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Statewide tour exposes women to Embrace

February 8 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

With “Embrace” still a new arrow in the Baptist State Convention (BSC) ministry quiver, its director Ashley Allen undertook a 10-stop February tour targeting each region to explain its purpose and to connect with churches interested in starting a chapter. After her first couple of stops Allen, Embrace’s initial director and on the job since August 2009, said the level of interest has bee...

Weather woes keep members home

February 8 2010 by Dianna Cagle, BR Assistant Managing Editor

Inclement weather. It takes a lot to keep a Baptist church closed on Sunday, and on the rare occasion it happens, snow and ice usually are the main culprits. “If it looks like it is bad, we cancel,” said Michael Townsend, pastor of Meat Camp Baptist Church in rural Boone. “I talk with the deacons of the church, get road conditions” and make the decision. Since Dec. 18, Townsen...

Volunteers lift new wilderness camp

February 8 2010 by J. Blake Ragsdale, BCH Communications

Paul Daley, director of the Camp Duncan wilderness camp for girls under construction, appreciates the constant and faithful stream of N.C. Baptist Men’s volunteers that are building an important wilderness camp for girls. Modeled after the effective Cameron Boys Camp which he directed for nearly 30 years, Daley dreamed for at least half that time of a similar camp for girls. A gift of la...

Western N.C. ice relief efforts on hold

February 8 2010 by Dianna L. Cagle, BR Assistant Managing Editor

Ice storm recovery work in western North Carolina has been on hold since early January. Gaylon Moss, disaster relief director for North Carolina Baptist Men, sent out a mass e-mail Jan. 5 alerting workers of the halt in work in Watauga County. The e-mail credited inclement weather with the work stoppage. Volunteers faced tough conditions with 30 mph winds and cold temperatures, maki...

SBC leaders ask Obama's help for Idaho volunteers

February 5 2010 by Bob Allen, ABP News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention urged President Obama Feb. 5 to do everything in his power to secure release of 10 volunteer missionaries jailed in Haiti. Morris Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee, SBC President Johnny Hunt and former president Frank Page sent a letter to the president voicing concern "that the continued detainment and ...

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