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PEOPLE CALLED BAPTISTS
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* What They Believe 1
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1. Jesus Christ is man’s only Saviour., ~ Ctst % * .
2. Spiritual regeneration through faith in Jesus Christ is necessary to
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4. The direct personal approach of man to God without any earthly
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5. The supreme soverignty of Jesus in all matters of soul.
6. Man's direct personal responsibility and accountability to God.
7. Absolute independence of church ancj. state. „
• S. Full religious liberty for all, Jew and Gentile alike.
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9. Self determination in all religious matters for all individuals and
churches without any overhead direction or control.
10. The Bible, without any subtractions or amendments, the only au
thoritative guide of Christians.
I North Carolina Baptists
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I 313, 594 trong. are taking a worthy part in this great program. Through their 2,300 churches, with their auxiliary organizations—2,22s Sunday Schools, 2,27 f
I U. organizations, 1,012 B. Y. P. U. organizations—through their four colleges, and 13 high schools; through their Thomasville orphanage and their hospital at Winston-
I Salem, now nearing completion, they are co-operating loyally and effectively with their brethren and sisters in other sections of the country to save and uplift a lost
■ world from the depth of sin and eternal death. V* ~
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I 75 Million Campaign
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I Three years ago Southern Baptists launched a great forward movement.
I They pledged to raise within a period of five years to carry out this „pro
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I gram over 92 million dollars instead of 75 million, as at first proposed. At
I the end of the first half of campaign last May, over $35,000,000 had been re-
I ported, 500,000 new members had been added to the churches and all of their
I *. .institutions at home and abroad had been greatly strengthened. In the past
I three years North Carolina Baptists have given $-2,000,000 for the objects
I 0 f the campaign, which is greatly in excess of anything they have ever done
■ before in the same period.
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I THIS SPACE IS GENEROURLY DONATED BY
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Southern Baptists, 3J284.365 of them, are today seeking to carry out
the whole progrum of Christ to the whole world in the preaching and ap- 1
plication of the Gospel in 16 foreign countries, representing every aide ,
of the globe and having a combined population of 900,000,000.
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Through their State and Home Mission operations they are seeking
to evangelize and develop and uplifet ail the people in our State and
Southland who need it.
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They are supporting 119 academies, colleges and s minaHes for the
training of special Christian
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They own and conti*ol 19 hospitals where thousands of patients are
treated annually under Christian auspices.
In their 19 orphanages thousands of helpless children are being
cared for and trained for Christian citizenship.
Through the Relief and Annuity Board over 800 aged ministers and
then* dependent loved ones are being cheered and aided in their old age.
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must l>e raised by North Carolina Baptists by December 3 to meet the barest
needs and save from embarrassment, not to say disa#er,*the objects include
o ed in the campaign, viz: State, Home and Foreign Missions, the Orphanage,
Christian Education. Old Ministers’ Relief, and Hospitals.
AU pledges paid, and a worthy cash offering and. a pledge from every Bap.
tint in the State who did not make a pledge in the original campaign by De
cember 3 will save the da>.
' BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
CHARLES RJfADMtY WALTER M, GILMORE, .
Corresponding Secretary Publie Director.
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