NC Baptists

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.”

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. 

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.

What’s the difference between making disciples and making leaders? 

 

N.C. Baptists’ Brian Upshaw sits down with Senior Pastor Matt Capps of Fairview Baptist Church in Apex, North Carolina, to discuss one of the greatest needs of pastors — developing leaders. 

 

Register for the 2023 Disciple-Making Conference to learn more at disciplemakingconference.org. 

 

How can churches lose students for the right reasons? N.C. Baptists' Alex Hugo sits down with missionary Alicia Jones and Baptists on Mission's Teresa Jones — a mother and daughter duo serving on mission together — to discuss student mobilization.

 

Learn more and connect with our collegiate ministry at ncbaptist.org/college.

Studies show that the majority of churches are either plateaued or declining. Revitalization isn't always the answer.

 

Listen to N.C. Baptists' Terry Long as he sits down with the North American Mission Board's Jimbo Stewart and Pilot Mountain Baptist Association's associational mission strategist Walker Armstrong to discuss church revitalization.

 

Learn more and take the online assessment at ncbaptist.org/revitalize.

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.

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.

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Chase Jenkins

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Brian Upshaw

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

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2022 Disciple-Making Conference

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2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: James Weddington

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Shane Stacy

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Speaker: Cory Smith

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: George Robinson

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Jae Richardson

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Ashley Reffitt

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Marcus Redding

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Mike McDaniel

2022 Disciple-Making Conference

Speaker: Mike McDaniel