Gathering
of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
July/August 2019 Vol. 24 Issue 4
What is a CBF Church?
by Larry Hovis | CBFNC Executive Coordinator
How many CBF churches are there in North Carolina?” is a question I am often asked. There is no simple answer to that question. The problem is with defining what is meant by “CBF church.” In Baptist polity, each church is unique and determines with whom and to what extent it affiliates with other organizations. The way churches relate to CBF and CBFNC, which are also autonomous bodies, is different with each church. In general, there are six primary ways in which a congregation may think of itself as a “CBF Church.”
FINANCIAL
CBFNC’s Bylaws state, “The membership of CBFNC shall be composed of individual Baptists of North Carolina who either: (1) Contribute directly as individuals, or (2) Are members of a church that contributes to the ministries and operations of CBFNC.” CBF has similar language in its bylaws.
So, unlike a convention, the members of CBFNC are not churches but individuals. Still, the majority of CBFNC’s funding comes from churches and the easiest indicator of a church’s affiliation with CBFNC is financial support.
Churches choose whether and how much to support CBFNC and CBF. A few churches support only one or the other. Most support both.
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MISSIONAL
Many churches, year in and year out, participate in the mission and ministries of CBF and CBFNC. They attend assemblies, send their youth to CBFNC retreats, take mission trips to CBF mission sites, work with CBF missions personnel, apply for CBF funding, work with CBF partners, and engage missionally with CBF in a wide variety of ways. That would indicate that they probably see themselves as a “CBF church.”
MINISTERIAL
. . some congregations are “CBF churches” in a spiritual sense rather than in an organizational sense. They know they are different from other Baptist churches in their community. They value Walter Shurden’s Four Fragile Freedoms – Soul Freedom, Bible Freedom, Church Freedom and Religious Freedom.”
Still, to respect the freedom and individuality of both the churches and each CBF organization (state and national), we list contributing churches to CBFNC once a year in The Gathering (see pp. 8–10) and on our website.
CONSTITUTIONAL
Some churches state in their Constitution or Bylaws that they affiliate or partner with CBFNC and/or CBF. This is a very clear indicator on the part of the congregation that they are a “CBF church.” We don’t have an official list of these churches, as they rarely report this information to our office.
PROMOTIONAL
Many churches promote CBF and CBFNC events and ministries in their publications. Such promotion is a strong indicator that they are involved in and supportive of CBF organizations and see themselves as a “CBF Church.”
SPIRITUAL
Theological education has been a strong component of CBF ministries at the state and national level throughout our history. Pastors, staff ministers, and chaplains find a home in CBF life at a high rate. Many ministers participate in CBF peer learning groups and professional development opportunities. Ministerial search committees often call on CBF staff to assist with their searches. Even when they don’t understand or appreciate all that CBF organizations do, many churches sense that they want a “CBF pastor” who is a servant-leader, not an authoritarian dictator. If their minister is under 50, they probably sought one who attended a CBF partner theological school. Churches who value this kind of minister are in this most critical way a “CBF church.”
As with the previous indicator, some congregations are “CBF churches” in a spiritual sense rather than in an organizational sense. They know they are different from other Baptist churches in their community. They value Walter Shurden’s Four Fragile Freedoms – Soul Freedom, Bible Freedom, Church Freedom and Religious Freedom. They ordain women as deacons and ministers. Women can teach men in Bible classes and serve in any leadership role in the church. Some churches have a “CBF DNA” even though they are not officially connected to CBF in other ways. More than once someone has said to me of their church, “We are CBF and don’t know it.”
What is a CBF church? On the one hand, there really is no such thing. Baptist churches are free churches, not franchises of a larger denominational body. On the other hand, free Baptist churches often value cooperation and choose to affiliate with other bodies, including CBF bodies, in a variety of ways. Is your church a “CBF church”? How do you know?
Celebrating CBFNC’s New Church Starts
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. – Acts 13:1-3
The last 25 years have brought a shift in our culture. There are more and more people who profess “no religion” (24%).
Today, Christians are not met with hostility, just indifference. People do not see the relevance of church and live comfortably without it. Yet, people are still asking age-old questions about life and meaning.
