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Section V: Miscellaneous Reports 271
the leadership of Rev. Bob Redmon packed backpacks for needy children in the community
and had a home coming service for the home bound.
The two new Faith Communities in Fayetteville for the Korean community under the capable
leadership of Rev. Dr. Chang Bae Kim and in the Spout Springs area with Rev. Matthew
Youngblood.
Crossroads new faith community launch with Rev. Chad Pullins, is in its’ seventh (7th) year
with an average worship attendance of 250 a week. They began a major capital campaign fund
last October and broke ground on their facility in May of this year.
The district continues God given success with the Congregational Development Team with
Rev. David Gira as the chair. Working with Christ, John Wesley, Harry Hosier, Gardners,
Clinton Grace, Angier, Community, Johnson Memorial, Solid Rock, Bethany, Spring Lake,
Crossroads, Raeford, Cornerstone, and the two new faith communities, it is apparent of the
Christ centered growth that has been experienced by each of these congregations.
Rev. Jaye White, as the BRAC Mission Developer for the Fayetteville and Sanford Districts,
has completed her mission and bridged the gap between the local churches and the military
at Fort Bragg.
The district Team of Ministries, in partnership with several churches, held very large
Evangelism events that not only involved their congregations but, also their surrounding
communities. Sharing the love of Jesus Christ and the way to life eternal has been the focus
throughout the Fayetteville District.
Respectfully submitted,
Sam Wynn, Fayetteville D.S.
Greenville District
The Greenville District of the North Carolina Conference celebrates what God has done in
us, through us, and sometime in spite of us, in order to share the Good News of Jesus Christ
during the past year. Through worship, mission, ministry, spiritual formation, hospitality,
and generosity we have grown in faithfulness and spiritual fruitfulness. In an effort to
hold ourselves accountability to the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the
transformation of the world, we began to measure professions of faith, worship attendance,
and missional giving.
In 2011 churches of the Greenville District:
È averaged 5,387 people in worship each week
È celebrated 171 professions of faith and
È 56 of our 58 churches paid 100% of their denominational missional giving
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Each of these numbers represent lives transformed
and relationships with God strengthened.
It has been said that we get more of what we pay attention to and for that reason, 2011-
2012 has been a time in which we paid attention to BEING disciples of Jesus Christ and
MAKING disciples of Jesus Christ. One of the ways we have sought to strengthen the
discipleship of clergy has been through monthly dialogue sessions where participants reflected
together theologically in hopes of discovering new insights, sharing enduring convictions,