Podcast: 2025 in review: A year of mission and ministry impact in N.C.

What a year! In this special end-of-year episode, N.C. Baptist Executive Director-Treasurer Todd Unzicker takes you behind the scenes at the N.C. Baptist building, stopping by offices to celebrate how God moved through churches, ministries and partnerships in 2025. From disciple making to disaster response, this is a look at kingdom impact across North Carolina.

In this special year-end video, Todd walks the halls and sits down with N.C. Baptist staff members to reflect on a year full of gospel momentum. Together, they celebrate disciple-making efforts, summer camps, church revitalization and planting, missions engagement and the inspiring work of Baptists on Mission following Hurricane Helene. You’ll hear real stories, see familiar faces and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how God has been at work through faithful churches and generous partners. Look back at a year marked by mission, movement and ministry impact.

Some of this year’s highlights include:

617 rebuilds completed by Baptists on Mission volunteers, bringing 617 families affected by Hurricane Helene back into their homes
62 N.C. Baptist churches ready to revitalize and replant
467 students responding to a call to ministry during summer camps
Record attendance of about 1,500 at the Disciple-Making Conference
And more!

Watch the video for the full 2025 recap and join us in celebrating all that God has done.

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Podcast Highlights:

“Our real goal is to see missionally healthy churches across the state.” — Terry Long, Church Health & Revitalization strategist (01:38)
“It’s (Disciple-Making Conference) a whole team — every ministry, every level of leadership in the room getting equipped and empowered.” — Drew Dabbs, Discipleship Ministry strategist (06:33)
“We’re seeing a lot of mobilization opportunities. A lot of our missionaries are asking for help, and so being able to connect the churches to the missions opportunities and to the partnerships available there, to help connect the churches to the mission of God. It’s what we’re seeing.” — Janet, Global Missions coordinator (07:45)
“We’ve had over 100 churches … that went through the Sending Lab this year, which is a big deal for us creating sending cultures.” — Mike Pittman, SendNC director (09:33)