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ANNUAL REPORT The 171st Annual Session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina November 11-13, 2001 Future Conventions - Winston-Salem November 11-13, 2002 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 • Can', NC 27511 Toll Free: (800) 395-5102 • Raleigh Area: (919) 467-5100 E-mail: [email protected] • Web Site: www.bscnc.org The missions and ministries ofthe Baptist State Convention o/XC are made possible by your gifts through Cooperative Missions Giving and the North Carolina Missions Offering. CONTENTS 2001 Annual Report Innovative Church Team 126 Dedications & Memorials 5 Leadership Development Team 127 Convention Officers, Trustees & Music and Worship Team 127 Administration 11 Pastoral Ministries Team 129 General Board 11 Preschool and Children Ministry Team 130 General Board Agency 15 Special Ministries Team 130 General Board 15 Members Convention Relationships Executive Committee 16 and Budget Group 132 General Board Committees 17 Biblical Recorder 132 Convention Committees 19 Council on Christian Higher Education 132 Convention Institutions & Agencies 20 Campbell University 134 N.C. Baptist Colleges & Universities Chowan College 136 Statistical Report 29 Gardner-Webb University 137 Convention Auxiliaries & Organizations 30 Mars Hill College 139 Southern Baptist Convention Officers Meredith College 140 & Representatives 31 Wake Forest University 141 Baptist World Alliance Officers 31 Wingate University 143 Constitution & Bylaws 32 Council on Christian Social Services 144 Proceedings 64 Baptist Children's Homes of Statistical Summary 81 North Carolina 144 Audits 83 Baptist Retirement Homes of Map of Associations & Regions 102 North Carolina 146 North Carolina Baptist Hospitals 146 2001 Report Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute 148 General Board Report to the Convention... 104 North Carolina Baptist Foundation 149 Recommendations for 2002 Budget 108 Woman's Missionary Union of Business Services Group 110 North Carolina 150 Accounting Team 111 Hollifield Leadership Center and Lake Annuity Office 111 Hickory Learning Communities 152 Building Operations 112 Mission Growth Evangelism Group 152 Caraway Conference Center and Camp 112 North Carolina Baptist Men/Partnership 153 North Carolina Baptist Assembly 112 Campus Ministry Team 155 TruettCamp 112 Church Planting Team 157 Human Resources 113 Evangelism and Church Growth Team 158 Summary of the Estimated Income Resource Development and from Churches 113 Promotion Group 162 Trustees of the Baptist State Stewardship Education and Convention of North Carolina 113 Offering Promotion Team 163 Congregational Services Group 113 Audio-Video Production Team 163 Council on Christian Life and Public Affairs ...114 Creative and Graphic Design Team 163 Christian Citizenship and World Hunger.... 1 14 News Bureau and Public Relations Team 164 Aging and Single Adults 115 Strategic Initiatives and Planning Group.. .164 Family Life and Substance Abuse 116 Regional Resources Team 165 Bible Teaching-Reaching Team 118 Information Services Team 166 Church Administration Team 123 Research Team 166 Discipleship Team 124 DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS MEMORIALS COMMITTEE REPORT The Memorials Committee convened in the Baptist Building in Can' on October 2, 2001. 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 2001 Annual will be dedicated and those who will be listed on the "In Memoriam" page: DEDICATIONS: Ruby Gertrude Hayes Brooks - layperson, served with Baptist Children's Homes of NC, founder of the Infant-Toddler Program at First Church in Raleigh. Joseph Edwin "Ed" Bullock - former pastor and director of missions, executive director of NC Baptist Lay Renewal Fellowship, NC Baptist Lay Witnessing Foundation, and National Fellowship of Baptist Men, and director of NC Brotherhood Commission. Wilbur A. Huneycutt - former pastor and military chaplain, member of General Board and Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention and trustee of Southeastern Seminary. C. Garland Johnson - layperson, former member of NC Baptist Foundation Board, and member of Board of Directors for Baptist Children's Homes and Baptist Retirement Homes. Sanford Hale Smith - layperson, volunteer in mission development with NC Baptist Men, member of General Board. IN MEMORIAM: Charles M Spence, Mt. Holly Elese Lingerfeldt Bradley, Raleigh George Truett Stallings, Sr, Broadway W Franklin Cale, Culpeper, Virginia David Stroud, Fuquay-Varina Janice P. Chrisco, Cedar Falls Elizabeth Crocker Taylor, Spartanburg. SC D. C. Deaton, Jr., Biscoe Fred Henry Troutman, Yadkinrille Dan Ensley, Oriental