Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina announces “Welcome Ride 2023,” which will take place October 1-7 when Larry Hovis, executive coordinator, cycles from the NC mountains to the coast during the state-wide Cycle North Carolina bike ride. Welcome Ride raises awareness and funds for CBFNC’s Welcome House Community Network (WHCN), a signature missions program of…
Watch The Video Announcement Join the Journey for Home! -Inaugural fundraiser for the Welcome House Community Network- CBF of North Carolina announces “Welcome Ride 2020,” on October 9-12 as the inaugural fundraiser to jumpstart the Welcome House Community Network (WHCN). Two weeks ago, CBFNC’s Coordinating Council adopted the WHCN as a bold new missions program of…
Join the Journey for Home! Welcome Ride Was Held October 1-7, 2023 CBF of North Carolina’s Welcome Ride was held in October 2023 to raise awareness and funds for the Welcome House Community Network (WHCN). On October 1-7, CBFNC Executive Coordinator Larry Hovis cycled for seven days from the North Carolina mountains to the coast…
The CBFNC Welcome House Community Network is about more than providing housing. It’s about prioritizing relational ministry that invites people to face challenges together, to work in ways that allow neighbors to form lasting relationships and to provide support to vulnerable neighbors that does not dismiss material needs but moves beyond them. One of the…
In the two years since the CBFNC Welcome Ride made a stop at the apartment complex owned by Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville, the newest and easternmost Welcome House is just opening there. The dream that began then is now a reality. Rental rates for two- and three-bedroom apartments in Raleigh continue to climb. They…
As CBFNC is gearing up for Welcome Ride 2021–Capital to Coast–Larry Hovis, executive coordinator, shares a recap of last year’s ride and what the Welcome House ministry is all about. (This article originally appeared in the January-February 2021 issue of Nurturing Faith Journal.) Like many kids, I rode a bicycle around my neighborhood as a…