We trust you will find our Web site helpful and informative. The web site is a "work in progress." We will attempt to keep items updated. Feel free to contact us with questions or comments. We invite you to be a part of all that God is doing in and through His church! You may contact us by calling the office at 919-496-7172 or via e mail at tarriverbaptist@hotmail.com.
If the staff can be of any assistance to you, do not hesitate to contact either of us. We stand ready to be of any assistance we possibly can to strengthen the churches and the cause of Christ throughout the communities that make up the Tar River Baptist Association.
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Your Associational Staff:
Dougald McLaurin - Associational Missionary: Dougald came to TRBA in November of 2000. He has been active in ministry (serving the local churches as youth director, youth music director, and 25 years as a local church pastor). Prior to entering the "full-time ministry," Dougald was a teacher, Student Council Sponsor, and Forensics/Debate Coach at South View Senior High School with Cumberland County Schools. He was a bi-vocational pastor for 8 1/2 years while serving as a public school teacher. He is available to assist your church for training of church workers, preaching/speaking, leading worship and/or special music and concerts, mission presentations and training of mission teams, etc. Currently Dougald also serves as a member of the LifeWay Christian Resources DOM Advisory Committee working in with them in efforts to strengthen the smaller membership church and is a member of the National Leadership Team of the Network of Baptist Associations (NoBA) - a group dedicated to resourcing the local association in its efforts to strengthen the local church.
Dougald is married to his college sweetheart, Linda. They have been married for 35 years (December 2007) and have two adult children - Lisa who is married and lives in Rocky Mount, NC and Dougald III who is Reference Supervisor at Southeaster Seminary's Library and PhD Student. Dougald and Linda are members of Ephesus Baptist Church in Spring Hope.
Feel free to contact Dougald if you feel he can be of assistance to you/your church in any way. He may be reached by calling the office at 919-496-7172 or via email at domtarriver@hotmail.com. For his speaking/engagement schedule by clicking here.
Gail Nelms - Church and Communities Ministry Director: Gail serves TRBA as Church and Communities Director, working with the Christimas Family Ministries, Festival ministries, Relay for Life, First-responders ministry, Survival Spanish class, etc. Gail is a retired school teacher from Franklin County Schools. Gail and Gerald are members of White Level Baptist Church in Louisburg and have two adult daughters, and two grandchilren.
Gail is available to speak in area churches detailing the various ministries of the association, etc. She may be contacted at 919-496-7172 or via email at ccmtarriver@hotmail.com.
Georgette Burnette - Secretary: Georgette has served ast TRBA's secretary for 16 years. She and her husband Steve are active members of Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Louisburg and are actively involved in beginning a new cowboy work in the association. She has one middle-school daughter. Georgette can be reached at 919-496-7172 or via email at tarriverbaptist@hotmail.com.
