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Since its organization
in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention
(SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in
more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists
sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States,
Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more
than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.
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Governance of the Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina is a cooperative activity. It reflects
historic principles of Baptists relative to autonomy of
the local church, and the desire of churches to work cooperatively
in outreach to the world. It involves participation and
actions by messengers from cooperating churches at the Annual
Session. It also includes daily work and management oversight
provided throughout the year by those chosen for various
leadership positions.
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The Sandy Creek Baptist Association was
organized in 1758, largely because of the efforts of Shubal
Stearns. In that first meeting three churches were present:
Sandy Creek, Abbott's Creek, and Deep River. By 1770, there
were 42 churches and our territory stretched from the Potomac
River to Augusta, Georgia, and from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Mississippi River. For convenience sake, in 1770, the
association divided into three distinct bodies, the General
Association of Virginia, the Sandy Creek in North Carolina,
and the Congaree in South Carolina. We are the third oldest
association in the United States. Only Charleston and Philadelphia
are older.
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Awana is an international, Bible-centered
children's and youth ministry providing local churches with
weekly clubs and programs for preschool through high school.
Our goal is to equip churches to reach children and teenagers,
and their families, with the gospel of Christ and train
them to serve Him. (Click here to learn about the hope,
vision, mission and values of Awana.) The acronym Awana
comes from the first letters of Approved Workmen Are Not
Ashamed, taken from 2 Timothy 2:15.
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