by Robert Parham | Nov 15, 2009 | Opinion
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina voted last week to deny churches the opportunity to give through the convention to the Baptist Center for Ethics, thereby ending an almost 20-year partnership. No state convention executive or elected leader ever called...
by Bob Allen | Mar 26, 2007 | News
Five North Carolina Baptist colleges and universities are moving toward loosening ties with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. A convention committee earlier this month signed off on a proposal from the schools to elect their own trustees, give up $6.2...
by Keith Herron | Dec 5, 2006 | Opinion
North Carolina Baptists have trumped Missourians over who can exclude whom. A few weeks ago, the Missouri Baptist Convention dismissed 19 churches from its ranks for not being exclusively (singly) aligned with the Southern Baptist Convention. Meanwhile, the Baptist...
by Bob Allen | Jul 12, 2005 | News
The executive director for North Carolina Baptists, who assumed his post in 1997 with goals of reconciling moderates and conservatives, is retiring at age 57 to return to the pastorate. Jim Royston, top administrator for the 4,000-church Baptist State Convention of...
by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2004 | News
The newly elected leader of North Carolina Cooperative Baptist Fellowship hopes to make the chapter a more viable alternative for moderates torn between denominational politics and cooperation. North Carolina moderates met in January to discuss options after a failed...
