Population: 8,856,505
Largest number of ethnic churches - Hispanic
Number of Baptist Churches in State: 4,078
Number of baptisms in 2004: 22,576
Membership in North Carolina Baptist churches: 1,122,343
Acteens Conference at Missions Extravaganza (2006):
150 with an offering of $602.60 for Camp Angel Tree. Participants also assembled 80 toiletry/gift bags and handmade cards for women at Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women.
Participants in WMU Associational Leadership Team Training (2006):
NC WMU produced a training CD that was sent to 1200 associational WMU leaders in all 80 associations
Participants in Resource Team Training (2006):
80
Participants attending Training Effective Leaders, Shocco Springs, AL (2007):
30
Participants attending Curtain Call (mission trip training (2006):
253
New Ministers’ Wives Retreat was not held in 2006; however, the retreat will be held in October 2007
Participants in Women’s Prison Retreat (2006):
110
WMU Prison Ministry Christmas “Red Boxes” filled (2006):
2400
*Hispanic Women’s Fellowship Annual Meeting (2006):
152 women, 14 children representing 14 churches
Participants attending Hispanic Pastors’ Wives Retreat (2006):
21
Hispanic WMU Regional Training (2006):
24
**Vietnamese Women’s Celebration (2006):
54 (37 women and 17 pastors)
Hmong Women’s Conference (2007):
79 attending (15 young girls)
191 new WMU organizations started in 103 churches from July 2006—May 2007