CARY, N.C. — With income trailing last year’s gifts by 3.2 percent, or $647,000, through seven months, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has laid off three people and eliminated six positions, effective immediately.
Two of the positions will be combined with related work currently being conducted by two people each carrying dual responsibilities. Those staffers will have the option to apply for the redesigned positions, which will also be opened for application by others.
The convention has maintained positive cash flow even during the income decline, but careful handling of resources is no longer enough to sustain operations, said Brian Davis, the group’s executive leader for administration and convention relations.
Davis estimated an annual savings of approximately $500,000 resulting from the staff and position reductions.
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