Philip McKay Hutchinson, Mt. Gilead MEMBERS OF THE 2001 MEMORIALS COMMITTEE Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel James (Edith Holt) Jenkins, Michael C. Cummings, Charlotte (Chairman) Mars Hill Howard D. Robertson, Greenville Donald W. Laine, Virginia Beach, 1 irginia Gary C. McNair, Louisburg Virginia Lake, Wake Forest Jean P. Warren, Spruce Pine Thomas Alfred Lineberger, Sr., Morganton Carlene C. Hovis Jamestown Isaiah Locklear, Island Grove Reba Stone, Wallace Ellis Lazelle Marks, Monroe Aster Lee McGee, Wilmington Michael Martin Montonara, Raleigh Frank Rudd Moore, Charlotte Henry A. Morgan, Aiken, South Carolina Amanda Pilson, Asheboro Billy Daniel Ritch, Kings Mountain LeroyA. Sisk,/I//#//,sY<7. Georgia Dedications & Memorials Ruby Gertrude Hayes Brooks Ruby Gertrude Hayes Brooks served as an example of how individual Baptists can be involved in Baptist work and service to God. As a pastor's wife, Mrs. Brooks served as a true helpmate in the work of the local churches that her husband, the late Nathan C. Brooks Jr.. served in North Carolina. Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana. Florida and Kentucky. In those churches she taught children and adults in Bible study. She also offered invaluable leadership in the Woman's Missionary Union. Mrs. Brooks' commitment to the local church continued into retirement. After her retirement, she became a devoted member of Greystone Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Even in her later years at the Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mrs. Brooks led weekly Bible studies. Mrs. Brooks' involvement with Baptists, and the calling to which she would devote her life, is reflected in her education. She attended the WMU Training School in Louisville, Kentucky. That school was the forerunner of the Carver School of Missions and Social Work. Mrs. Brooks continued her education at Mars Hill College, Meredith College and the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work. Ministry to children was the heart of Mrs. Brooks calling. She wrote preschool literature for Home Life Magazine. She led teacher training for preschool and children during Training Union Weeks at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly. During the period 1966-1976, Mrs. Brooks served with the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. In her position there she began with a territory that included Raleigh and areas eastward. During her years of service with the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, she provided counseling to children and their parents, supervision of foster homes, placement of children in Kenned}' Home or foster homes, and adoptions. Serving in her position was truly a ministry and not just a job. She went beyond what her job required. She sought to become a significant adult in the lives of children who did not know their parents or came from unstable homes. She did this not only through her work with the children in the Baptist Children's Homes, but she also attended graduations and weddings, and she maintained contact with children whose lives she touched. She was able to follow them as they grew into adulthood and fomied their own families. It was Mrs. Brooks who provided leadership and inspiration for the founding of the Infant-Toddler program at First Baptist Church in Raleigh. North Carolina, which continues to be a model day care program in our state. Children in this state were beneficiaries of the work of Mrs. Brooks, and North Carolina Baptists will never know how much we have benefited from those lives that she touched. Mrs. Brooks is survived by four children: Nathan C. Brooks, III who resides with his family in Lynchburg, VA; Frank Lane Brooks who resides with his family in Louisville, KY; George Evans Brooks of Charlotte, NC; and Misa Brooks Raynor who resides with her family in Belhaven, NC. She was predeceased by a daughter. Mary Kelly Brooks. Gary C. McNair, Louisburg Dedications & Memorials Joseph Edwin Bullock The Reverend Joseph Edwin "Ed" Bullock was called home to be with the Lord on February 4, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his son, Joseph E. Bullock II, and two granddaughters, Heather and Hillary Jo. A son, James, predeceased him. Mr. Bullock was born in Fairmont, NC, but grew up in Lumberton, NC. He became a Christian at First Baptist Church, Lumberton and began a life dedicated to serving the Lord. In the Lumberton church he grew spiritually as a young man by serving as RA counselor and teaching Sunday school. The call to preach came in the summer of 1951 while he was serving on the staff at Ridgecrest. Ed Bullock graduated from Lumberton