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Baptist Children’s Homes, Baptist Convention Officials Dedicate Ministry Building

Baptist Children’s Homes, Baptist Convention
Officials Dedicate Ministry Building

April 15, 2010

THOMASVILLE – Officials from Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina (BCH) and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) came together on April 15 to dedicate the renovated building for the North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry, a new program operated in partnership between the two Baptist entities. BCH president Michael C. Blackwell and BSC executive director-treasurer Milton A. Hollifield, Jr. participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Baptist Aging Ministry headquarters located on BCH’s Mills Home campus in Thomasville.

“This day is an exciting culmination of the relationship Baptist Children’s Homes shares with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina,” Blackwell said. “In its short lifespan, NCBAM is already making a remarkable difference in the lives of aging adults here in our community as well as across the state.”

The North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry (NCBAM) provides information and resources to North Carolina’s aging population. The ministry helps them maintain their independence and a quality life by connecting aging adults and their families with resources to meet needs, and on coordinating practical ministries.

The Children’s Homes directs NCBAM’s statewide ministry and the Convention provides 100% of the funding for services and staffing.

“I am thrilled that our convention has seen the need for us to provide a ministry that moves beyond residential care for aging adults in our state,” Hollifield said. “Aging men and women prefer to live in their homes as long as they possibly can, and we are providing resources to assist in making that happen.

“Also, partnering with Baptist Children’s Homes for NCBAM allows us to provide an important spiritual dimension.”

The building for NCBAM underwent significant renovations to turn it into an office headquarters. In addition to administrative offices for staff, the headquarters includes a call center, a library housing Baptist Children’s Homes historical publication Charity & Children, and an extensive conference/meeting center. Immediately following the dedication ceremony, Hollifield and other Convention staff members utilized the conference center for an executive committee meeting.

Since 1885, Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina has helped children and families. BCH began with one campus, Mills Home in Thomasville, but now provides services in 18 communities across the state.

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