How would you respond if you were asked to name the most responsible job in America? As I think about significant positions in life, I think about all the responsibility that is required for a father and a mother to be good parents. God entrusts...

For some college students, the summer break is really not a break at all. Will you join me in praying for the college students who have chosen to serve God through missions this summer?   Summer break allows college students to engage in...

A major ministry component that is significant in carrying out the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s (BSC) new strategy is Baptist Campus Ministry (BCM). We continue to invest a substantial portion of our Cooperative Program...

Each year, compassionate North Carolina Baptists help people who face overwhelming financial crises because of serious illness through the annual Mother’s Day Offering. Those who receive medical care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem may...

The two great pillars of Christianity are Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross and His triumphant bodily resurrection. Christ literally died for our sins and was physically raised from the dead for our justification. Something was...

I hope you are hearing more and more from fellow North Carolina Baptists about impacting lostness through disciple-making. I also hope you are listening to God’s Spirit when He impresses you to pray for and converse with family members...

Southern Baptists join hands and hearts together in our commitment to fulfill our Lord’s Great Commission. There is no limit to what we can accomplish if we are empowered by the Holy Spirit and living in obedience to His commands. Because we...

Each year as we prepare to commemorate Christ’s resurrection at Easter, Southern Baptists are challenged to pray fervently and give sacrificially to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for the North American Mission Board (NAMB). NAMB...

A large number of people came together at Woodhaven Baptist Church in Apex on Jan. 24 to remember and celebrate the life of a great servant of God. Just a few days earlier, Robert Stewart had finished his course in life and was promoted to be in...

In some of my recent columns I have been addressing particular aspects of the new five-year strategy for our convention entitled “Impacting Lostness through Disciple-Making.” In the explanation of the strategy we talk about the...

Although this month marks the official implementation for the new five-year strategy, “Impacting lostness through disciple-making,” Baptist State Convention of North Carolina staff have been preparing for many months to engage in the...

Many of us approach the start of a New Year with great expectations. We want a fresh start and we want to make changes so that life is better in the New Year.   I would like to suggest something new.   During our Annual Meeting in...

For five years a Baptist church in Arkansas prayed that the Bedia people of South Asia would come to know Jesus Christ. Among this people group of more than 100,000 there were no known believers.   The congregation prayed, sent teams and...

Gloria and I were blessed to be a part of what I would describe as an historic event for God’s Kingdom and the work of N.C. Baptists on Saturday, Nov. 16. In a two-hour worship service in Greensboro, before a strong number of international...

If you attended the Annual Meeting a few weeks ago in Greensboro you are aware that our meeting included an emphasis on creating a disciple-making culture as a means to strengthen existing churches and reach the lost with the gospel. The new five...