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The Gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
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Investing in Young Fellowship Baptists — NC Style
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CBFNC Hunger Fund CBFNC 2011 General Assembly
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Mutual Love and Giving at First, Monroe
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2011 CBFNC Theological Education Scholarship Recipients
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Showing Young People How to Lead
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Where Is God at Work and How Are We Joining In? Angier by Irma Duke Lebanon by Linda Jones
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CBF Offering for Global Missions
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by Wanda Kidd
November/December 2010
The Gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
phone: 336.759.3456 • phone: 888.822.1944 • fax: 336.759.3459 • cbfnc@cbfnc.org • www.cbfnc.org
Larry Hovis ........ Executive Coordinator .................. LHovis@cbfnc.org
Wanda Kidd ........ College Ministry Consultant ..... WKidd@cbfnc.org
Rick Jordan ....... Church Resources Coordinator ....... RJordan@cbfnc.org
Eddie Hammett ... Church and Clergy Coach ......... EHammett@cbfnc.org
Linda Jones ....... Missions Coordinator ................... LJones@cbfnc.org
Javier Benitez .....Hispanic Ministry Leader Coach .. JavierB1@embarqmail.com
Jim Hylton ........ Business Administration Coordinator . JHylton@cbfnc.org
Nancy Parks ....... Programs Manager .................. NParks@cbfnc.org
Jack Causey ....... Ministerial Resources Coordinator .. JCausey@cbfnc.org
Sarah Mitchell .... Communications Manager ........ SMitchell@cbfnc.org
Laura Barclay ..... Social Ministries Coordinator ........ LBarclay@cbfnc.org
Gail McAlister .... Financial Manager .................. GMcalister@cbfnc.org Casey Carroll ...... Administrative Assistant ......... CCarroll@cbfnc.org
Coordinating Council Steve Little, Marion, Moderator Donna Bissette, Winston-Salem, Moderator-elect Greg Rogers, Greenville, Past Moderator Greg Watson, Hickory, Recorder Gary Knight, Winston-Salem, Treasurer Ray Ammons, Gastonia Tommy Bratton, Asheville Susan Ellington, Zebulon David Hailey, Raleigh Martha McDowell, Laurinburg Lisa Rust, Lumberton Bert Young, Bladenboro Janice Young, Whiteville Endowment Management Board Joe Harris, Mocksville John Hewett, Charlotte Judy LeCroy, Lexington Candy Tennant, Chapel Hill
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Faith Development Ministry Council John Vestal, Raleigh, Chair Allen Winters, Hillsborough, Chair-Elect Todd Blake, Fayetteville Gay Gulick, Winston-Salem Beth Heffner, Rutherfordton Garin Hill, Shelby Kathy Naish, Hickory Katie Fam Roscoe, Southern Pines Tony Spencer, Forest City Sophia Steibel, Boiling Springs
Missions Ministry Council Kenny Davis, Wise, Chair Kent Cranford, Gastonia, Chair-Elect George Fuller, Raleigh Brandon Hudson, Winston-Salem Christopher Ingram, Smithfield Andrea Dellinger Jones, Raleigh Pablo Juarez, Sanford Len Keever, Dunn Alicia Porterfield, Wilmington Linda Winslow, Jamestown
Leadership Development Ministry Council Mark Ashworth, Kernersville, Chair Scott Hovey, Durham, Chair-Elect Joseph Alexander, Winston-Salem Ed Beddingfield, Fayetteville Larry Glover-Wetherington, Richlands Rendell Hipps, Hickory Tommy James, Sylva Shane Nixon, Burlington LeAnne Spruill Ryan, Durham Mari Wiles, Murfreesboro
CBF National Council Members from NC Paul Baxley, Henderson Lee Canipe, Murfreesboro Don Gordon, Durham Betsy Newton Herman, Raleigh Beth McConnell, Charlotte Robin Roberts, Raleigh Blenda Sloniker, Hickory
Contributions Contributions
Undesignated - $124,127 Undesignated - $83,610 April 2010 - March 2011 Monthly Undesignated Goal: $110,538
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2011 CBFNC Theological Education Scholarship Recipients
Each scholar included their hometown, church and vocational goal. To learn more about giving to theological education through CBFNC, visit www.cbfnc.org.
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Children’s Mission Day November 6, 2010
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Missions and Evangelism in a New Baptist Century February 1, 2011
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2011 Music Festivals Children’s Choir Festival February 5, 2011 First Baptist Church High Point, NC
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Cost: Registration - $10 per singer $125 max. per choir Lunch - $5 per singer and chaperone Registration deadline January 21, 2011, at www.cbfnc.org.
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CBFNC General Assembly The Heart of Jesus: Living Justice and Mercy March 25-26, 2011, at First Baptist, Asheville
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Youth Choir Festival March 18-19, 2011 First Baptist Church Greensboro, NC
Tom T. Shelton, Jr., Director Assoc. Director of Music Ministry First Presbyterian, Greensboro
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