jan/feb 2014 magazine

In This Edition PAGE 2 What kind of Baptist are you?

by Larry Hovis

PAGE 3 Welcoming your neighbor by Rick Jordan

PAGE 4 CBFNC’s 2014 General Assembly

PAGE 5 Reversing the great commission by Larry Hovis

PAGE 6-7 Where can we go on a mission trip? by Linda Jones

PAGE 8 Value and DNA of summer missions by Wanda Kidd

PAGE 9 Celebrating ordinationby Ka’thy Chappell Gore

The Gatheringof the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina

January/February 2014 • Vol. 19 Issue 1 Bringing Baptists of North Carolina Together for Christ-Centered Ministry

Where can

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Whenever I meet someone new, it usually doesn’t take too long for them to ask the standard question, “So, what do you do?” I’ve had my current job for nine years, but I still don’t have an easy answer to that question. But whatever answer I give, it usually, eventually, involves the word, “Baptist.” And that often leads to another question, “So, what kind of Baptist are you?”

It’s actually a good question because, as most CBF folks know, there are all kinds of Baptists. There are Baptists who protest at funerals of military personnel who paid the ultimate sacrifice. There are Baptists who boycott Disney. There are Baptists who treat women like second-class citizens. There are Baptists who put a sign on the lawn in front of their meetinghouse that says, “All are welcome,” but, in reality, if some persons tried to enter, they would be turned away at the door. There are Baptists who say things like, “God Almighty will not hear the prayer of a Jew.” So I quickly say, “I’m a different kind of Baptist from the ones you usually hear about in the news.”

Although this is an oversimplification, I believe Baptists, and all religious people, fall into two general types. Some Baptists focus their attention on the holiness of God. They believe that God cannot tolerate sin or impurity or un-holiness of any kind. So, when they encounter what they understand to be unholy behavior or people, their response is to condemn it and even stamp it out if possible.

Other Baptists focus their attention on the grace, mercy and love of God. They believe that God forgives sinners and desires to reconcile all things unto himself. They see in Jesus Christ God’s ultimate act of love. They believe that people can best be won to God’s side through expressions of love, mercy and grace, so they relate to others on that basis.

Some Baptists lean in varying degrees toward the first position. Other Baptists lean in varying degrees toward the second position. I fall into the second camp. That’s why I’m part of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF is a community of Baptist Christians and churches who are striving to be the presence of a loving, gracious God in our communities and in our world.

For this reason, I’m very pleased with the theme chosen for CBF of North Carolina’s inaugural Mission and Ministry Offer-ing. “Done in Love” is taken from 1 Corinthians 16:4, where Paul says, starting with verse 3, “Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”

The church at Corinth, the one to which Paul wrote in these letters, was a messed up church. Corinth was characterized by divisions (the Apollos faction vs. the Paul faction); sexual im-morality (a man living with and having sexual relations with his father’s wife); church members suing one another in the law courts; the rich abusing the poor when celebrating the Lord’s Supper; and misusing spiritual gifts.

But in response to these misunderstandings and misapplica-tions of the Gospel, Paul provides us with some of his most memorable writings, not the least of which is the thirteenth chap-ter in which he describes the greatest gift of all: Love.

Of course, Paul was simply echoing the central teaching of Jesus himself. When Jesus was asked to name the greatest of all the commandments, he didn’t hesitate: �You�shall�love�the�Lord�your�God�with�all�your�heart,�and�with�all�your�soul,�and�with�all�your�mind.��This�is�the�greatest�and�first�commandment.�And�the�second�is�like�it:�You�shall�love�your�neighbor�as�yourself.�On�these�two�commandments�hang�all�the�law�and�the�prophets.”

(Matthew 22:37-40)

So, even though there is scriptural merit for both approaches to the Christian faith, Paul and Jesus both make it perfectly clear that the greatest gift and the greatest com-mandment are all about love. All other scriptures should be interpreted in light of

the greatest gift and the greatest commandment. Other scriptures should be interpreted in light of the command to love, not vice-versa. If we must err in our interpretation and application of the scriptures, then we are on the safest ground if we err in the direc-tion of love.