“Called” people from healthy churches are needed, ready to assist in starting new ones. Especially needed are Christians who will venture out into our culture with fresh, innovative ways of reaching people who will never cross the threshold of established churches. CBFNC has valued, encouraged, mentored, and financially supported new church starts from the very beginning. Two early new church starts share their stories.
MEET DANIEL SOSTAITA, PASTOR OF IGLESIA CRISTIANA SIN FRONTERAS,
meeting at Jefferson Christian Church, WinstonSalem. The day he received Christ, he received God’s call to do something for Christ. He came to the United States from Argentina in 1998 and started Baptist Theological University Cali in Colombia, graduating with an M. Div., (2010-2012). Seminary was a place to learn, but he was not really sure about being a pastor. The seminary director saw his potential and encouraged him which led him to Iglesia Union Cross (Winston-Salem) as a leader. One day, Iglesia Union Cross was celebrating its 10-year anniversary. A chaplain kept looking at him and after 3-4 hours, gave him a strong hug. “I’ve looked at you all morning. You are the real pastor of this church.” So in 2006, Daniel, his wife Irene, and daughters Barbara, Daniela, and Victoria moved to King, NC to start a new church, Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras (Without Borders Christian Church). He saw a lot of needs in the community. Daniel states, “This church needed so much more than a Sunday pastor; the people attending church had so many situations and deep problems.”
Daniel talked to over 100 people about his vision and started a network. His vision: to share the gospel and also to heal as Jesus healed. Jesus walked in the neighborhoods and provided for all their needs. Daniel’s vision included providing a network of all the resources for the community. This network of resources now includes Wake Forest Baptist Hospital’s FaithHealthNC, immigration lawyers, Family Services, counselor services, Forsyth
Linda Jones CBFNC Missions Coordinator
Medical Center, the NC Department of Health and Human Services, a tutoring program, music lessons, and a Mexican Consulate. Also part of this network is the police chief, Forsyth County leaders, Faith ID, Spanish League, and the Forsyth County sheriff. Now there are meetings to care for domestic violence victims, soccer camp, VBS, and a yearly community festival. Daniel states, “Jesus always has a question: ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ We need to look at Jesus; he was a great pastor. I am imitating Jesus.”
GAIL COULTER PLANTED PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH IN JULY
2001. Five pastors were meeting as a peer group and they decided that a new church start was needed in Hendersonville.
Gail was the Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church, Asheville with no intentions to be a pastor but she participated in early planning committee work. CBFNC was involved from the beginning. Jim Fowler, the missions coordinator of CBFNC, coordinated conversations among the pastors at churches in Buncombe and Madison Counties about what a CBF church in Henderson County might look like. As the group discussed pastoral leadership, Jim was the one who asked, “Gail, how about you?” CBFNC provided financial support, along with Baptist congregations in the United Association of Charlotte as well as the sacrificial and faithful giving by members of Providence and members of other congregations. The Baptist State Convention was part of the planning. Once Gail was chosen as pastor, however, the BSC and the local association opted out. Gail states, “I think the huge thing is the buy-in of five area churches plus other churches that regularly gave. The amazing thing was the remarkable group of people that came out of the blue.”
Five CBFNC churches and several individuals financially helped. The music minister, a layperson at FBC Asheville, and her husband committed to serve for one year. FBC Asheville helped tremendously providing special music and Sunday School teachers.
A local Lutheran congregation rented to Providence their building which Providence eventually purchased. Sermons centered around community and discipleship. The first Sunday School class was held at the adjacent barbershop and the children’s class at the tea shop on the other side! A clue to the successful start was a newspaper article about the start of Providence. The Hendersonville TimesNews had a front page article and picture of Gail on Saturday, July 21, 2001 - the day before the first service was held in the movie theater - with the title: “A dream rekindled: Cooperative
See “Celebrating CBFNC’s New Church Starts” on page 4.
ANNIVERSARY FEATURE: Racial Reconciliation and Justice Ministry Team
In 2007-2008 the CBFNC Strategic Plan identified diversity as a focal point for future ministries. In 2007, the CBFNC General Assembly approved the creation of a Diversity Task Force. (Ironically, the initial task force reflected the need to embrace and increase diversity in CBFNC as four Caucasian, relatively young, male pastors formed the original CBFNC Diversity Task Force. Fortunately, the group quickly expanded to include gender, ethnic, and age diversity!)
