By Tom Jenkins on 6/16/2009 5:58 PM

     Vacation Bible School (VBS) is this week at FBCC. The buildings are filled each evening with the sounds of children, music, teachers and the air is heavy with excitement. I like VBS. I’ve been involved in VBS since my preschool days. My earliest memories of VBS are of accompanying my mother and listening to her teach Bible lessons. I learned the Great Commission from her, Jesus’ marching orders given to his followers, “Go into all the world…teach, preach and baptize.” She planted the seeds that blossomed in my ministry into a passion for missions. I’ve been fortunate to serve as the pastor of great churches that shared my passion for missions. I worked as the Director of Missions for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina for seven years. I was privileged to work with a staff that started new, mission churches, reached multi-ethnic groups, ministered to the blind, the deaf, the mentally handicapped, the hungry, the homeless, the addicts, carried the Gospel to prisons, trained pastors, partnered with...

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