When it comes to our shared mission, what does it look like for our Fellowship to be engaged in ministry together? What does it look like for us, corporately, to let all that we do be done in love?

In CBFNC’s missions and ministries, we are striving to take seriously the command, “Let all that you do, be done in love.”

When we support self-funded CBF global-missions field personnel, in NC and beyond, it’s�done�in�love.

When we strengthen bonds with Hispanic brothers and sisters and support their efforts to reach newcomers to our state with the Gospel, it’s�done�in�love.

When we hold a children’s missions day, it’s�done�in�love.When we plan a youth retreat, it’s�done�in�love.When we minister on college campuses, it’s�done�in�love.When we support theological education for the next genera-

tion of ministry leaders, it’s�done�in�love.When we help churches find ministers and ministers find

churches, it’s�done�in�love.When we plant new churches, it’s�done�in�love.When we offer local mission engagement grants to encourage

churches to partner with others to minister in their own communi-ties, it’s�done�in�love.

When it comes to all of our various and diverse ministries, we strive to do�them�all�in�love.

What kind of Baptist are you? We’re the kind of Baptists about whom I pray others will say, “They do everything in love.”

What kind of Baptist are you?

by Larry Hovis, CBFNC Executive Coordinator

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When the world moves into its community, a local church has a choice: the church can ignore the new neighbors, the church can reject the new neighbors, or the church can be neighborly. First, New Bern, chose to be neighborly. Many Asian fami-lies have moved into New Bern in the last several years.

Brenda Hardee directs First’s afterschool program for 7th-12th grade Asian youth. The group meets on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-5:15. Church mem-bers pick the youth up from school and deliver them home. There have been up to 25 students involved. “We could have twice as many if we had more drivers with CDLs,” Brenda laments. “But our volunteers are very faithful. If someone volunteers just once or twice, they will keep coming back because you can’t help but fall in love with these students!”

Some of these young people are immigrants – the families choose to move to New Bern. Most, however, are families that were under severe persecution. They had to leave their native country as refugees. Originally, the af-terschool program focused on acclimation to their new country,

with its idioms and culture and mores. The children were taught how to read a menu. Then, they went

to the restaurant to order and eat. They learned the importance of planning ahead, of becoming more time conscious and the need to give eye contact in conver-sation.” All of these things help the students gain more confidence.”

Now, the program focuses more on academic needs with a lot of writing exercises. One of the students told Brenda, “I want to learn everything I can.” As a retired public school teach-

er, those words are music to Brenda’s ears. It has motivated her to find donations of computers and printers. At the end of the school year, the students have a church-sponsored camp. They go

on field trips to the aquarium, to a church member’s beach house and to play miniature golf. First, New Bern, hosts First Chin Baptist Church. The Chin are a people group from Burma

(Myanmar). They recently ordained the new pastor, Vanbawi Ven. As a Christian student involved in the Freedom Fighters, Vanbawi was forced to flee Burma. Many college students who were trying to establish a democracy were arrested, tortured and even killed. Vanbawi had been arrested and tortured. With two other friends, he fled Burma to live in a refugee camp in India, where he lived for five years. He now lives in the U.S. with a refugee status. In 2011, he and others started the Chin Baptist Church. “Many Chin do not speak English,” Vanbawi says. “We who are Chin want to be able to worship in our own language.” Last month, this congregation became the newest CBFNC partner church.

First, New Bern, church member Taylor Alligood interviewed refugee families for her high school senior project. She created a book with 28 heart-rending stories. “If one were to ask Amy, a seemingly ordinary girl, about her past, it would be discovered there was nothing ordinary about what she and her family have overcome. The strong majority of the [Chin] are shy and quiet; however, within them they hold remarkable, unbelievable and inspirational stories that deserve to be heard.” Taylor, now a freshman at UNC, also created a video of an interview with an 8th grade student for CBFNC’s Chil-dren Mission Days, which focused on ministry to refugees.

First, New Bern and First Chin continue to explore how they can strengthen relationships with one another. CBFNC is interested in creating a network of churches that have an international ministry emphasis. Contact Linda Jones to be a part of this network, [email protected].

