ASSOCIATION NEWS UPDATE

A GROUP WILL LEAVE THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE AT 7 A.M. AND RETURN ABOUT 7 P.M.

“Legacy Churches: Celebrating Adoption and Restart” is a one-day conference to assist associational mission strategists, pastors, church staff and laity in keeping existing church facilities in evangelical hands for kingdom purposes and gospel proclamation.

There will be a conversation around the need for church restarts within existing church facilities. Since most school systems are now closed to new churches utilizing their facilities as an initial starting place, there will be a presentation about the unique needs of new churches seeking a meeting place to reach new people. The day will conclude with a Q&A and a panel discussion.

Mission leaders are encouraged to bring potential legacy church leaders and laymen with them. Or, consider inviting key pastors who are open to adopting a legacy church or facilitate a church restart in a legacy church building as a part of their mission strategy.

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Schedule

We will begin at 10 a.m. and finish at 4:30 p.m.

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Cost

There is no cost to attend this conference as it is provided by your gifts through the Cooperative Program. Lunch is provided. For participants who travel some distance and would like to spend the night, you may reserve rooms at your expense at Caraway Conference Center.

Our annual retreat is held in July at Caraway Conference Center in Asheboro, NC.  The retreat is a wonderful time of Bible Study, Worship, Fellowship, and Rest. 

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$50 Discount for the first 50 ladies that register online!!!

Pastoral Ministry

Practical Helps for a Complicated Assignment

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Fruitland Baptist Bible College offers classes in the Rocky Mount area on an ongoing basis.  Beginning on January 6th, one of the classes offered will be “Pastoral Ministry.”  This class touches most of the issues and responsibilities encountered by anyone who does this kind of ministry.

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As you see from the list, the class covers a great deal of “territory,” but gives a basic understanding of each and is a great starting point to learn more.  If you are interested, please contact the Association Office for additional information.

Some of the issues covered are:

   -- The mission of the church.
   -- The pastor’s role in that mission.
   -- Personal devotional life.
   -- Family life.
   -- Time management.
   -- Money management.
   -- Leading by example.
   -- Leading in missions, evangelism, and discipleship.
   -- Engaging the culture.
   -- Common pastoral responsibilities such as :  

         -- observing the Lord’s Supper, funerals, weddings,

            counseling, and dealing with death & dying.

The Psalmist writes in Psalm 19 that God's Word is the only qualified guide for every problem we face in life as it relates to my spiritual life. God created us and knows better than anyone (even the experts) how we should be living our lives. Why should we, as spiritual leaders, counsel people to turn to other sources of authority for the answers they seek when God has promised to give us ALL we need for life and godliness through His Spirit and through His Word? (2 Peter 1:3-4). My brothers, God has given us a perfect counseling book which is applicable to every struggle facing mankind. The Gospel offers hope to a world that is lost and struggling in the grips of sin!

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I have personally witnessed many lives changed and marriages reconciled, even transformed, through my own personal ministry of biblical counseling.

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- Pastor Mike Dixon