by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 13, 2008 | Opinion
Celebration, worship, and fellowship topped the agenda as 1,175 registered participants packed Forest Hills Baptist Church in Raleigh April 11-12 for the 14th annual gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC).Keynote speaker Julie...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 12, 2008 | Opinion
Baptist Women in Ministry of North Carolina (BWIM NC) celebrated its 25th anniversary April 11, unveiling a “Cloud of Witnesses” quilt and honoring those who support women in ministry.The quilt contained names of people whom others have found inspirational...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 11, 2008 | Opinion
The heart of theological education is found in the interplay between teachers and students and administrators engaged in the education process itself. That process, however, is has to be paid for. Somebody has to foot the bill, and students are often the least...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 9, 2008 | Opinion
Baptists in America are often the brunt of jokes (generally aimed at the more fundamentalist branches of the family tree), leading us to occasionally complain that people are unfairly beating up on Baptists. We should be grateful that the “beating up”...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 6, 2008 | Opinion
Ruby Fulbright began her executive director’s report to Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) with a single word: “Whew!”After a topsy-turvy year in which WMU-NC lost its office space and all Baptist State Convention (BSC) financial support as the price...
