Future of Baptist convention tops agenda
This year's Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which will focus on the future of the convention itself, starts tonight in Greensboro.
Several of its banner institutions, including colleges, retirement homes and even its women's missions, are severing traditional ties with the 1.2 million-member convention, the largest religious group in the state.
The delegates, called messengers, will be asked to consider proposals that would allow the groups to continue to have a relationship — and perhaps continue to share, on a reduced scale, money given to the convention by its member churches. Because these are longtime Baptist institutions, the debate is likely to be heated.
Read more in Tuesday's News & Record.
Accompanying Photos
Photo Caption: Paul Mullen (from left), Dawn Hall and Ron Garrett install their banner as preparations are underway for tonight's start of the convention.
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