ASSOCIATION NEWS UPDATE

Featured will be worship, testimony, mission video, and a prayer time for missions. These rallies are for men, women and youth- everyone interested in missions is encouraged to attend. A main focus of these rallies will be state, national, international partnerships and projects (including Disaster Relief) and the NC Missions Offering.

A meal is provided for the NC Mission Rallies at no charge, but reservations are necessary to ensure an accurate meal count.  The cut-off date for reserving a meal for each rally is one week prior to the event. 

REGION 2 NC MISSIONS RALLY 2020

Date and Time

From: Monday, August 17, 2020, 05:45 PM

To: Monday, August 17, 2020, 08:30 PM

WHY IS THE FOOD ROUNDUP SO VITAL?

The food roundup in April had to be postponed because of COVID-19.

As a result, our pantry shelves in our children's cottages are becoming bare.

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HOW WILL MY EFFORTS HELP THE CHILDREN?

You will ensure our shelves are restocked so boys and girls, many who were never fed regularly before coming to Baptist Children's Homes,

have plenty to eat. As you fill their plates, your love fills their hearts.

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