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STRATEGIC FOCUS TEAM

Lostness

5 reasons your best church members should leave

July 15, 2021

Our family returned from the mission field in 2005. We were struck by what we found. Church attendance and baptisms were declining. Students were leaving the church after graduation and few were returning. Society was moving away from the...

Cris Alley
Lostness

3 ways to encourage baptism in your church

July 15, 2021

Will you lead your church to “Fill the Tank” on Sept. 12? “Fill the Tank” is a statewide initiative in which every North Carolina Baptist church has the opportunity to celebrate the sharing of our faith and God’s...

Russ Reaves
Lostness

The importance of a good ministry exit strategy

July 15, 2021

Is your church already playing a role in seeing our state reached with the gospel? Maybe you are strategizing to engage an unreached people group in your city, working in a partnership to revitalize a church, or preparing to...

Eric Mullis
Disciple-Making

4 simple steps to develop leaders

June 15, 2021

During His earthly ministry, Jesus poured His life into 12 ordinary men who turned the world upside down. Have you ever stopped to consider how Jesus developed His disciples? Jesus modeled leadership development in the Gospels. His model of...

Chuck Campbell
Disciple-Making

6 qualities we should look for in potential leaders

June 15, 2021

As we seek to reach the lost, it might seem odd to focus on developing them as leaders while we are still trying to win them to Christ. But we must focus on leadership development from the very beginning...

Cris Alley

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