
Discipleship comes ‘full circle’ for NC pastor and associate
When Matthew Rummage first became pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Catawba, North Carolina, his vision of success looked a little different than it does now.

When Matthew Rummage first became pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Catawba, North Carolina, his vision of success looked a little different than it does now.

North Carolina pastor Mark Harris won the Republican primary in the state’s 8th Congressional District on Tuesday (March 5), nearly six years after an apparent win in his last bid for Congress ended amid controversy.

Quintell Hill, a pastor and president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be joining the IMB as African American church mobilization strategist starting April 1.

Keith Jefferson believes that retired missionaries are valuable to the ongoing mobilization of churches because they not only have experience, but they also have contacts — if they’ll keep up with them.

“The heroes of the pro-life movement are the men and women working in pregnancy care centers across this nation day after day, meeting women with unplanned pregnancies at the point of their need …”

The best way to start serving is to reach out to the resource center in your community and begin listening to their needs. In the meantime, consider these seven ideas for you and your church …

“These young women have missional hearts and are already doing so much to share the gospel in their own communities and through experiences across their states and even internationally.” —Heather Keller, Acteens consultant for national WMU

Biblical Recorder editor Chad Austin announced Tuesday (Jan. 2) that the North Carolina’s Baptist news source will continue its management agreement with the state convention.

Over 400 volunteers recently gathered in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey, to distribute more than 9,600 coats as part of the largest-ever Coats for the City initiative since its inception in 2011.

Amy Whitfield’s book, “Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World,” released in October, and it tells the story of how Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon left behind all she knew and dedicated her life to taking the gospel to China.
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