Pam Rhodes spends many days on the narrow, winding streets of downtown Nazareth where she and other Baptists are trying to get a new church started. Near this spot, Jesus taught in a synogogue. A few blocks away is probably the place where the Pharisees tried to kill him ... (read the story)
IMB photo by Mike Creswell
Candidates meet for agreement on 1997 presidential races
The five announced candidates for the three presidential positions in the Baptist State Convention met Sept. 22 to discuss agreements for the races this year, according to an announcement by David Crocker, pastor of the Snyder Memorial Church in Fayetteville and a candidate for the office of second vice president ...(read the story)
Interviews with the candidates for president of the Baptist State Convention
Mac Brunson
Jack Causey
Former North Carolina pastor to be nominated for executive
James Howard Royston, a former N.C. pastor, will be nominated by the Executive Director Search Committee (EDSC) to the Baptist State Convention's (BSC) General Board on Sept. 30, according to an announcement by Marion D. Lark, chair of the EDSC ...(read the story)
Working where Jesus walked
You would think Pam Rhodes' work should be easy.
After all, she's helping start a new Baptist church in Nazareth -- the hometown of Jesus.
When the N.C. native heads downtown to shop, she passes the place thought to be where the angel announced His coming. Most days she passes a synagogue where He likely taught ...(read the story)
White Oak marks 150th anniversary with celebration
The year was 1847. "On Saturday, before the 5th Lord's Day," as the minutes recorded the actions, the Salemburg Baptist Church, Salemburg, granted letters to 23 members and "four servants" to form the White Oak Baptist Church, located about six miles west of Clinton ... (read the story)
Speaking engagement leads to mission trip
Ray W. Benfield was speaking at a World Missions Conference in April, when he heard the pastor of a mission church in Galesburg, Illinois tell about the church¼s leaking roof ... (read the story)
North Carolina students join in Belize mission project
Three young women from North Carolina were part of a 14-member volunteer team which led Vacation Bible School and evangelistic services in Belize City, Belize recently ... (read the story)
The North Carolina Missions Offering supports disaster relief and other ministriesWithout it, Carolina Beach Church may have been completely destroyed. Without it, people in inner city Wilson would have no refuge against the drugs, prostitution, and violence seeping into their community. Without it, inmates in N.C. prisons, migrant workers in N.C. fields, and children at camps Mundo Vista and Caraway would not have heard the Gospel this summer. Without the N.C. Missions Offering (NCMO), much work would never be accomplished for the Lord in the Tar Heel state. ... (read the story)
The oldest member of the White Oak Baptist Church is Vara Crumpler, who is seen here amid family members on the steps of the church. She is 97 and has been teaching a Sunday School class since 1934 ...(read the story)