Welcoming by Rick Jordan, CBFNC Church Resources Coordinator

your neighbor


Friday, March 28

Welcome and OrientationMinistry Workshop SessionsFellowship Dinner (requires pre-registration)Evening Worship featuring musical guest Ken MedemaPreaching: Larry Hovis, CBFNC Executive Coordinator20th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, March 29

Educational Partners and Friends BreakfastMinistry Celebration (including a special presentation by the 20th Anniversary Vision Team)Ken Medema Concert and Worship

Workshops include: Youth Ministry from the Outside In; Hands On: Children Construct the Ark of the Covenant; The Gospel and the “Nones”; The Improvisational Leader; Leading Positive Change; Handling Conflict in the Church; Innovative Church Staffing Models; and Using New Media to Enhance Bible Study.

All are welcome!

Learn more at www.cbfnc.org.

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March 28-29, 2014 First Baptist Church in Greensboro

Many of us grew up in a Baptist culture in which missionaries were at the top of the heap, the best of the best. Part of that is because of how we understood the Great Commission. We believed that we had the Gospel, most of the world didn’t, and we were called to go into all the world to share the love of Jesus Christ. Since most of us couldn’t go, we needed missionaries to go for us.

A great deal has changed in the last two decades. Much of the world has access to the Gospel. In fact, Christianity is growing at a rapid pace in many parts of the world where we have historically sent missionaries. At the same time, much of the U.S. is no longer shaped at all by the Gospel and many folks never take the opportunity to avail themselves of it. The U.S. is seen by many to be a mission field, and Christian groups in other nations are sending missionaries to our land.

Our churches, which have lost a place of privilege in the culture, are becoming less and less relevant to growing portions of our population. Church leaders are struggling with the most basic tasks of making disciples. In the old days, we had a church-building and church-program centered discipleship process. Twenty-five years ago (when Keith Parks gave his sermon), active church members could be expected to attend church three times a week. Nowadays, an active church member might show up only two or three times a month.

One bright spot in this otherwise gloomy picture is the engagement of ordinary Christians in short-term mission experiences. The number of American Christians who leave home for a few days to a few months to serve in another country or in an underserved part of the U.S. has grown exponentially over the past few decades. For many of them, it is the most spiritually enriching experience they have all year. In fact, when you consider the money spent on these experiences and the impact they have on the people groups they purportedly serve, it may be that the most significant benefit of these experiences is the transformative effect they have on those doing the traveling. This is happening in spite of the fact

that much of the time we are not particularly intentional about preparing mission teams for these experiences or debriefing them after the fact.

We in CBFNC are paying attention to this phenomenon and believe that what is needed now is a mission-centered discipleship process. We need to reverse the Great Commission and use missions as a way to re-disciple our people to re-evangelize our communities.

Reversing the by Larry Hovis, CBFNC Executive Coordinator

great commission


The first meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention I ever attended took place in June of 1988. That meeting is famous (or infamous) for several unpleasant things, including a resolution championing pastoral authority over the priesthood of all believers, and the recent “departure” of Randall Lolley from Southeastern Seminary.

Despite the politics and other distractions, a highlight for me was a sermon by then-Foreign Mission Board President Keith Parks that included a call for everyone in attendance to consider responding to the Great Commission by becoming a foreign missionary.

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Cecelia Beck lives in a neighborhood in northeast Shelby that has many challenges. She seeks to form deep relationships with neighbors, to walk along side and encourage them to have hope. Much of the ministry focuses on children who frequent her doorstep. As she welcomes them to her home on a daily basis and offers hospitality, she can always use Walmart or grocery store gift cards. She

also takes them to church, church activities, meals and other outings, so she can use fast food and pizza gift cards as well as BP gas cards (BP being the station closest to her home.) Individuals and teams are always welcome to come and help. Contact her at bcecelia@hotmail if you would like to partner in any way.

Matt and Michelle Norman are working with CBFNC to prepare a spiritual formation process for churches as the church participates in mission, both in Barcelona and their own community. They are looking for churches

willing to covenant long-term with the Normans in friendship and ministry. Contact [email protected].