Early on, the task force decided to focus primarily on ethnic diversity and racial reconciliation, specifically between AfricanAmerican and Caucasian churches and communities. As a result, the name changed to Racial Reconciliation Ministry Team. More recently, the name has changed to Racial Reconciliation and Justice Ministry Team. Reconciliation cannot occur without first having a relationship to reconcile, and then it must include responding to racial injustice and oppression in our local communities.
Along the way, we have sought God’s guidance in how to promote racial justice and reconciliation initiatives as well as increase ethnic diversity in CBFNC churches. We have held regional gatherings, led workshops at our Annual Gathering, created a curriculum, sponsored interns at partner divinity schools throughout North Carolina and attended REI’s (Racial Equity Institute) two-day Racial Equity Workshop Phase 1 as a team.
Our current initiative is providing scholarships for CBFNC minsters to attend REI’s two-day Racial Equity Workshop
by Olivia Wakefield | Chair
Phase 1 because we felt like it was such a powerful, eye-opening experience for our team members. Personally, I had attended several diversity training and prejudice reduction workshops in the past and was expecting the REI workshop to be similar. Instead, I was surprised by the emphasis on providing a historical context for how racism has been embedded in our nation from the beginning. By the end of the second day, I really was impacted by the power of looking honestly at the past, reflecting on my own ethnicity (and how that impacts who I am and what I value) and thinking about how this information changes how I respond to acts of racial injustice around me. If you are interested in attending this workshop and learning more about a scholarship, please contact Larry Hovis! It will definitely be worth the two-day investment.
We are continually trying to figure out “next steps” and challenging both ourselves as a ministry team and CBFNC churches/members to go beyond surface conversations about ethnicity and racial justice. One of our goals is to empower YOU as a layperson or minister in a local church to be the presence of Christ in your church and community so that healing, justice, and reconciliation can occur in your local context. My journey as an almost-charter member of this team has been and is transformative. My prayer is that your life too will be changed as we all seek ways to bring about racial reconciliation and justice to our communities.
Celebrating CBFNC’s New Church Starts, continued from page 3.
Baptist Fellowship congregation will begin meeting Sunday.” Mary Apicella, the current pastor says, “One of my favorite quotes from that article, that I believe is still true to who we are: “‘Providence Baptist Congregation will be a place where people can be open about their faith,’ Coulter says. She wants those who attend to be willing to open their lives, minds, and hearts to God and see God work in their lives. ‘I want us to be able to talk about things that are hard,’ she said. ‘We might not find the answers but we can still talk about them.’”
At one point in the church’s journey, the congregation had difficulty getting a loan for a building. Believing in the work of God at Providence Baptist Church, individuals in the church signed promissory notes at 6% interest and the building was financed!
Starting a church was a lot of work; Intense work! Gail retired in 2008 and was followed by Julie Merritt Lee for seven years. The Sunday afternoon worship meal began during Julie’s tenure. Gail recounts,” what’s priceless about this church is the Sunday afternoon meal for anyone who wants to come.” She says it’s been an amazing journey. Things happened that she never expected; things that Gail didn’t create or control. Gail declares it was the imagination of the Holy Spirit! Mary Apicella became the church’s third pastor on June 11, 2017. The year 2021 will be Providence’s 20th anniversary.
CBF and How to Grow a Ministry to Young Adults
by Wanda Kidd | CBFNC Collegiate Engagement Coordinator
For those of us who make up the first generation of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, our connection to the denomi-network is rooted in many things—some painful, some hopeful, but almost always historical.
That is not true for the young adult generation that is now connecting to CBF. Their engagement is based on very different things. Their connections are based on experiences and relationships. They seek out places where they can belong and can use their gifts. Some have found that place in CBF life through connections such as CBFNC college ministry, mission trips, and the CBF summer programs Student.Church and Student. GO. Others have been invited, included, and embraced by local CBFNC congregations.
One young person who has found a home in CBFNC is Amanda Smith from Lowgap, NC. When Larry Hovis was invited to Piney Grove Baptist Church in Surry County, he returned to speak of a young woman on the pastor search committee who impressed him with her commitment to the mission of the church and to CBFNC. Before he said her name, I said, “You must have met Amanda Smith.” To which he replied, “Yes, how did you know?” “I have known Amanda since she was a freshman at Western Carolina University and I have watched her journey over the past decade,” I said.
