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4 days ago | 
brnow.org | Chad Austin
When the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina purchased an abandoned military outpost in 1949 that predated the Civil War for the permanent site of a new retreat center, few could envision what the property would become. One of those who could, however, was Richard Redwine, who would become the first director of the new ministry meeting site for N.C. Baptists located along the North Carolina coast.
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3 weeks ago | 
brnow.org | Chad Austin
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing in The Summit Church’s zoning lawsuit against the Chatham County Board of Commissioners in which the church alleges religious discrimination after a rezoning request to construct a new worship facility was denied by the board. Judge William L. Osteen Jr. scheduled the hearing for Monday, June 9, at 2 p.m. at the L. Richardson Preyer Courthouse in Greensboro in a written order released Friday, May 30.
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1 month ago | 
brnow.org | Chad Austin
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — N.C. Baptist pastors and ministry leaders celebrated changed lives and prayed for more while also addressing business items and hearing ministry reports during the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s spring board of directors meeting, held May 19-20 at the Fort Caswell Coastal Retreat Center.
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1 month ago | 
brnow.org | Chad Austin
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A children’s pastor at a Triangle area church has been arrested for distributing child sexual abuse material involving a young girl. Aaron Luke Bradley, 30, of Wake Forest was arrested on Tuesday, May 6, when Wake Forest Police Department detectives with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at a local residence.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Sue Sprenkle |Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Scott Barkley
Short-term volunteer mission projects can make a long-term impact. The key, according to International Mission Board missionaries Cade and Ginny Wheeler, is for the local church to be fully invested and use volunteers within an already existing strategy.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
What is an emotional affair and why must pastors, elders and ministry leaders fight against succumbing to this temptation? According to one online source, “An emotional affair is a non-sexual relationship involving a similar level of emotional intimacy and bonding as a romantic relationship.” The writer adds that emotional affairs often begin as a friendship and then move to something more involved.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
(RNS) — Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins has instructed the agency’s employees to report any instances of anti-Christian bias, including any policies that are “hostile to Christian views” or punishments for displaying Christian symbols. “The VA Task Force now requests all VA employees to submit any instance of anti-Christian discrimination to ” Collins wrote in an email to employees on Tuesday (April 22).
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Mike Ebert |Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, Discipleship, EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., celebrated six baptisms last year on Baptism Sunday, the annual Southern Baptist emphasis that urges churches to “fill the tank” and stir the waters, marking new life in Christ. Lexington Baptist Church baptized one, bringing the church’s total to 50 baptisms over the previous three years.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Chad Austin |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: DURHAM, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit brought by The Summit Church against the Chatham County Board of Commissioners which alleges that the county denied the church’s rezoning request to build a new worship facility for religious reasons.
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2 months ago | 
baptistcourier.com | Chad Austin
North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Texas pastor Michael Criner announced April 13. “It is my honor to nominate Clint Pressley for a second term as President of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Criner, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Rockwall, Texas, wrote in a statement to the Biblical Recorder announcing his intent to nominate Pressley during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting June 10-11 in Dallas.
