Episodes

Monday May 22, 2023
Pace and Horton answer the college question: How do I choose a college?
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Test scores, favorite teams, social life and location often determine a student’s plans after graduation — but is there a better way to discern if, when and where you should go to college?
On this week’s podcast, listen to a breakout session recording from the 2022 N.C. Baptist Annual Meeting, led by Scott Pace with The College at Southeastern and David Horton with Fruitland Baptist Bible College.
Learn how families should think about college education, how to choose the right school for them, and how their faith can be strengthened and leveraged while they’re in college.

Monday May 08, 2023
I’m giving up my summer for missions
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
What are you doing this summer? College students across North Carolina are being mobilized to reach their neighbors and the nations with the gospel.
On this week’s episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, Brandon Powell, student mobilization coordinator with Baptists on Mission, catches up with two college students that have accepted the call to serve on mission during their summer break. Listen to how God has led Jordan Gibbs, a student at The College at Southeastern, and Sheridan Rice, a student at UNC Pembroke, to this decision.

Monday Apr 24, 2023
How to find joy in your calling
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
As a pastor, it’s easy to lose your joy and effectiveness in ministry. Pastoral wellness is vital when it comes to a church's health.
In this episode of the N.C. Baptists’ Podcast, Sandy Marks — church revitalization and pastoral ministry strategist for N.C. Baptists — offers necessities to maintaining or recapturing joy and effectiveness as we live out our calling. Here is a sneak peak: This lifelong journey begins with becoming a spiritually and emotionally healthy disciple.

Monday Apr 10, 2023
How to engage your community with the gospel
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Engaging communities with the gospel is one of the most pressing issues facing the church today.
On this week’s episode of the N.C. Baptists’ podcast, listen to a breakout session recording from last year’s annual meeting as two North Carolina Baptist pastors share how their churches are engaging their communities for the sake of the gospel. Pastor Aaron Smith of Kenansville Baptist Church, Pastor Todd Brady of The River Community Church in Fayetteville and Great Commission Catalyst Barry Murry share helpful methods, tools and resources to meet the needs of hurting people while effectively sharing the love and message of Christ.

Monday Mar 27, 2023
Top 3 things church planters would do differently
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Church planting is often a demanding journey for those getting started. With all the unexpected trials one faces while planting, it can be vital for church planters to learn from those who have gone before and hear what worked — and what didn’t work — for them.
This week on the N.C. Baptists’ Podcast, join church planters Mike Pittman, Antoine Lassiter and Barry Murry as they each share three things they would have done differently had they started the church planting process over again.
For more episodes, visit ncbaptist.org/podcast. You can also find us on Apple Podcasts.

Monday Mar 13, 2023
This pastor signed up for ’Fill the Tank’ and saw God move
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
When David Herman, pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Creedmoor, signed up with hundreds of other churches for “Fill the Tank” Sunday in Sept. 2021, he had no idea he would end up baptizing 12 individuals — including his own father-in-law.
On this episode of the N.C. Baptists’ Podcast, Herman sat down with Todd Unzicker, executive director-treasurer for N.C. Baptists, to share his testimony of God’s work through “Fill the Tank” and explore the reasons Pleasant Grove signed up again for the upcoming “Fill the Tank” Sunday.
This year, “Fill the Tank” Sunday will take place on April 16, the weekend after Easter. Churches can learn more and sign up at fillthetanknc.org.

Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Answering God’s call to truly live ‘on mission together’
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
On this episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, a group of women who are living out the gospel in their everyday lives discuss God’s calling to live on mission together and what that looks like to practically live out the gospel.
Ashley Reffit, N.C. Baptists’ consultant for Women’s Discipleship, sits down with Missie Branch with Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Shirnetta Harrell with The No Woman No Girl Initiative.
For more episodes, visit ncbaptist.org/podcast. You can also find us on Apple Podcasts.

