December 2005 / January 2006
Volume 10, Issue 10
Christmas in the Bayou A Hurricane Relief Christmas Ministry of CBFNC Many churches have participated in assembling “Bayou Boxes” to delivered to St. Tammany Parish, Lousiana in early December. Watch our website and the February 2006 edition of The Gathering for a report on this exciting project.
Missions Resource Plan Almost 18 months ago, at the North Carolina meeting held at the national CBF General Assembly in Birmingham, the CBFNC Coordinating Council announced that a Missions Resource Plan had been developed that would enable a church or individual to fund CBFNC, CBF and cherished NC Baptist ministries by writing one check to CBFNC. Though this option has been communicated primarily by word of mouth so far, dozens of churches have requested a copy of the plan for study and consideration. Any church or individual CBFNC contributor wishing to obtain a copy of the plan may do so by contacting the CBFNC office. an an an an an
2005 CBFNC General Assembly March 17 - 18 Ardmore Baptist Church 501 Miller Street Winston-Salem, NC • Make plans now to attend • See Page 3 for details •
Fall Fellowship Dinner Over 320 CBFers gathered at the Bridger Field House in Winston-Salem on November 15 for good food and fellowship. Ruby Fulbright, Executive Director of Womans Missionary Union of North Carolina provided the keynote address. Ninety persons who were present requested copies of the CBFNC Missions Resource Plan.
CBF Global Missions works with churches and others to provide the bread of life – spiritual, emotional, medical, educational and economic – in partnership with the most neglected, those with the greatest needs and the fewest resources. Financial gifts to the Offering for Global Missions go directly to the missions field, supporting the work of 162 CBF Global Missions field personnel around the world. This year’s Offering goal is $6.32 million, and every dollar counts, so that these field personnel can continue their efforts to provide the bread of life and the love of Christ. North Carolina Baptists gave $1,121,061 to the 2004-2005 Global Missions Offering, $67,123 above the prior year. Your support of missions is evident in many ways but none more than your contributions to the Global Missions Offering.