Ruth School offers 1st-8th grade for Romany students. During the summer months, Vacation Bible School is a great way for youth teams to serve. Construction Teams help with painting and plastering, as well as repairs on the buildings. During the school year, help is needed with Teacher Appreciation Week, Moms’ Club and English Club activities. Teachers can volunteer with Inservices for Ruth School staff

with particular emphasis on teaching unique students. Crafters are welcome to teach at Sewing/Craft Club for students and classes for the community. Contact Ralph and Tammy Stocks at [email protected].

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Where can we go by Linda Jones, CBFNC Missions Coordinator

on a mission trip?Eric and Julie Maas have been connected for more than five years with a wonderful local ministry called “Child Development Foundation.” This social justice ministry focuses on outreach, counseling, and sensitizations on abuse and exploitation of children. CDF is in the beginning stages of the development of a Rescue Home for

trafficked victims. As this new ministry progresses, there will become a need for financial partners to purchase land, teams for building construction of facility, and committed prayer

intercessors for the healing of these youth

and sustainability of this home. Contact Julie Maas at julie@

seekservesave.org to learn more about this need.

Belize, Central America

Sam and Melody Harrell have established “Change for Children” in Kenya, and are constructing eight integrated child-development centers around Kenya. These centers have the potential to better the lives of the nearly 650 children ranging in age from 3-6 who will attend the schools this year.

Teams come to Kenya to provide support for the schools through medical services, construction, or simply teaching and playing with the children. Contact [email protected].

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Mark and Sara Williams are working in the central Drakensbur mountains in ZwaZulu Natal, which is a Zulu community in a tribal area

of South Africa called Emmaus. Their ministry has a holistic approach where they engage in discipleship, education, community development and helping the vulnerable. This ministry leads them to work with orphans, widows, those impacted by HIV/AIDS and those living in extreme poverty. Medical missions, pastor training, children’s work, community gardening, and teacher training are needed. Toy drives, funding for the Emmaus preschool, sponsoring a garden plot, chicken coop, widow’s food parcels and Bibles are helpful. Contact [email protected] or visit www.arisemg.org.za.

South Africa

Paula Settle Teams will be going to Owsley County with Paula and will participate in repairs, day trips with teens, senior adult activities, and food boxes for seniors. Donations to the ministry fund purchases of furniture, clothes, household items, Kroger cards etc. Funds can be sent to CBFNC or to Central Baptist Church Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919. Contact Paula at (606) 663-6088, (606) 481-4037 or visit www.ruralpoverty.net/.

Together For Hope, Nada, Kentucky

Passport, Inc., is a nonprofit company whose goal is integrated, ecumenical, inspirational weeks of summer camp that model important lessons like

service in the name of Christ. Passport Kids for 3rd-6th grades take place in multiple sites. 6th-12th grade students can join Passport Choices and Passport Missions. Watch a two-minute video on YouTube. Details are available at www.passportcamps.org.

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Cliff Christian The Timothy Project is an ecumenical missions coordination agency for church, youth, college and intergenerational

groups. There are opportunities for work teams in the spring and summer. They need men’s shoes for the Veterans Quarters in Asheville. Groups can contact Cliff by e-mail if interested in donating or serving. They also hope to sponsor a home restoration (not a new build) with our local Habitat next summer and would welcome volunteer groups. The summer focus is youth groups and intergenerational groups.

They are working in Madison County to begin a roofing program. Call (877) 333-9986 or e-mail Cliff at [email protected], www.TheTimothyProjects.com.

The Timothy Project

Rick and Lita Sample serve among international refugees, immigrants, and internationals students, and they advocate on behalf of victims of human trafficking. They help those from other countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Burma, and Turkey through a number of ways: ESL class, helping with paperwork, providing emergency food or backpacks for school, and finding donations

of furniture and clothing. They invite internationals to events such as Mihmani, an Afghan friendship gathering. A big bulk of their time is building relationships and sharing their lives together. Their goal is to simply love those around them and tell the story of Jesus. Ministry needs: hotel sized toiletries (for street ministries); newborn baby items; kites (for Mihmani in the park); school supplies/backpacks (they start giving these in the summer); gently used or new books, gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target, and Payless; gloves and scarves for the winter; and small toys (new) for Christmas. Please contact them at [email protected]. They welcome mission groups to come such as family mission trips, youth mission trips, prayer walking, and cultural experiences. Pray that God will open the hearts of internationals in this area so they too can know and receive Christ’s love.

