WFU still in BSC
The Baptist State Convention (BSC) will keep its fraternal ties with Wake Forest University (WFU) after an amended motion to end the 166-year relationship failed Nov. 14 after 45 minutes of spirited debate.
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Moderates win both BSC vice presidencies
Buddy Corbin and Larry Harper were elected to Baptist State Convention (BSC) vice presidents' posts at the BSC's annual meeting Nov. 14.
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Resolution affirms SBC, autonomy
A resolution designed to re-affirm the Baptist State Convention's ties to the Southern Baptist Convention turned into a referendum on state convention autonomy during the BSC's annual meeting on Nov. 14.
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Celebration and challenge
While news headlines tend to focus on contests and conflicts, messengers to the 170th meeting of the Baptist State Convention also adopted a record budget, applauded encouraging reports from convention ministries and heard challenging sermons.
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Nomination challenge falls short
Messengers to the Baptist State Convention annual meeting easily defeated a challenge to the nomination of a moderate to the BSC General Board.
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Pastors' Conference rocks to music
With joyous, upbeat music punctuated by vocal solos, upraised hands and slick licks from a well-played lead guitar, the Mountain Grove Celebration Choir set the tone for the 2000 pastors' conference Nov. 12-13 at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
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Inaugural laity conference attracts 600
Education, freedom and the preservation of historic Baptist distinctives were the focus as nearly 600 people squeezed into College Park Baptist Church Nov. 13 for the first-ever N.C. Baptist Laity Conference.
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Committee to study BSC unity
Messengers to the Baptist State Convention annual meeting asked BSC President Mike Cummings to appoint a committee to study ways to promote unity and cooperation in the BSC.
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N.C. youth ministers honor Hal Melton
Becky Knott, minister of youth and education at First Baptist Church, Smithfield, was elected as the first woman to serve as president of the N.C. Baptist Youth Minister's Association (NCBYMA) during its Nov. 13 meeting at College Park Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
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What teens need from their parents
"My parents just don't understand."
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