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...

We are His children, and our Heavenly Father cares for His children as He loves, protects and provides. In Isaiah 9:6 we see Jesus called the Prince of Peace. In our world today, with all the strife and continued acts of hatred and violence, how...

When Kimani was 12 years old he weighed 32 pounds and wore size three in toddler clothes. Throughout his childhood he was physically abused and often did not have food to eat. He had never attended school or learned how to do things like other...

It is hard to believe that our annual meeting is coming up in just a few weeks. For many months now our program committee has diligently worked to make all the necessary preparations for our time in Greensboro.   The program committee...

I grew up in western North Carolina as the son of a pastor, and although I pursued some other vocations, I later sensed God’s call to change my plans and soon found myself following in my father’s footsteps. I was blessed to serve as...

Our state convention was founded in 1830 because North Carolina Baptists believed that more could be accomplished for God’s Kingdom by working together. Churches believed in the value of cooperation – a principle that we as Southern...