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Chaouki and Maha Boulos, CBF field personnel in Lebanon, serve a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization called “Living Faith Ministry International.” They have a great call to minister to the people of the Middle East to spread the good news of our Lord Jesus. They started in 2000 with the first open-air crusade called “Celebrate Jesus” in Lebanon. Many churches and organizations from different backgrounds and religions have participated at that event and more than 300 people accepted the Lord as their Savior.

They serve our Lord doing many other things including: Celebrate Jesus celebrations; Church Planting in Middle Eastern countries; kids camps for orphan and refugee kids; sports camps; Bible

studies that help strengthen women in their society; and humanitarian ministries among the most neglected people including Bedouins, Christians from different churches, Syrian refugees (our greatest need at present). Call Chaouki and Maha Boulos at 011-961-385-0890 or e-mail operationantioch@�hotmail.com.

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n Together For Hope of Arkansas is based at Helena Community Center and engages in literacy and youth development. Come be a part of CBF’s Rural Poverty Initiative as they reach out to this community. Teams, families and individuals are encouraged to come each summer to participate in the ACC – the All Church Challenge that will include a 2-week KidsCamp, July 12 -18 and July 19-25. Volunteer at swimming camp during the ACC or another week. Building renovations, community garden help, Delta Jewels sale parties and other micro-enterprise opportunities are needed! Contact www.togetherforhopear.com or www.allchurchchallenge.org.

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Don and Janet Pittman, serving in the Middle East, need funding for their back-

pack project for migrant children, vitamins for women at migrant camps, and funding for Women’s conference. Short-term volunteer opportunities: teach-ing ESL; teams to teach puppetry to teens;

outreach teams to distribute brochures; children’s activi-ties; prayer walking; teams to conduct VBS, lock-ins, and retreats; construction teams for church, school, and retreat center renovations; teams to conduct seminars and work-shops for workers; and teams to teach sewing, handicrafts, and art. Longer-term volunteer opportunities: teach at an interna-tional school for MKs; youth worker to develop a ministry for MKs; English teacher at a local university;Refugee relief coordinator; and social worker to assist in developing a ministry for handicapped children.Contact Linda Jones at [email protected].

LaCount and Anna Anderson serve in poverty relief in Northeastern NC. They are busy working with food distribution, home repair, homeless men, women and children. They can use mission teams to assist in distributing food, nutrition education, as well as Christian education. They can work with three groups per summer: one group in June, one in July, and one in August. They have the need to host a sports camp late June. They would appreciate any help in donation of clothing or food. Contact LaCount Anderson, CBF Transformational Development Coordinator, at (252) 544-3098 www.morethancans.org

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There are opportunities in Bali for arts-based ministry for one person or a small group. Focus includes music, painting, dance and yoga. There is also an opportunity for a pastor to spend a year or more at a local church. Contact [email protected].

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Value and DNA by Wanda Kidd, CBFNC College Ministry Coordinator

of CBF student summer missions

Here are a few ways we are trying to move in this direction:• We have consulted with Canadian Baptist mission leaders, who have already developed intentional processes for short-term mission participants.• I shared these thoughts at a summer gathering of about 50 CBF global missions field personnel this summer, following the national CBF General Assembly in Greensboro, and received a very positive response.• We continued the conversation with eight field personnel at a fall gathering in the CBFNC offices to further refine these ideas.• We are working with Matt and Michelle Norman, CBF field personnel in Barcelona, Spain, to develop a “missional learning lab” to implement these concepts. We will send small teams from NC to Barcelona to visit with and learn from the Normans and their Spanish friends. Participants will be required to perform pre-trip

study, engage in reflection while in Spain, and then do post-trip assessment of their own spiritual growth, with the expectation that they will employ what they have learned in ministry in their home communities.

Eventually, we hope to develop curriculum, resources and intentional processes that will enable short-term mission participants to utilize these experiences as an aid to their discipleship development. In doing so, we believe these experiences will not only benefit the participants, but also those they are traveling to serve, and the communities in which they live most of the year.

