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STRATEGIC FOCUS TEAM

Lostness

Lift up your eyes

January 8, 2019

It’s probably happened to you. You didn’t realize how many cars like yours were on the road until you bought one. This model of car you had never noticed before seemed to be everywhere now. It’s funny how things...

Chris Alley
Lostness

How you can impact lostness

November 13, 2018

An estimated 5.8 million lost people live in North Carolina and that number is growing. The Strategic Focus Team of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina helps churches take a missionary approach to North Carolina’s pockets of lostness....

Cris Alley
Lostness

4 ways to pray for the coastal region

September 24, 2018

The Strategic Focus Team works with churches in eight population centers and other areas across the state of North Carolina. The highest concentrations of lost people are found in and around the eight population centers, which are the Blue...

Stephen Harris
Disciple-Making

Living in the Bible Belt doesn’t make you a disciple

September 11, 2018

I grew up in the Bible Belt. In those days, almost nobody worked on Sundays. We prayed before class, ball games and meals — even in the name of Jesus — whether we believed it or not. We proudly...

Cris Alley
Lostness

One approach to reaching the lost in your community

July 23, 2018

A pocket of lostness is a geographic area, usually up to a 3-mile radius, in which most people don’t know the Lord and are not being engaged by the local church. These areas often have very low numbers of...

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