December 11 2018 by
BSC Communications
Gender identity. Harassment. Sexual abuse. Race relations. Immigration. Many of the hot-button cultural issues of our day strike fear in the hearts of Christians, and they often respond in one of two ways. They either retreat in an attempt to …
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December 11 2018 by
K. Allan Blume, BR Editor
Camp Cale in Hertford, N.C., celebrated the dedication of its first year-round housing facility on Nov. 30. The evening dinner event that was promoted as a fund raiser received a $51,000 boost for the ministry. About 180 supporters attended the gathering.
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December 11 2018 by
BSC Communications
Last month’s annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) emphasized loving and reaching our neighbors for Christ. Recordings of the sermons and ministry reports from both the annual meeting and the N.C. Baptist Pastors’ Conference are now available online through BSC’s Vimeo channel.
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December 7 2018 by
IMB staff
In Ukraine, Southern Baptist missionary Russell Woodbridge often encounters people who fled their homes in the eastern part of the country when war broke out a few years ago. And in the midst of that heartbreak, the International Mission Board (IMB) worker and Ukrainian believers – along with help from his home pastor J.D. Greear and The Summit Church …
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December 6 2018 by
David Roach, Baptist Press
On election night, it appeared former Southern Baptist pastor Mark Harris finally had fulfilled a years-long sense of calling by being elected to Congress. But a month later, North Carolina’s State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has yet to certify Harris’ narrow victory in the state’s 9th Congressional District amid allegations of election fraud.
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November 28 2018 by
Laura Sikes, North American Mission Board
Pastor Lebron Crisp of Living Water Baptist Church challenged his congregation to look for opportunities to reach hurting people after Hurricane Florence struck the church’s community just a few miles northwest of North Myrtle Beach. The storm’s flood waters damaged hundreds of homes, including several homes of church members.
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November 26 2018 by
Biblical Recorder Staff
Three agencies report to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) each year during the annual meeting. The Biblical Recorder (BR), the N.C. Baptist Hospital and the N.C. Baptist Foundation (NCBF) expressed thanks to N.C. Baptists for their support …
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November 20 2018 by
Biblical Recorder Staff
Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., opened the 2018 N.C. Pastors’ Conference (NCPC) by encouraging attendees to use the time for rest and renewal as they take some time away from daily ministry. “Let’s you and I together stand under God’s Word and allow it to minister to us and speak to us,” …
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November 20 2018 by
Blake Ragsdale, BCH Communications
The audience at the Nov. 5 general session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s (BSC) annual meeting grew silent as lights dimmed. A pulsating sound of a heartbeat broke the silence becoming louder and louder, reverberating across the darkened room.
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November 15 2018 by
Lauren Pratt, SEBTS
A new partnership is underway between The College at Southeastern and Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) to help students develop technical and ministerial skills for an ever-increasing bi-vocational ministry platform. On Oct. 22, Jamie Dew, dean of the college at Southeastern, and Levy Brown, vice president for academic affairs at VGCC, signed the Memorandum of Understanding …
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