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Relevance: 100% Posted on: November 30, 2018
During our recent Annual Meeting in Greensboro in early November, Jeff Isenhour, pastor of Arran Lake Baptist Church in Fayetteville and chairman of our Budget Committee, shared an update with messengers that highlighted the generosity of North Carolina Baptists to the missions and ministries of the Baptist state convention and…
Relevance: 91% Posted on: February 21, 2019
Choosing not to give priority to children’s ministry may very well be to the eternal detriment of our children. In this Q&A, Bill Emeott, lead ministry specialist for LifeWay Kids, shares some sobering statistics about children’s ministry and why churches must make ministering to children and their families a priority.
Relevance: 89% Posted on: March 13, 2018
Chris Schofield is a student of revivals, awakenings and great movements of God throughout history, and he says there’s a common thread that unites all of them. “Every awakening has started with God’s people recognizing their desperate need for Him and crying out to Him in heartfelt prayer,” says Schofield,…
Relevance: 84% Posted on: August 21, 2018
Nine years ago, Merrie Johnson sat in the corner of Hatch Auditorium at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell praying that God would show her how she could incorporate a missions component to summer youth weeks.
Relevance: 80% Posted on: May 3, 2018
One of the most common questions being asked by churches and ministry leaders is: “Which is better—Sunday School or small groups?” In a recent article from The Gospel Coalition, Texas pastor Allen Duty explains why we should “reject the false dichotomy” that favors one over the other. Duty describes Sunday…
Relevance: 79% Posted on: August 20, 2018
Relevance: 76% Posted on: May 3, 2018
As we approach Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13, we should reflect on the important role that mothers play in the lives of their children and grandchildren. The Bible contains numerous stories of mothers and their strong influence on their children. In one of his letters to Timothy, the apostle…
Relevance: 76% Posted on: April 3, 2020
Throughout the centuries, the church of our Lord Jesus Christ has flourished despite challenge, opposition and persecution. We see this in the biblical accounts of the early church in the Book of Acts. Whenever followers of Christ were persecuted and scattered, the church grew. Even in modern times, the church…
Relevance: 75% Posted on: June 5, 2018
Recently, I heard Dr. Chuck Register from our Baptist state convention staff preach a message from Ephesians 4:1-3 in which he spoke of the biblical plea for spiritual unity within the body of Christ. Building on some of his admonition, I would like to encourage and challenge North Carolina Baptists…
Relevance: 74% Posted on: February 19, 2021
After more than 27 years as a staff member and more than 14 years of leading the work of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC), the time has come for me to bid you farewell as your executive director-treasurer (EDT). I am retiring at the end of this…