General Board focuses on "change" in this era
Of necessity, there is a certain sameness to each meeting of the Baptist State Convention's (BSC) General Board (GB), but still each session has its own uniqueness. The operative word at the Jan. 27-28 session at Caraway Conference Center in Asheboro was "change." ... (read the story)

Royston reviews his role at General Board meeting
In his first formal address to the General Board (GB) as the new executive director-treasurer, Jim Royston stressed the same points he has made in previous meetings with N.C. Baptists since last September when he was nominated for the position by the GB to the messengers at the annual convention in November. "Let me summarize my first 27 days on the job," the Tennessee native began ... (read the story)

Southern Baptist aid arrives in North Korea
About 114 tons of aid from Southern Baptists -- including some 70,000 children's coats donated between Thanksgiving and Christmas -- arrived in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea, on Jan. 18 ... (read the story)

Disagreement could loom over Carver School assets
Although all parties involved are keeping a low profile now, a fight could be brewing over what should become of the assets given by Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) to benefit Southern Baptist Theological Seminary when the seminary assumed ownership of the Carver School of Missions and Social Work in 1963 ... (read the story)

Survey reveals teens pray often, cheat, get mad, think about suicide
A recent survey of Southern Baptist teenagers revealed three-fourths have trouble with their tempers, more than half cheat on tests and almost one-fourth have thought about killing themselves.

The same survey, however, showed 78 percent don't drink, 83 percent do not take drugs and a total of 93 percent pray "daily" or "weekly." ... (read the story)