by Tom Peterson | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Brenda Barton knows all too well the difficulty and stress of balancing a full-time job with caring for an elderly mother and a sick husband. If it hadn’t been for her church family at First Baptist in Lexington, she admits there were times when their care could...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Why Faith and Health Go Together Interview by Les Gura As president of the nonprofit North Carolina Hospital Association, Bill Pully heads an organization representing the state’s hospitals that offers leadership, advocacy, information and education aimed at improving...
by Tom Peterson | Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Wilkes County FaithHealthNC Launched. The initiative was launched before a crowd of civic and congregational leaders on December 12. The Wilkes Journal-Patriot reports that the effort is a collaboration between the Wilkes Regional Medical...
by Tom Peterson | Dec 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Ann Charlescraft On Tuesday morning, November 19th, a group of dedicated caregivers and a group of awesome faith community clergy and lay leaders gathered to encourage the healing work of health care providers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. As the national...
by Bart Hubbard | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Three Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center officials joined representatives of 48 other health care systems yesterday in Washington, D.C., to explore new ways of improving health and health care in vulnerable communities across the country. The meeting of the Health...
by Bart Hubbard | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
At Tuesday night’s educational event, Finding Life, Health and Wholeness in a Tough Southern Town, seven community panelists and two presenters from Wake Forest Baptist Health—Lexington Medical Center in conjunction with the LMC’s Bio-Ethics Committee,...