As Baptists, we know that a personal relationship with Jesus Christ gives meaning to this life and hope for eternity. Sharing this love and hope is what our three-year Find it Here emphasis is all about. As you know, our 2010 Find it Here focus...

A few weeks ago an article was published on the Convention web site and in the Biblical Recorder about the congregation of Lake Norman Baptist Church in Huntersville reading through the Bible together in one year. I am always...

In our world today we do not need someone to explain to us what it means to compete. Just one month ago millions tuned in to watch two teams compete in the most important professional football game of the year. Every year college students try...

Our North Carolina Baptist camps and conference centers are places where God has intersected the life of numerous people across this state. This is where many people heard God call them into full-time vocational ministry or where they...

If you have ever heard me speak in your church, or associational meeting, or during an annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC), you have probably heard me share a vision statement God laid on my heart several...

Each year as part of promotion for the North Carolina Missions Offering (NCMO) the Baptist State Convention produces a series of articles about how this offering is used to make life-changing ministries possible. One article in particular I...

I’m sure many of you have made resolutions you want to try and keep this year. With the start of a new year comes the opportunity for a fresh start — a chance to do things differently. As you are considering the kind of changes you want to...

I find it so fitting that one month after celebrating Thanksgiving we will celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Christmas is indeed a time for giving thanks, for during Christmas we rejoice that God gave the world the...

About a month ago now I attended an International Mission Board (IMB) appointment service at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. During this service IMB trustees appointed 57 new missionaries who will serve among people groups with no or...

Something I love about God’s Word is that this precious book includes testimony from ordinary people. Stories of people just like you and me fill the pages of scripture, and so I can often relate to the men and women in the Bible. In my own...

Last year during the annual meeting our Convention staff shared with you about a special Easter evangelism emphasis called Find it Here. When I think about how churches across the state responded I am still amazed. Churches committed to four...

In just a few weeks North Carolina Baptists from all over the state will gather together in Greensboro Nov. 8-10 for the 180th annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Your presence and voice is very important to the...

We are blessed in this country with a religious freedom that people in other parts of the world cannot even begin to imagine. Every week you and I can worship wherever we choose and with any group of people we choose. We can carry our Bibles...

An article from Baptist Global Response begins like this: “They volunteered to die.” Why would elderly men and women in a West African village volunteer to die? Because there wasn’t enough food and they chose to give their food to their...

Each year in September we encourage churches to promote and support the North Carolina Missions Offering (NCMO). When you give, you are giving to more than just an offering. Your generosity makes it possible for the gospel to be shared through...