The Great Commission is not a one-way street. A more humble, authentic and realistic approach to mission in our time involves both giving and receiving, blessing and being blessed. But it won’t happen by accident. It will require all of us – missionaries, churches, and the people groups with whom we share – to work together with purpose and intentionality.

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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Young Adult Engagement Opportunities

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has a commitment to invest in young Baptists and Baptists preparing for vocational Christian ministry. Congregational Internship

for College Students. Through the Collegiate Congregational Internship program, college students serve through Fellowship partner churches for a summer. CBF provides the student with three days of orientation and education, ongoing coaching and debriefing at the end of the experience. CBF also has grants to help churches defray an intern’s stipend. Student.Go, CBF’s collegiate missions program, provides opportunities for students to serve among and advocate for the most neglected people. Positions include a variety of locations and types of ministry, serving alongside alongside CBF Global Missions field personnel and ministry partners. Aspects of the two programs are compared below.

STUDENT.GOCOLLEGIATE CONGREGATIONAL INTERNSHIP

Student.Go is related to Global Missions of CBF. CCI is related to Missonal Congregations of CBF.

Placements can be for a summer, a semester or a year. CCI interns serve during the summer.

Student.Go students are supervised by CBF Field Personnel or others who are engaged in missions.

Interns are assigned a CCI Encourager but are supervised by staff or members of the local church.

Students are oriented to work in cross-cultural placements—whether in the US or abroad—through an orientation with other Student.Go students.

CCI is designed to help students engage and appreciate the calling of a local congregation, either as clergy or laity. Interns join 50-100 other students for orientation and debriefing.

CBF pays students a small stipend for their placements; housing, food and local transportation are provided for most summer assignments; some placements require students to raise additional funds.

CBF congregations may apply for $600-$1000 CCI grants to help fund stipends for one or more interns in their church. Fifty grants are available each year.

Student.GO students are selected and placed by CBF personnel and may or may not be placed in teams.

CCI churches may find their own intern or CCI can help them find students who are looking for a CCI internship

For applications and more information go to studentdotgo.com

A CCI church expectations document along with the application for the student and the church are available at thefellowship.info/collegeinternship

Student.Go contact is Amy Derrick at [email protected] or 770-220-1667

CCI contact is Wanda Kidd at [email protected] or 828-507-5723


Celebrating by Ka’thy Chappell Gore, CBFNC Leadership Development Coordinator ordination

During the last two years, the CBFNC Leadership Development Ministry Council has gathered and published ordination stories, facilitated conversations and led workshops focused on ordination and collected information with the purpose of providing resources on the ordination process for our Fellowship.

1. Go to www.cbfnc.org 2. Click on Careers & Calling 3. Click on Ordination Matters

With these three steps, you can access valuable ordination information that includes: history of ordination; purpose of the ordination council; elements of the ordination examination; questioning and affirmation of the candidate; and, of course, celebration of the ordination experience. More resources are added regularly.

You can share in the celebration of a recent ordination as well as contribute to a special recognition of ordination at the 20th Anniversary Celebration at the March 28-29, 2014, CBFNC General Assembly at First Baptist Church in Greensboro.

• “A Celebration of the Rich Resource of Ordained Ministers” will be listed in the program book of the 2014 CBFNC General Assembly. Help us recognize this significant group of men and women by submitting a list of all ordained ministers of your congregation—including those who currently serve your church, those who are from your church but serve elsewhere, as well as other retired ministers or those ordained persons that belong to your church and are not serving in ministry positions at this time.

Family, friends and colleagues gather for Abby Pratt’s ordination worship celebration.

The ordained ministry includes many categories of persons who have been especially set apart to serve the churches in special ways, including pastors, chaplains, missionaries, seminary professors, regional and area ministers, certain types of denominational executives, and many others. A Baptist Manual of Polty and Practice by Norman H. Maring and Winthrop S. Hudson

Please assist CBFNC with this recognition and submit these names to [email protected] by January 15, 2014.


The Chapel Door, Fairview

New Contributing CBFNC Partner Churches (As of November 21, 2013)

Ministers on the Move Compiled by Jack Causey, Ministerial Resources Coordinator

Our encouragement and support go to the following ministers who have recently moved:

Russell Travis is serving as Pastor of First Baptist Church of Graham.

