N.C. Baptists to study relationships with entities

CARY, N.C. — The five colleges and universities that relate to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) have asked the convention to study its relationships with the schools.

Campbell University, Chowan College, Gardner-Webb University, Mars Hill College and Wingate University acted in concert, making their request through the convention’s council on Christian higher education Sept. 27, which held a late-night meeting to discuss the situation. Meanwhile the North Carolina Baptist Foundation also asked the convention’s executive committee to evaluate the foundation’s relationship with the convention, while the North Carolina Baptist Retirement Homes asked that its earlier request for a new relationship with the convention be tabled for now.

The executive committee approved all of the requests.

The motions came after two days of fast-moving, back-and-forth developments during the convention’s board of directors meeting Sept. 27–28. Leaders of the convention-related organizations reacted with concern after convention officials denied some of their recommendations for trustees or directors.