Monday Feb 13, 2023
How to create a system for discipleship in student ministry with Shaq Hardy
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Discipling the next generation of disciple-makers is crucial to the Great Commission. In this episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, listen to a breakout session recording of Shaq Hardy as he shares how you can create a discipleship system in your student ministry. Shaq serves high school students at Biltmore Church in Asheville, North Carolina and is a guest speaker at one of Be.Do.Tell.’s Summer Youth Weeks at Fort Caswell this Summer.
At the 2022 Disciple-Making Conference, Hardy shared how student ministry pastors and leaders can look for opportunities within their churches that the student ministry can join in on, how to establish a mission statement for the student ministry, how ministry leaders can assess where their students are and the importance of gaining investment from parents, leaders and students.

Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
On this episode of the N.C. Baptist podcast, Robby Gallaty and Brian Upshaw offer listeners a preview of the Disciple-Making Conference as they discuss Gallaty’s journey in disciple-making, his vision for churches, certain myths that churches hold when trying to create a culture of discipleship, and much more.
Learn more and register for the Feb. 20, 2023 Disciple-Making Conference at disciplemakingconference.org.

Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
On this episode of the N.C. Baptists Podcast, Quintell Hill, president of N.C. Baptists, sits down with Todd Unzicker, executive director-treasurer for N.C. Baptists, to discuss Hill’s personal testimony, his vision for N.C. Baptists and obstacles that prevent us from keeping “the main thing, the main thing.”

Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
How To Start A Foster Care And Adoption Ministry At Your Church
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Here is how your church can start a foster care and adoption ministry! Listen to a panel discussion featuring Baptist Children's Homes' Mark Smith with pastors John Cashwell, Kyler Smith, Casey Norkett, and Andrew Hopper on how the Every Child initiative has impacted their respective church's missions strategies.
Learn more at every-child.org.

Monday Jan 02, 2023
Life Initiatives In N.C. and Beyond
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
How can your church stand for life in 2023? N.C. Baptists' Seth Brown discusses life initiatives in North Carolina and beyond with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's Brent Leatherwood. Because of your generosity, N.C. Baptists are standing for life.

Monday Dec 19, 2022
Making Disciples. Making Leaders. What’s the Difference?
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
What’s the difference between making disciples and making leaders?

Monday Dec 05, 2022
Go2Years: How to Lose Students for the Right Reasons
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022

Monday Nov 21, 2022
Why Revitalization Isn’t Always the Answer
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022

Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
SendNC: Churches Planting Churches Everywhere for Everyone
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
How can SendNC help your church plant churches that bring change and restore hope to unreached neighborhoods?
Listen to SendNC's Mike Pittman as he sits down with Send Network's Matt Carter and George Ross, and Pastor Andrew Hopper to discuss the exciting partnership between N.C. Baptists and the North American Mission Board.
Learn more at SendNC.org.

Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
The “RevitalizeNC” podcast is hosted by Terry Long, strategist for church revitalization with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Each episode includes an interview with a leading expert in the field of church revitalization to offer help, hope and encouragement to pastors and ministry leaders. This fifth episode, which was recorded April 25, 2022, features Mark Hallock, Lead Pastor of Calvary Baptist in Englewood, Colorado, and Matt Smith, Pastor at Lebanon Baptist in Greensboro, NC. on the topic of activating your church on mission.

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Literacy Missions - A Missions Frontier In Your Community
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Chase Jenkins

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Visionary Planning - Working On Your Ministry Not Just In Your Ministry
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Brian Upshaw

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Local Associations - Partners In The Gospel
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Scott Setzer

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Becoming A Family Of Disciples Who Make Disciples On The College Campus
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Chandler Young

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
How To Reach The Nations In Your Community
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: James Weddington

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Leadership Star - Becoming A Reproducing Disciple Who Is Easy To Follow
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Shane Stacy

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Every Child - Connecting Vulnerable Children With Christian Families
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Mark Smith

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Assimilation and Discipleship
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Cory Smith

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Generational Disciple-Making
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: George Robinson

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Ministering To 5 Generations
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Jae Richardson

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Women’s Discipleship On Lifelong Mission
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Ashley Reffitt

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
ToolsTo Mobilize Your People
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Marcus Redding

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Church Planting Track (Session #1)
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
2022 Disciple-Making Conference
Speaker: Mike McDaniel