What I knew was that her journey had been nurtured and informed by a multitude of people who helped her find her place and her calling as a beloved child of God – and they happened to be people who called themselves Cooperative Baptists.
As a college student, Amanda attended Cullowhee Baptist Church on campus. She was surprised to see a woman, Tonya Vickery, in the pulpit. Amanda was even more surprised when she realized that along with her husband, Jeffrey, she was the copastor of the church. Amanda said, “I knew that the Methodist had women preachers, but I did not know that there were any Baptist ones.” Tonya and Jeffrey became, and still are, an important part in her faith story. They helped her unpack some long-held absolutes and to find new ways of contemplating them.
CBFNC’s first constituted Cooperative Student Fellowship was formed at WCU. Cullowhee Baptist’s CBF Resident, Richard Goddard, took on the role of campus minister as part of his responsibilities. It was there that Amanda realized that asking questions about her faith was part of growing in her faith. She appreciated being with like-minded students who were discovering the same experience. As they explored doubts and confusion, they were met with patience and acceptance.
Through that group and the church, she was able to do
missions alongside CBF field personnel in various places, both locally and internationally. She discovered the value of having people on the ground who have relationships with communities and know the culture and the people. She went on mission trips to Touching Miami with Love where she met Angel and Jason Pittman. She went to a Together for Hope site in Alabama, Sowing Seeds of Hope, and then to Haiti where the field personnel served with a CBF partner that was rebuilding building homes. Those experiences had a profound effect on Amanda’s understanding of meeting people where they are and showing the love of Christ from a position of service and compassion.
As a student, Amanda served as an intern with Student. Church at Cullowhee Baptist Church. Amanda saw the internship as an opportunity to serve Christ as a lay leader who is not going into the ministry profession. Through that summer, she learned of more opportunities to engage with the larger CBF community. As a student and a newly minted high school teacher, she attended General Assemblies in Tampa, Ft. Worth, and Greensboro. At the assemblies, she participated in the college and young adult preassembly event, ”Sessions.” Here, young adults look at cultural issues through a Christian lens discussing topics like prison reform and race relations.
All of this happened within a five year period. Amanda did not consciously know the impact it was having on her. But when she returned home to teach, she saw herself and her home church differently. She could not simply return to the faith of her youth. For three years she tried, but eventually she began to look for a CBFNC church where she could be with people who allowed her to explore, serve, and grow as the person she believed God created her to be.
Amanda notes, “Our pastor at Piney Grove, Mark Reece, reminded the church of the need to support and encourage young adults by asking them to be involved. I would have not considered taking the position as a youth Sunday school teacher without encouragement from Mark and the youth parents. Asking young adults to take part, especially young adults new to a church, is key. Don’t expect them to automatically jump in. It was similar at the campus church. I never would have volunteered to help with the children’s ministry if it hadn’t been for encouragement from the college Sunday School teacher, Steve Baxley. The inclusion of young adults is important for the future of the Church. It cannot be overstated.”
Young people beyond our walls are looking for a place to belong. They need people who will encourage without pushing, invite without demanding, respond to questions without giving absolutes, and who will see young adults as beloved children of God - not as numbers or projects. We in CBFNC churches are precisely the people to provide those opportunities.
Why We Give
On pages 8–10, you will find a listing of the 283 churches that financially supported CBFNC last year. I asked pastors from several of these churches to share why they give to CBFNC.
We are grateful at Providence for our longtime relationship with CBFNC. Working together with good people to accomplish good things in Jesus’ name is always a positive way to invest our God-given energy, dollars, and time. CBFNC gives us these opportunities. Moreover, I have found CBFNC leadership to be responsive to, and engaged with, the needs of local churches— which is where, as Baptists, we believe the real, life-changing work of gospel ministry happens. For example, CBFNC-sponsored seminars and workshops have, through the years, been valuable sources of continuing education for me, and have helped me become—I’d like to think—a better, more effective pastor.
Another example is the way that CBFNC helped encourage several North Carolina churches to form a mission partnership with a small FrenchCanadian Baptist congregation in Quebec. For years, I had wanted to develop a relationship like this so that members of my church could have the chance to become friends with Christians from a different country. When the possibility of working with these Quebecois Baptists arose, CBFNC leaders helped me think through the logistics of such a missions partnership—and, even more importantly, brought the pastor of this congregation to speak at a CBFNC general assembly in hopes that other churches in our state could learn about, and then join, this partnership.
