1 ANNUAL REPORT The 172nd Annual Session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina November 11-13, 2002 Future Conventions - Winston-Salem November 10-12, 2003 November 15-17, 2004 November 14-16, 2005 Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Mobilizing Baptists for Ministry 205 Convention Drive • Cary, NC 2751 Toll Free: (800) 395-5102 • Raleigh Area: (919) 467-5100 E-mail: [email protected] • Web Site: www.bscnc.org The missions and ministries of the Baptist State Convention ofNC are made possible by 1 your gifts through Cooperative Giving and the North Carolina Missions Offering. CONTENTS 2002 Annual Report Discipleship Team 126 Dedications & Memorials 5 Innovative Church Team 128 Convention Officers, Trustees & Pastoral Ministries Team 129 Administration 11 Music and Worship Team 130 General Board 11 Preschool and Children Ministry Team. ...132 General Board Agency 15 Special Ministries 133 General Board Members 15 Convention Relationships Executive Committee 16 and Budget 134 General Board Committees 17 Associational Development & Convention Committees 19 Regional Resources 134 Convention Institutions & Agencies 20 Biblical Recorder 135 N.C. Baptist Colleges & Universities Christian Higher Education 136 Statistical Report 29 Campbell University 137 Convention Auxiliaries & Organizations 30 Chowan College 139 Southern Baptist Convention Officers Gardner-Webb University 140 & Representatives 31 Mars Hill College 142 Baptist World Alliance 31 Wingate University 142 Constitution & Bylaws 32 Council on Christian Social Services 143 Proceedings 64 Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute 148 Statistical Summary 81 North Carolina Baptist Foundation 148 Audits 83 Woman's Missionary Union 149 Map of Associations & Regions 104 Mission Growth Evangelism 151 North Carolina Baptist Men/Partnership. .152 2002 General Board Report Campus Ministry Team 153 General Board Report to the Convention ...106 Church Planting Team 156 Recommendations for 2003 Budget 111 Evangelism and Church Growth Team ....157 Administration 113 Resource Development Business Services 114 and Promotion 161 Accounting 114 Stewardship Education and Annuity 115 Offering Promotion Team 161 Building Operations 115 Creative Team 162 Caraway Conference Center and Camp...115 Strategic Initiatives and Planning 162 North Carolina Baptist Assembly 116 Trustee Orientation Committee 164 TruettCamp 116 Historical Committee 165 Human Resources 116 Committee on Committees Report 165 Summary of the Estimated Committee on Nominations 166 Contributions from Churches 2002 116 Memorials Committee Report 168 Trustees of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina 117 Congregational Services 117 Bible Teaching-Reaching 117 Church Administration Team 121 Council on Christian Life and Public Affairs 122 DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS MEMORIALS COMMITTEE REPORT The Memorials Committee convened in the Baptist Building in Car)' on September 24, 2002. Recommendations from the Committee and other sources were reviewed. In accordance with our stated responsibilities, and in grateful appreciation for their service to the kingdom of God and North Carolina Baptists, your Committee offers the following report regarding persons to whom the 2002 annual will be dedicated. DEDICATIONS: Randolph L. Gregory - pastor of First Baptist Church in Wilmington from 1951-1975, chief of chaplains of the Eighth Army Air Corps in World War II, trustee of Crozer Seminary, Meredith College, Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina and Southern Baptist Sunday School Board. Kay Martin Huggins - former pastor and Baptist State Convention Campus Ministry leader, he became head of Youth and Campus Ministry in 1993- He later became Human Resources Director for the Baptist State Convention of NC. Rebecca Lynn H. Knott - Youth and Christian Education ministries at First Baptist Church of Smithfield, was serving a second term as President of the North Carolina Baptist Youth Ministries Association. Leonard Leon Rollins - former pastor and Director of Missions of Liberty Association from 1963 - 1992, served as President of the State Directors of Missions, served on the board of ministers for Campbell University and was an avid participant of local, state and world missions. Everett Cleveland "Cleve" Wilkie, Sr. - pastor and recreational director of the Baptist Children's Homes Kennedy Memorial Home, associational missionary for the Mount Zion Association and joined the staff of the Baptist State Convention as missionary for the western region, published a novel, "In the Shadow of Job." IN MEMORIAM: Carrie Hensley, Burnsville Carl Smith, Sylva Bill Alexander, Bryson City Ralph S. Hensley, Asheville Billy Stiles, Sylva Mae Anglin, Burnsville Vergie