit, stuffed mice sit on shelves smiling at visitors. Hand-painted illustrations of woodland scenes and families of... Continue Reading »
When Joseph Hudson was called as minister of music at First Baptist Church, Cleveland, S.C., in 2010, he wanted to get to know the members of his new congregation. “Some of my mentors in ministry had advised me that... Continue Reading »
Individual talent without cooperation will not win championships. The 2004 Los Angeles Lakers may have been the greatest collection of individual All-Stars that failed to win because they did not cooperate with one another. The team was loaded with... Continue Reading »
When I first moved to Columbia from Texas in the spring of 2023, several South Carolinians told me to brace myself for the summer heat. “There’s nothing like it,” they said. “It sticks to you.” They weren’t wrong. I... Continue Reading »
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