I could go on, but the point is: CBFNC is a good investment for Providence and, I believe, for your church as well because we are, truly, better when we are together.
–Lee Canipe | Providence, Charlotte
Rick Jordan CBFNC Church Resources Coordinator
The First Baptist Church of Sylva is proud to partner with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina because they are our closest friends. And like any good friend, CBFNC has accompanied us in times of transition, joy and celebration, sorrow and in need.
When our church has felt called to serve beyond our community, CBFNC has helped us to connect the dots. When we have wanted to learn how like-minded churches have responded to the challenges that we face, CBFNC has been quick to return our phone calls and to consult with us. Attentive when we had a question and intentional in developing trust, CBFNC has walked alongside us since its birth in the 1990s. CBFNC captures for us who we hope to be, and feel called to become. And like the sojourners who traveled the path to Emmaus, we can testify that our hearts were burning as we walked together because Christ was present alongside us.
–Jeff Mathis | First, Sylva
Why does Hayes Barton Baptist Church give to CBFNC?
Let me count the ways. First, CBFNC is all about missions and we are happy to support through our giving and our participation the many mission endeavors throughout our state and around the world that are sponsored and promoted by CBFNC. Second, CBFNC is about leadership. We are inspired and motivated by the excellent leadership demonstrated by CBFNC’s excellent staff. In addition, we appreciate the significant role that CBFNC plays in the education of divinity
students and the continuing development of young clergy They are our future, and because of CBFNC’s investment our future is bright. Third, CBFNC is committed to the local church. Your reason for existing is to help congregations like ours fulfill our mission of being the presence of Christ in our world. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we support CBFNC because of the core values upon which CBFNC is founded. If ever there were a time in our world when the proclamation and propagation of historic Baptist principles was needed, it is now! CBFNC Baptists are our kind of Baptists. We need CBFNC, and that’s why we give.
leave a legacy in peer learning groups where young ministers find fellowship and encouragement as they live out their God-given calling.
T–David Hailey | Hayes Barton, Raleigh
he poet John Donne is credited with the thought “no man is an island.” The same can be said for the local church. For a church to fulfill her mission to the best of her ability, she needs to connect to and learn from other churches of like faith and order. First Baptist Lumberton is grateful for her relationships with Baptist churches and thought leaders across the state through CBFNC. FBCL’s pastor participates in a Peer Learning Group where CBFNC pastors discuss important congregational and social issues and support one another for the work of ministry. Most recently, FBCL has benefited from CBFNC’s support of the Growing Young Initiative. Our congregation is learning that a church that is “growing young” is a church that is investing in young people, taking Jesus’ message seriously and working to be good neighbors in its community. FBCL is especially proud to have hosted CBFNC’s Annual Gathering in 1999 and 2013 and are pleased to welcome regional meetings for churches and leaders to gather to learn from and encourage one another and to celebrate the bonds of fellowship we share as Cooperative Baptists.
–David Elks | First, Lumberton
First Baptist Church of Kannapolis is happy to make a difference by supporting missions in North Carolina, North America and around the world through our gifts to CBFNC. Locally, we can help students prepare for ministry and life by participating with schools like Gardner-Webb, the Baptist House at Duke, and Campbell. We can invest in new church plants that are looking for creative and innovative ways to share the gospel with new neighbors who are choosing to live in North Carolina. We know our gifts
The CBFNC staff is always a ready resource for offering guidance and counsel to congregations like ours. We count it a joy to have quality Baptist leaders like our CBFNC staff available to help our church talk and think through the best ways to do ministry in 2019 and beyond. We know help is but a phone call or email away. Through the CBFNC budget, helping the Baptist Children’s Homes and Baptist Retirement Homes is an opportunity for us to reach out to the youngest and often frailest among us who need the love and support of God’s family. We take joy in being part of the Cooperative Baptist Family in North Carolina where we can see God at work and eagerly join in the ways and places God offers!
