News and Updates for September 5, 2018
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Elevating Preaching Conference

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC
Sessions will take place in Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest campus.
Come hear from Dr. Jill Crainshaw, Dr. Emilie Townes,
Rev. Alan Sherouse and Dr. Melva Sampson!
Elevating Preaching is a conference that began years ago with a challenge from Buddy Shurden to “elevate preaching.” CBFNC accepted the challenge and responded with two preaching conferences connected to the annual CBFNC Gathering. Continuing to seek opportunities to model good preaching and nurture leadership, CBFNC has partnered with Campbell Divinity School, Gardner-Webb School of Divinity, Wake Forest School of Divinity, and Duke Baptist House of Studies to co-sponsor the annual event.

On Monday, September 17, 2018, the Elevating Preaching Conference resumes with Wake Forest University School of Divinity as host and co-sponsor with CBFNC. Our preachers include:
Dr. Emilie Townes , Dean of the Divinity School and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School;  Dr. Jill Y. Crainshaw , Interim Dean and Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity,; 
Dr. Melva L. Sampson , Assistant Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity; and  Rev. Alan Sherouse , Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Conference Format
Each session will include a sermon preached in the context of a worship service. Following each session, conferees will have an opportunity to dialogue with the preacher about the preparation and delivery of the sermon in light of the theme, Preaching and Worship From the Margins, and the particular service in which the sermon was preached. Click here to access an event flyer.
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Join us for our many upcoming events
throughout the state!

Youth Beach Retreat
September 7-9, 2018
Fort Caswell

CBFNC Webinar: A Muslim-American's Reflections on a Post-9/11 America
September 11, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to noon

Elevating Preaching
September 17, 2018
Wake Forest School of Divinity, Winston-Salem

Where is Church Going From Here?
September 22, 2018
Oakmont, Greenville

CBFNC Webinar: Improvising Community
September 25, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to noon

RE (Reimagining Evangelism)
Raleigh, NC - Trinity Baptist Church

CBFNC Webinar: Practicing Midrash - Reading the Bible's Arguments
October 11, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to noon

RE (Reimagining Evangelism)
San Antonio, TX - Woodland Baptist Church

Growing Young Regional Workshop
October 20, 2018
First, Lumberton

Children's Mission Days
October 27, 2018
Conetoe Family Life Training Center, Tarboro
Mars Hill, Mars Hill

501 Foundations for Christian Coaching
Day 1: November 2, 2018
Day 2: November 3, 2018

RE (Reimagining Evangelism)
Asheville, NC - Hominy Baptist Church

CBFNC Webinar: Ministering to the Military and the Veteran Population
November 8, 2018, 11-11:45am

Growing Young Regional Workshop
November 10, 2018
First, Black Mountain

Children's Mission Days
November 17, 2018
Conetoe Family Life Training Center, Tarboro
Providence, Charlotte

CBFNC Webinar: Pivot - A New Model for Missions
November 20, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to noon

CBFNC Webinar: Ministry with Young Adults
December 4, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to noon

Youth Ski Retreat
January 25-27, 2019
Winterplace, WV

NC Growing Young Cohort
Summit 1: January 31-February 1, 2019
Summit 2: September 5-6, 2019
Trinity, Raleigh

Young Adult Mid-Winter Retreat
Feburary 15-17, 2019
Camp Thunderbird, Lake Wylie, South Carolina
 
Children's Choir Festival
February 23, 2019
Myers Park UMC, Charlotte 
 
Youth Choir Festival
March 8-10, 2019
Providence Baptist Church, Charlotte 


2019 CBFNC Annual Gathering
March 28-29, 2019
First, Greensboro
Higher Education Partners
Through the CBFNC budget and the Mission Resource Plan, CBFNC provides significant scholarship assistance to students engaged in theological education. 
 Find the application here .  Be sure to check out the Keesee Foundation's theological education grant information.  Read more .

NC Baptist Schools
Campbell University -   www.campbell.edu

Chowan University -   www.chowan.edu

Gardner-Webb University -  www.gardner-webb.edu

Mars Hill University -  www.mhu.edu

Meredith College -  www.meredith.edu  

Wake Forest University -  www.wfu.edu

Wingate University -  www.wingate.edu  

Theological Education
Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School -   http://divinity.duke.edu

Campbell University Divinity School -   divinity.campbell.edu
Celebrating 20 Years - " Our Story is Community "
    
Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity   www.gardner-webb.edu , (704) 406-3205.

Wake Forest University School of Divinity -  www.divinity.wfu.edu


Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond -   www.btsr.edu
Partners and Friends of CBFNC
Senior Adult Ministry Leadership Gatherings
Reserve your spot today to attend one of the three Senior Adult Ministry Regional Leadership Gatherings planned for this fall!  The Gatherings will encourage ministers and lay leaders to recognize
the value of their leadership as well as the world-changing value of missional senior adults! Attendees
will be inspired to affirm seniors to value their experiences, knowledge, and wisdom--and to infuse them with the knowledge that their neighbors, their families, and the world desperately need them!


Oasis Music Conference
October 19-20, 2018, at Campbell University, Buies Creek. Mor ning worship and devotion, an evening concert, breakout sessions, and fellowship time. Register here .


Are you a New Church Planter?  
The CBF Church Start Discernment Cohorts is a free 8-week online experience is for those discerning and living out a call into church starting. It is a creative space for folk who are already in the process of starting a church to explore and work through the vision and mission. This is a safe space for all participants who engage in the secure and private site. Participants will work through the basics of contextual church starting, introspective writing, and group conversation. Over the 8-weeks, the candidate will be accumulating his or her writings in a church start profile, which serves as a tool for the starter and evaluation tool for CBF. Future cohort will be October 7 - November 30, 2018. To join the cohort, candidates must complete  this form . 
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