Trey Martin has been called as Pastor of New Home Baptist Church of Vass.

Paul Burgess is serving as Pastor of Benson Baptist Church.

Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem has called David Fitzgerald as Minister of Music.

Amy McClure has been called as Associate Minister of Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek.

Hope Valley Baptist Church has called Colby Whittaker as Minister of Youth.

Central Baptist Church of Spruce Pine has called Jody Griffin as Pastor.

Ron Glover, after serving in other staff positions for Wingate Baptist Church of Wingate, has been called as installed Minister of Music.

When you make a move or know of someone who has changed places of ministry, let us know at [email protected]. For assistance to search committees and ministers seeking vocational discernment, visit our reference and referral page on our website at www.cbfnc.org or call 336-759-3456 or 888-822-1944.

First, Albemarle

First, Clinton

First, Gastonia

First, Greensboro

First, Raleigh

First, Rockingham

First, Southern Pines

First, Winston-Salem

Grace Baptist, Asheville

Immanuel Baptist, Greenville

Longview Baptist, Raleigh

Coordinator Visits October - November 2013

CBFNC�ministry�coordinators�are�available�to�visit�your�church�to�speak,�preach,�teach,�consult,�lead�and�minister�in�ways�appropriate�to�your�context.�Contact�the�CBFNC�office�for�more�information.

CBFNC Honorary and Memorial GiftsOctober 2013 - November 2013

In memory of theHonorable Michael Taylor, and

In honor of theHonorable Judge Susan Taylor

by Dr. Roy Smith

Check out free resources on www.cbfnc.org!

CBF Global Missions Field Personnel

Off-Field Assignments in Our Area

Don and Janet Pittman serving in Middle East

July 1 - January 11, 2014don.janet.pittman@ worldpersonnel.org

off field in NC

Kim and Marc Wyattserving in Canada

July 2013 - June [email protected] field in Wilmington

Your gifts to a CBFNC endowment fund can provide a bridge of blessing, of hope, and of help. Designate a gift for scholarships, new church starts, or where it is most needed. You will be blessed and you will build a bridge of blessing for others.

Contact Jim Hylton at [email protected] or (336) 759-3456 for more information.

Building Blocks of Christian Coaching (501)

February 3-4, 2014CBFNC offices in Winston-Salem

Visit our website, www.cbfnc.org, for more information.

New Hope, Hickory

Nobels Chapel, Sims

Northwest Baptist, Winston-Salem

Oakmont Baptist, Greenville

Providence Baptist, Charlotte

The Memorial Baptist, Greenville

Watts St. Baptist, Durham

Woodhaven Baptist, Woodhaven

Zebulon Baptist, Zebulon

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ministry OFFERING

Join CBFNC’s new Mission & Ministry Offering!

January/February 2014


phone: 336.759.3456 • phone: 888.822.1944 • fax: 336.759.3459 • [email protected] • www.cbfnc.org

The Gatheringof the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina

Larry Hovis ............. Executive Coordinator.................... [email protected]

Ka’thy Gore Chappell ... Leadership Development [email protected]

Rick Jordan ............ Church Resources Coordinator ......... [email protected]

Linda Jones ............ Missions Coordinator ..................... [email protected]

Jim Hylton ............. Business Administration Coordinator ... [email protected]

Jack Causey ............. Ministerial Resources Coordinator ..... [email protected]

Coordinating CouncilRay Ammons, Gastonia, ModeratorLisa Rust, Lumberton, Moderator-ElectDonna Bissette, Winston-Salem, Past ModeratorMarion Horton, Knightdale, RecorderMike Eddinger, Cary, TreasurerKathy Driver, RaleighHeather Folliard, DurhamDavid Hailey, RaleighJeff Mathis, SylvaRick Matthews, Winston-SalemDoug Murray, WilsonMike Queen, GreensboroSusan Taylor, Chapel Hill

Endowment Management BoardRon Cava, HendersonByrns Coleman, WingateScott Hudgins, Winston-SalemAnissa Nixon, Mocksville