–Tom Cabaniss | First, Kannapolis
First Baptist Huntersville supports CBFNC because we share this fellowship’s mission, vision, and approach to following Jesus. It is a privilege to partner with churches and leaders we admire for the sake of the gospel. But we also receive much from our partnership in return. Our ministers enjoy collegiality with others in the network, and both staff and laity benefit from continuing education opportunities. When our neighbors near and far are hurting, CBFNC is a trusted conduit for disaster relief aid, as well as a source for partnership for on-the-ground service. Moreover, CBFNC has been a helpful resource for ministerial candidates, Latino ministry, and business administration best practices. It is a gift to be in partnership with the people of CBFNC.
–Stacy Cochran Nowell | First, Huntersville
CBFNC is grateful for the trust congregations and individuals place in us. As you form your church budget for next year, we prayerfully and humbly ask that you consider increasing your gifts to CBFNC.
We are taking great care to be good stewards of these resources through the ministries we coordinate and the cultivation of positive relationships with our cherished ministry partners.
CBFNC has now merged the operational budget with the MRP. For more information, visit our website (www.cbfnc.org) or call the office at 3336.759.3456.
To view CBFNC’s 2019-2020 budget, visit www.cbfnc.org/budget.
The churches listed contributed to CBFNC October 2017–March 2019. This list does not include churches who gave to CBF Global or who partner with CBFNC or CBF Global in other, non-financial ways. If your church is not listed but you believe it should be included, please contact our office.
Earlys Ahoskie
First Ahoskie
First Albemarle
Angier Angier
Baptist Fellowship of Angier Angier
Neill’s Creek ............................................. Angier
Iglesia Bautista Torre Fuerte ................... Apex
Olive Chapel Apex
Woodhaven Apex
First Arden
First Asheboro
Oakwood Park Asheboro
Calvary Asheville
First ....................................................... Asheville
Morningside ......................................... Asheville
Connaritsa Aulander
First of Smithton Belhaven
Benson Benson
First Biscoe
First Black Mountain
First Bladenboro
Lennons Cross Roads Bladenboro
First Blowing Rock
Boiling Springs Boiling Springs
First Boone
Boonville Boonville
First .................................................. Bryson City
First .................................................. Buies Creek
Memorial Buies Creek
Bullock
Bullock
First Burnsville
First Butner
Calypso Calypso
Sawyer’s Creek
Camden
Hominy Candler
First .......................................................... Canton
First ............................................ Carolina Beach
Greenwood Forest Cary
Westwood Cary
Chadbourn Chadbourn
Piney Forest Chadbourn
Ephesus Chapel Hill
HillSong
Lystra
Mount Carmel
University
Grace Crossing
Iglesia Bautista Hispana
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Charlotte
Pritchard Memorial ............................
Providence ...........................................
Sardis
St. John’s
First
Mount Zion
First
Mosaic
Charlotte
Charlotte
Charlotte
Charlotte
Clarkton
Clarkton
Clayton
Clayton
White Oak ..............................................
Clayton
First ..........................................................Clinton
Grove Park
McGill
First
Open Arms
Clinton
Concord
Cramerton
Creedmoor
Cullowhee Cullowhee
First ........................................................ Dobson
First ........................................................... Drexel
First ............................................................ Dunn
Westfield Dunn
Calvary Durham
Durham Memorial Durham
Hope Valley Durham
Lowes Grove Durham
Mount Hermon Durham
Temple ................................................... Durham
Watts Street ........................................... Durham
Yates Durham
First Eden Edenton Edenton
Blackwell Memorial Elizabeth City
First Elizabeth City
First Elkin
First .............................................................. Elon
Emerald Isle .................................. Emerald Isle
Enfield Enfield
Fair Bluff Fair Bluff
First Fairmont
First Farmville
First Fayetteville
Lafayette Fayetteville
Mount Pisgah Fayetteville
Snyder Memorial ............................. Fayetteville
Unity Christian Church International Fayetteville
First Forest City
Florence ............................................ Forest City
Mount Vernon ................................. Forest City
First Four Oaks
Pauline Four Oaks
Burningtown Franklin
Franklinton Franklinton
Covenant Gastonia
First Gastonia
Immanuel Greenville
Oakmont Greenville
The Memorial ....................................Greenville
First .......................................................... Hamlet
Flat Rock Hamptonville
First Henderson
Providence Hendersonville
First Hickory
Mountain Grove Hickory
Viewmont Hickory
Hiddenite ............................................ Hiddenite
Emerywood ...................................... High Point
Parkwood High Point
Temple Memorial High Point
First Hillsborough Hobbsville Hobbsville
First Huntersville
First Jamestown
First Jonesville
First ...................................................Kannapolis
First ................................................. Kernersville
Union Cross Kernersville
