NC Baptists

Delighting in the Company of God: Solitude & Other Practices to Help You Love God More

Larry Trotter - We will look at how the practices of solitude, ceaseless prayer and other disciplines help order our hearts to love God more and walk with Him more consistently. The content is highly transferable to those you are discipling, especially those who are maturing in their faith and longing to know God more deeply.

Competence and Confidence in Personal Evangelism

Josh Reed - There are a million ways to get into a gospel conversation. The question is, do you know what to do once you are in one? In this session, you will gain practical tools to both share and train others in telling your story and God's story competently, confidently and humbly. You will also spend time practicing these things in the session.

Adolescence is a Timeframe for Leverage

Merrie Johnson - Adolescence is a time when you can leverage distinct opportunities to influence a teenager’s future. A parent has approximately 936 weeks between a child's birth and the time they graduate from high school. Join us as we examine different stages of development in a teen’s life and how those stages open doors for discipleship.

Parenting in the Busyness of Life

Mark Smith - When parents understand and strive to follow Deuteronomy 6:4-7, they will discover practical ways to be disciple-makers of their children in the natural rhythm of their busy lives. Homes can be changed in extraordinary ways when families intentionally apply this approach to the children God has entrusted to them.

Speaking the Truth

This breakout session will offer practical and hands-on ways to equip women to engage other women in gospel conversations that are natural for casual encounters or lengthy conversations. Whether it is a family member or someone you meet in the store, learn ways to use everyday encounters to share nuggets of the gospel.

Sending Churches

Any size church can become a “sending church.” Churches that partner with new churches are positively impacted by increases in attendance, tithes and offerings, and mission giving. Becoming a sending church is one of the most effective ways to impact lostness through disciple-making. This session will discuss steps to partnering with a new church to positively impact both the sending church and the new church in ways that many are won to Christ.

Rising Above Foyer Feedback: The Art of Objective Sermon Evaluation

This session will explore ways pastors can receive helpful feedback on their sermons so they can grow in their preaching. Specific subjects will include: how to be intentional in getting feedback, putting together sermon evaluation teams, finding and equipping objective people, and using helpful tools.

Revitalization Like Never Seen Before

Panel discussion moderated by Lonnie Reynolds, contract worker, BSCNC Church Health and Revitalization

Prayer that Transforms: Acts 3:19

Examine biblical and practical wisdom on how God is calling His people across North Carolina to return to Him in brokenness, holiness and mission as pastors and prayer leaders share stories of God’s transforming work in churches and communities through “one-accord” prayer.

Bridges Out of Poverty: Rediscovering God’s Heart for the Poor

Discover a comprehensive approach to understanding and alleviating poverty as part of a disciple-making strategy.

An Overview of Basic Pastoral Counseling​ for Anxiety-Depression

Anxiety and depression are the “common cold” of emotional experience for people. There are many questions about how to provide the most effective pastoral care for your members who experience various levels of life disruption from these difficult emotions. In this breakout, we’ll give you an overview of basic pastoral care for anxiety and depression and provide resources that your members can use to create an effective community of care for one another.

Principles for Multi-housing Ministry

Nearly 95 percent of the people who live in luxury apartments, gated communities, government housing communities, trailer parks and other multi-housing communities are unchurched. While there is no “one-size-fits-all” model for disciple-making among the different multi-housing communities in our state, there are proven principles that can be used as your church seeks to begin a multi-housing ministry. During this breakout, you will learn those principles.

Millennial Parents: Understanding, Equipping and Empowering Gen Y Parents

Millennial parents engage with life and the church in unique ways. Come and receive insights into this generation that will help you and other church leaders engage in ministry with millennial parents in the local church.

Life Communities

Many churches operate on a “come and see” model rather than with a “go and serve” mindset. What if we could empower every family in the congregation to use their sphere of influence to reach their friends and neighbors for Christ? Come learn more about missional communities and how they can be used to impact and reach your neighborhood.

How to Keep Your Bible Study Group from Losing Its First Love

Sometimes in our Bible study groups, we get so busy doing good things that we abandon the best thing — love for Jesus. Discover practical principles on returning to your first love.

The Heart of Disciple-Making: How the Great Commandment Fuels the Great Commission

There is a lot of talk about the methods and the tools for making disciples, and that is a good thing. Yet, with all of the training and equipping, there is still a hesitancy to engage in sharing the gospel and making disciples. Have sincere, but misplaced, motives caused this reluctance? We explore a practical way to help motivate disciples to make disciples by seeing how the Great Commandment fuels everything in the life of a disciple.

Faith at Home in Every Ministry

Come learn how to strategically equip and encourage the parents and grandparents of your congregation to be disciple-makers of their homes. How can we integrate the Faith at Home disciple-making culture into preaching, Sunday School/small group, adult, senior adult, youth and children’s ministries? Have a renewed confidence and be better prepared to live out Deuteronomy 6:7 and Ephesians 4:12 in your church.

Creating a word and deed ministry

How do we gain a comprehensive approach to understanding and alleviating poverty as part of a disciple-making strategy?

A Biblical Perspective on Immigration (Spanish)

There has been much discussion and debate on the issue of immigration, but what does the Bible say? Come and explore practical applications to immigration services and ministries from a biblical point of view. This session is presented in Spanish.

With: A Disciple-Making Relationship

Learn four key principles of disciple-making (inspiration, equipping, training and mobilization) and hear examples of each in the context of a normal relationship. Every believer will be inspired to be and make disciples to the glory of God.