Providing support and scholarship assistance to students engaged in theological education is an essential part of CBFNC’s work. In 2008, Cooperative Baptist pioneers Dr. Randall and Lou Lolley worked with CBFNC to establish the Lolley Endowment for Theological Education to fulfill their dreams of supporting men and women preparing for ministry. The Lolley Scholarship is CBFNC’s…
For 30 years, CBF North Carolina has provided a place of refuge, belonging and “family” for countless displaced Baptist Christians and churches. Founded as the North Carolina expression of the larger Cooperative Baptist Fellowship community, CBFNC has championed cooperation in mission and ministry in the context of Baptist freedoms: soul freedom, Bible freedom, church freedom…
One of CBFNC’s founding principles is Autonomy of the Local Church, articulated as follows: “We affirm that Baptist churches are free, under the Lordship of Christ and guidance of the Holy Spirit, to determine their membership and leadership, to order their worship and work, to ordain whomever they perceive as gifted for ministry and…
In 2007, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) stepped out in faith and committed to providing ministry to students on North Carolina college campuses at a time when many denominations were downsizing and defunding campus ministry. For 15 years, CBFNC’s collegiate ministry was led by Wanda Kidd, former campus minister at Western Carolina…