Spilman Memorial Kinston
Oak Ridge Kittrell
Knightdale Knightdale
First Laurinburg
Goshen Leland
North Brunswick Fellowship ................ Leland
First ........................................................... Lenoir
Churchland Lexington
First Lexington
Jersey Lexington
First Liberty
Antioch Lillington
Memorial Lillington
First .................................................. Lincolnton
Littleton .................................................Littleton
First Marshville
New Bessemer McLeansville
First Mebane
Mount Adar............................................ Mebane
Eatons ................................................ Mocksville
First .................................................... Mocksville
First Monroe
First Morehead City
First Morganton
Calvary Mount Airy
First Mount Airy
Piney Grove Mount Airy
First .............................................. Mount Gilead
First ................................................ Mount Holly
First
Murfreesboro
Mount Olive
Murfreesboro
First New Bern
Kendalls New London
Trinity Newton Wise Norlina
First ............................................. N. Wilkesboro
Enon.........................................................Oxford
Hester Oxford
Oxford Oxford
Bear Swamp Pembroke
Roberts Chapel Pendleton
Pfafftown Pfafftown
Mount Gilead Pittsboro
Athens Drive ........................................... Raleigh
Crabtree Valley........................................ Raleigh
First .......................................................... Raleigh
Forest Hills Raleigh
Fountain of Raleigh Raleigh
Greystone Raleigh
Hayes Barton Raleigh
Iglesia Bautista La Roca Raleigh
Longview Raleigh
Loray ..................................................... Gastonia
Reynoldson .................................................Gates
First ....................................................Goldsboro
Rosewood First Goldsboro
First Graham
First Greensboro
Southeast Greensboro
Hickory Rock ..................................... Louisburg
Louisburg Louisburg
First Lumberton
First Madison
Antioch Mamers
First Marion
Calvary Mars Hill
Mars Hill .............................................. Mars Hill
Macedonia ............................................... Raleigh
Millbrook ................................................. Raleigh
New Hope Raleigh
North Raleigh Community Raleigh
Ridge Road Raleigh
Shiloh Restoration ................................. Raleigh
St. John’s
Raleigh
Swift Creek Raleigh
Tabernacle ............................................... Raleigh
Temple ..................................................... Raleigh
Triangle .................................................... Raleigh
Trinity Raleigh
First Red Springs
Calvary Reidsville
First Reidsville
Richfield Richfield
First Richlands
Hope Christian Fellowship
................................................... Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary Roanoke Rapids
Dortches Rocky Mount
Lakeside Rocky Mount
Rolesville Rolesville
First Rowland
Lamberth Memorial Roxboro
Roxboro ................................................ Roxboro
First ............................................. Rutherfordton
First Sanford
Flat Springs Sanford
Jonesboro Heights Sanford
Double Shoals Shelby
First Shelby
Poplar Springs Shelby
Ross Grove Shelby
Sandy Plains ............................................. Shelby
Westview ................................................... Shelby
Zion Shelby
Rocky River Siler City
Nobles Chapel Sims
First Smithfield
Sharon Smithfield
First Southern Pines
Spencer .................................................. Spindale
First ................................................ Spring Hope
First Stanfield
First Stantonsburg
First Statesville
First Stoneville
Brunswick Islands Supply
First Sylva
First ........................................................ Tarboro
Antioch ............................................. Taylorsville
Round Hill Union Mills
Cornerstone Valdese
First ......................................................... Valdese
Falls ................................................. Wake Forest
Grace Haven Wake Forest
Wake Forest Wake Forest
Woodland Wake Forest
First Wallace
Warrenton Warrenton
First Washington
First .................................................. Waynesville
First ...................................................Weaverville
Baptist Tabernacle Wendell
Wendell Baptist Wendell
First West Jefferson
Fishing Creek Whitakers
First Whiteville
Mount Zion Whiteville
First Wilmington
Masonboro ...................................... Wilmington
Temple ............................................. Wilmington
Winter Park Wilmington First Wilson Wingate Wingate
Ardmore Winston-Salem
College Park Winston-Salem Fellowship Winston-Salem
First ............................................ Winston-Salem
Knollwood Winston-Salem
Northwest Winston-Salem
Peace Haven Winston-Salem
United ........................................ Winston-Salem
West Side .................................. Winston-Salem
Winterville Winterville Wise Wise
Maplewood ....................................... Yadkinville
Bethlehem ....................................... Youngsville
First Tryon
Grace Haven ................................... Youngsville
Youngsville Youngsville Zebulon Zebulon
Special Causes:
These are contributions made to special CBFNC Funds by churches not included in the previous list.
