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It is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention. [2] Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, the convention is made up of 77 Baptist associations and around 4,300 churches as of 2012. The convention is led by three officers, elected annually during the annual meeting of the convention.
Thomas Meredith (July 7, 1795 – November 13, 1850) was an influential Baptist pastor, one of the founders of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC) in the United States, and the founder and editor of the Biblical Recorder newspaper.
The Summit Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site church headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and meets at 12 campuses across the Triangle area. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Regular attendance averages nearly 11,564 people weekly.
This endorsement and the church's blessing of a same-sex union led to its expulsion from the Raleigh Baptist Association, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). [3] [5] The SBC also expelled Binkley Memorial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for allowing a gay person to preach. [3]
In 1881 he became principal of the Washington Graded School of Raleigh, the largest school in the city. In 1882 he was appointed by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina as one of the editors of the bodies journal, the Baptist Standard.
The Biblical Recorder is governed by a board of directors consisting of 20 members elected by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. [7] Recent editors include J. Marse Grant (1960-1982), R.G. Puckett (1982-1998), Tony Cartledge (1998-2007), Norman Jameson (2007-2010) and K. Allan Blume (2011-2019).
In 1904, the school's name was first changed to Baptist University for Women. In 1909, the school adopted its current name, Meredith College, to honor Thomas Meredith who was the founder of the Baptist newspaper The Biblical Recorder. In 1997, the college moved away from a direct connection with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
An active member in the North Carolina Baptist community, he served as secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention for approximately 30 years. Broughton was born in 1848 near Auburn, North Carolina. Eight years later his family moved to Raleigh, and he enrolled in public school.