The North Carolina Baptist Foundation Mission Statement

The North Carolina Baptist Foundation is an agency of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina committed under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to serving North Carolina Baptists and others in generating an increased awareness of Christian estate stewardship principles as a means of financially undergirding churches, institutions and mission endeavors on a permanent basis.

And further, the Baptist Foundation staff and board of directors are committed to being scrupulously moral, legal, efficient and accurate in carrying out the intent of each donor and trustor whose funds are placed under management of the Foundation as a means of sustaining a tangible and perpetual involvement in presenting the Gospel, meeting human needs and strengthening all bodies of Christian fellowship where Christ is the Head.

The mission of the Foundation is basically twofold:

To provide information related to extending stewardship involvement beyond earthly life through many innovative techniques utilizing endowment and trust Good stewards desire to support Kingdom work all of their lives and, in that the Christian lives forever, it is exciting to realize that gifts into endowment funds continue working until the Lord returns.

To provide the framework for managing funds placed with the Foundation as Trustee by individuals and institutions, including churches, associations, and the Convention. Our objective is to protect the assets placed in trust and endowment funds while providing a reasonable income as well as internal growth in principal assets. The Foundation seeks to provide the institutions with a permanent financial base which supplements the cash flow normally expected with current giving.