First, Burlington: Disaster Relief
First, Evans, GA: Wyatt Ministry
Lindley Park, Greensboro:
Hurricane Florence Disaster Response
Shades Crest, Hoover, AL:
Hurricane Florence Disaster Response
First, Knoxville, TN: Wyatt Ministry
Monte Vista, Maryville, TN:
Hurricane Florence Disaster Response
First, Newport News, VA:
Hurricane Florence Disaster Response
Highland UMC, Raleigh: Wyatt Ministry
YOUR GIFTS TO A CBFNC ENDOWMENT FUND CAN PLANT SEEDS OF BLESSING, OF HOPE, AND OF HELP.
Designate a gift for scholarships, new church starts, or where it is most needed.
Given by . . . in Honor of Robert Rauch in honor of Tiffany Seaford
Barbara Flowers in honor of Doug & Candy Murray
Paul McCraw in honor of Scott Hudgins and Linda Jones
PLEASE REMEMBER CBFNC IN YOUR WILL OR ESTATE PLAN.
Contact Jim Hylton at 336.759.3456 for more information.
Gifts from individual supporters established this endowment fund to supplement the CBFNC annual operating budget. Gifts to this fund assist all areas of CBFNC ministry as we strive to join the work of God in the world.
Our encouragement and support go to the following ministers who have recently moved: COORDINATORS’
April – May 2019
Ardmore, Winston-Salem
Dortches, Rocky Mount
Emerywood, High Point
First, Boone
First, Elizabeth City
First, Elon
MINISTERS ON THE MOVE
First, Greensboro
First, Hillsborough
First, Raleigh
First, Spring Hope
Cheryl Hicks to First, Mount Airy as Minister of Music
Rosanna Vancil Goocey to Knollwood as Minster of Music
When you make a move or know of someone who has changed places of ministry, please let us know (cbfnc@cbfnc.org).
For assistance to search committees and ministers seeking vocational discernment, visit the Career and Calling page on our website at www.cbfnc.org or call (336) 759-3456 or (888) 822-1944.
First, Statesville
Hope Valley, Durham
Peace Haven, Winston-Salem
Jersey, Lexington
Lindley Park, Greensboro
Macedonia, Raleigh
New Brunswick Fellowship, Leland St. John's, Raleigh
Trinity, Newton
Winter Park, Wilmington
888-822-1944 www.cbfnc.org
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Upcoming Events
JULY
CBFNC Webinar: Seeking Ministers/Seeking Churches
July 16
11:00 a.m. to noon
CBFNC Webinar: Creating Intentional Vocational Discernment Communities with Youth
July 30
11:00 a.m. to noon
AUGUST
CBFNC Webinar: Understanding and Ministering to Blended Families
August 13
11:00 a.m. to noon
Disaster Preparedness and Response Mission Collective
August 24
Greystone, Raleigh
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
CBFNC Webinar: CBF Global Missions–Contexts, Distinctives and Trends
August 27
11:00 a.m. to noon
SEPTEMBER
Growing Young Cohort
September 5–6
CBFNC Webinar: The Sun is Up–One Minister’s Awakening to Racial Reconciliation
September 10
11:00 a.m. to noon
Elevating Preaching
September 16
Duke Divinity School
Youth Beach Retreat
September 20–22
Ft. Caswell
Where is Church Going From Here?
September 21
Providence, Charlotte
OCTOBER
Using Assessments in Coaching
October 21
Peace Haven, Winston-Salem
NOVEMBER
Children’s Mission Days
November 2
Greystone, Raleigh
November 9
Oakmont, Greenville
November 16
First, Morgan
JANUARY | 2020
Youth Ski Retreat
January 24-26, 2020 Winterplace, WV
