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Next week, N.C. Baptists will be gathering with partners from across the country to celebrate being on mission together as one team. In this episode, Executive Director-Treasurer Todd Unzicker highlights how we “play ball” together as we put the mission of the gospel first.
 
What does it look like for N.C. Baptists to play ball as one team? Here are four ways we partner together.
 
N.C. Baptists partner as one team to reach the lost near & far. God has given our churches a goal: to go and make disciples of all nations. We play ball together so that people across North Carolina and beyond can have a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
N.C. Baptists partner as one team to train disciples, churches & the next generation. Disciple-making is a core component of the Christian faith. We play ball together to train believers from all stages of life — from the youngest disciple to the most seasoned disciple-maker.
N.C. Baptists partner as one team to send church planters through the local church. If N.C. Baptists are a baseball team, then the word “sending” belongs somewhere on our jerseys. Sending is in our DNA as N.C. Baptists. Our churches are on mission together to send senders through the local church. 
N.C. Baptists partner as one team to serve churches, communities, our nation and the world. We play ball together to reach, train, send and serve. Serving is how we show the world we’re on the same team and that we want others around us to join our team as well.

ServeNC is a special opportunity for N.C. Baptists to be the “light of the world” and the “salt of the earth” as we go to meet tangible needs in our communities. In this week’s episode, N.C. Baptist staff members share 4 things that could happen to you when you start to volunteer for ServeNC. 
Going out and doing any kind of service project is never easy — there will always be new kinds of challenges that you will face when you go out as a light for the gospel. For many, ServeNC will be an opportunity to try out new things, to meet new members of the community, and to go out of our comfort zone to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
N.C. Baptist staff members recently had a glimpse of what it will be like to ‘ServeNC’ at a service retreat in late April. For this week’s episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, hear directly from our staff members as they share what it was like for them to serve. Here are four takeaways they offered:
Serving can take you out of your comfort zone.
Serving helps us realize how much we need each other.
Serving begets serving.
Serving begets sending. 
 

What does it take to bring struggling churches back to health? In this episode of the N.C. Baptists Podcast, hear from revitalization ministry leaders about the ways churches can be on mission together to see dying churches transform and flourish.
In this episode, Terry Long, N.C. Baptist church health and revitalization coordinator, sits down with Ben McRoy, mobilization pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, and Dave Kiehn, lead pastor of Park Baptist Church in Rock Hill, S.C. Together, the three discuss their stories in church revitalization, how to be on mission to bring churches back to health and more.

Every church planter needs to be encouraged, inspired and equipped to do the work of ministry. In this special preview of the 2024 SendNC gathering, hear from one of the keynote speakers as he shares his vision for church planters and church planting churches across North Carolina and beyond.
In this episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, SendNC Director Mike Pittman and Church Planting Strategist Antoine Lassiter sit down with Noah Oldham, executive director of the North American Mission Board’s Send Network, as they discuss the state of church planting, what to expect at the upcoming SendNC gathering and more. 

From the 1984 tornadoes in Red Springs, the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the devastating Hurricane Florence in 2018, N.C. Baptists have provided relief and hope. Listen to this week’s episode as Chad Austin and Richard Brunson look back on what God has done the last 40 years of the disaster response ministry. 
In this episode of the N.C. Baptist podcast, Chad Austin, managing editor of the Biblical Recorder sat down with Richard Brunson, executive director of Baptists on Mission to celebrate the ministry of disaster response. March 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the N.C. Baptist disaster response ministry. 
Listen in as they share how through God’s faithfulness and the generosity of churches, volunteers and partners, N.C. Baptists have offered relief and hope in Jesus’ name.

What does it look like when God calls women to lead in ministry? In this panel discussion, hear from N.C. Baptist women as they share their experiences and advice to those pursuing a calling from God to lead, serve and love within their churches and communities.
In this episode of the N.C. Baptists podcast, listen in with Ashley Reffit as five N.C. Baptist women leaders — Missie Branch, Donna Navey, Janetta Oni, Amy Whitfield and Meredith Snoddy — sit down to discuss the role of women within the life of the church. Listen now as they share advice to women who aspire to ministry, share recommendations to those who feel voiceless, and more.