Hensley, Burnsville Henry W Stough II, Ala. Elmer Ballew, Burnsville Kenneth Jenkins, Bryson City Charles B. Summey, Shelby John Black, Burnsville Bertie Lee Kendrick, Missionary Roy P. Taylor, Burlington Jesse Burton, Bryson City Boyce G. Kimball, Apex Mark Halen Thomas, Burnsville Viola Campbell, David Kime, Mt. Gilead Libby A. Tyner, Decatur, GA Wendell Carr, Buies Creek Aleatha V. Kirstein, Fairview Ima Jean Westall, Burnsville Joshua Chebon, Wake Forest Roland Leath, Shelby George E. Williamson, Sr, Thomasville Margaret C. Collins, Candler Marion Thomas Lineberger, Sr, Ware Richard L. Collins, Rocky Mount Shoals, SC Benjamin B. Wilson, Burnsville Virgil Colson, Charlotte Ethel Long, Bryson City Man' Jane Blaylock Wright, New Bern Phillip Cope, Bryson City Jesse Mansfield, Vass Donald Cook, Wake Forest Herbert L. Meadows, Greensboro Eric Allen Cranford, Drexel Lloyd H. Neil, Wake Forest MEMBERS OF THE 2002 Buel Creason, Siler City Carrie Ogle Passmore, Burnsville MEMORIALS COMMITTEE James Wayne Creech, Wallace Charles W Pierce, Denton Philip K. Whitt, Indian Trail Sherry Kay Enloe, Elkin Fred Phoenix, Burnsville (chairman) Mary Alice Fox, Norwood Lucille P. Prickett, Burlington Gary C. McNair, Louisburg Charles Lee Gatling, Richmond VA Troy Proctor, Bryson City Jean P. Warren, Spruce Pine Martha Lou Gibbs, Burnsville John Ray, Bolens Creek Church Carlene C. Hovis, Jamestown Helen Gibson, Bryson City Mary Lou Rickenbaker, Charlotte Wallace Alice Sapp, Bryson City Reba Stone, J. C. Goare, Rutherford College M. M. Goss, Winston-Salem Newell Seay, Bryson City Doris M. Yates, Winston-Salem Hanford Hamby, Black Mountain Margie Stiles Shope, Asheville Jack Hardin, Bryson City Tom Small, Lenoir Harold Harris, Burnsville Betty Smart, Bryson City Dedications & Memorials Randolph Lynn Gregory Randolph Lynn Gregory, 91, died peacefully at his home on February 25, 2002. He was born July 13, 1910, in Norfolk, Virginia, to the late Ovel Lee and Mary Eugenia Banks Gregory. His education included graduation from Maury High School and a degree in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute. At VMI he lettered in two sports, varsity football and basketball. He attended Crozer Seminary, receiving his divinity degree and for a while he continued graduate studies in "Clinical Psychology" at the University of Pennsylvania. His pastorate at Temple Baptist church, Washington, DC, was going well when the Second World War interrupted everything for five years. While in service, he reached the rank of Lt. Colonel, was Chief of Chaplains of the Eighth Army Air Corps, and served on General Curtis Lemay's staff. He was awarded the Bronze Star and six battle stars. At the war's end, he resumed pasturing at Franklin Baptist Church in Franklin, Virginia. After serving four years, he was called to Wilmington First Baptist and remained there from 1950-1975. Following twenty- five years of dedicated ministry, he was named Pastor Emeritus. Under his leadership the Activities Center was planned by the church. Though at the time all of the church did not agree, for nearly thirty years his vision has survived and served the church in many wonderful ways. Active in civic organizations, he was president of the local American Red Cross chapter, active in the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, president of Family Services, member of the YMCA board of Directors, and chairman of the Wilmington Housing Authority. For fifty years he was a member of the Carolina Yacht club and the Cape Fear Country Club. On a denominational level he served as a trustee of Crozer Seminary, Meredith College, Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina and Southern Baptist Sunday School Board. father, wife, A beloved husband and he is survived by his wonderful Hilda J. Gregory, who has served faithfully beside him for sixty-two years. They raised three talented and lovely daughters: Lynda Tennent and her husband Edward, Jr., Jeannie Williams and her husband Robert, and Susan Rogers and her husband Stanley. There are six grandchildren: Jennifer Gaskins and her husband Jonathan, Gregory Lynn Clodfelter and her husband Trey, Kelly Rogers, Edward Tennett, Robert Williams, Jr., and Gray Rogers; and two great-granddaughters, Sarah Elizabeth Gaskins, and Lynda "Laney" Clodfelter. He is also survived by his brother George P. Gregory and wife Dorothy. Memorial services were held on February 28, 2002 at Wilmington's First Baptist Church. Dr. Michael Queen, pastor and Reverend Jim Everette, officiated. It is fitting that first church is honoring Reverend Gregory's twenty-five years of faithful service to the congregation by naming the collection of books in the First Baptist Church Media Center, The Randolph Gregory Collection. Several years ago, three hundred of the books were given