Meet the New Helping Churches Thrive Cohort Churches

CBF North Carolina (CBFNC) has selected 12 churches from across our fellowship and region for the next Shared Learning Cohort of the Helping Churches Thrive initiative. Shared Learning Cohort churches will journey through a nine-month process of exploration, empowerment and experimentation in an opening retreat, monthly calls with notable authors and practitioners, churchwide workshops, a creative…

Ministry Update: A Consistent Welcome

When the news landed in January that our nation’s refugee resettlement program would be paused for 90 days for evaluation, the ministry of CBFNC churches involved in this work remained consistent. The churches across our state that operate and support Welcome Houses continued to do their work in partnership with the refugee resettlement agencies in…

Annual Gathering 2025 Serving Stories Videos

At Annual Gathering 2025, CBFNC debuted several “Serving Stories” videos during the worship sessions to highlight the ways in which our fellowship is serving together. The videos are available below for viewing online.   Serving Stories: Welcome House Greenville     Serving Stories: Church Partnerships     Serving Stories: Western NC Disaster Response

The Welcome of the Gospel is More Needed Than Ever

Through years of struggle, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and CBF North Carolina worked to discern and proclaim the kind of Baptists we intended to be. We chose the word “cooperative” with intentionality and with hopefulness. I recently heard CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley say in a meeting in Raleigh that “cooperation is our superpower!” He…

REJ Team Awards February 1 Grant for Student Visit to International Civil Rights Museum & Center

Each year, CBF of North Carolina’s Cooperative Baptist Student Fellowship (CBSF) hosts the Mid-Winter Retreat, a gathering that provides college students and young adults with a space for spiritual renewal, fellowship and learning. As the 2025 retreat was being planned at Quaker Lake Camp just outside of Greensboro, campus ministers recognized a unique opportunity to…