Faith Formation Ministry CouncilStella Perrin, Taylorsville, ChairKatie Fam Roscoe, Southern Pines, Chair-ElectGiles Blankenship, FayettevilleBeth Cockman-Wood, SanfordBrian Harrington, LibertyKerrie Clayton Jordan, SmithfieldBarbara Glasgow, ZebulonTyler Roach, MorgantonSophia Steibel, Boiling SpringsScott Thrailkill, Goldsboro

Leadership Development Ministry CouncilLayne Rogerson, Greenville, ChairShane Nixon, Mocksville, Chair-ElectEd Beddingfield, FayettevilleSarah Boberg, Red SpringsJerry Chiles, RaleighJohn Daniels, WaynesvilleKheresa Harmon, ShelbyMark Reece, Mount AiryNathan Rice, Southern Pines

Missions Ministry CouncilLinda Winslow, Jamestown, ChairBlake Dempsey, Nashville, Chair-ElectElba Benitez, PittsboroEverette Clark, EnkaAllison Gallimore, OxfordBrandon Hudson, Winston-SalemMichael Lea, West JeffersonNate Leonard, Morehead CityPaula McCosh, FayettevilleMike Womble, Wilmington

Financial Report: Sept 2013 Contributions Undesignated - $98,296 Designated - $179,128October 2013 Contributions Undesignated - $128,776 Designated - $183,869November 2013 Contributions Undesignated - $91,187 Designated - $175,847

April 2013 - March 2014 Monthly Undesignated Goal: $127,140

Wanda Kidd ........ College Ministry Coordinator [email protected]

Eddie Hammett ... Church and Clergy Coach [email protected]

Javier Benitez .....Hispanic Network Leader Coach [email protected]

Rebekah Ayers ... Programs Manager [email protected]

Sarah Mitchell .... Communications Manager [email protected]

Gail McAlister .... Financial Manager [email protected]

Derek Wilhelm .. .. Administrative Assistant [email protected]

Regional CoordinatorsRegion 1 – Western: Gail Coulter .............. [email protected] 2 – Foothills: David Smith ............ [email protected] 3 – Triad: Bill Leathers ................ [email protected] 4 – South Central: Drag Kimrey ...... [email protected]

Region 5 – North Central: Tom Jackson ..... [email protected] Region 6 – Capital: Mack Thompson .......... [email protected] 7 – Southeast: Mike Johnson ........ [email protected] 8 – Northeast: Jesse Croom .......... [email protected]

CBFNC College MinistersAshley Mangrum ... UNC Chapel Hill ........................ [email protected] Powers .. East Carolina................................ [email protected]

Danny Steis ......... Duke University ..................... [email protected] Towles ........ Wake Forest ................................. [email protected] Brown .......... Western Carolina .. [email protected]

You may visit our website, www.cbfnc.org, or call us at (336) 759-3456 to request that an offering packet be mailed to you.

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Upcoming Events ~ January/February Edition

Youth Ministry SummitJanuary 16, 2014 New Hope Baptist Church, Raleigh

Youth Ski RetreatJanuary 24-26, 2014 Winterplace Ski Resort, West Virginia

College Mid-Winter RetreatFebruary 1-2, 2014 Mundo Vista

Building Blocks of Christian Coaching (501)February 3-4, 2014CBFNC offices, Winston-Salem

Children’s Choir FestivalFebruary 8, 2014First, High Point

Christian Coach Training QuickstartFebruary 17, 2014CBFNC offices, Winston-Salem

Innovation Lab for Christian EducatorsFebruary 17-18, 2014Christmount Conference Center

Youth Choir FestivalMarch 7-8, 2014Knollwood, Winston-Salem

Spring Break Mission Trip to AtlantaMarch 8-14, 2014

CBFNC General Assembly -- 20th Anniversary!March 28-29, 2014First, Greensboro

Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship (502)April 7-8, 2014CBFNC offices, Winston-Salem

Adult Spirituality Retreat May 2-4, 2014Caraway Retreat Center

2014 Impacting Tomorrow May 16-17, 2014Oakmont Baptist Church, Greenville

_______________________________The Gathering is published six times a year. All questions and story submissions may be directed to Sarah Mitchell, (336) 759-3456 or [email protected].

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