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LAUGDUN PRESENTED PLAQUE-LB Laugbrun Jr former divisional diredor of financial aid and admission at Campbell University was welcomed back to the campus recently by Dr Norman A Wigma and 1everal of his colleagues for a apeda1 breakfut program The group gathered at Sboute Cafeteria to recopire Laughrua1

cootributtona to tbe univenity duriJII tbe four-and-a-half JNlI be worked rib tbe acbool Laughrua left Campbell OD July l to ampIIIUIDe tbe poaitioa ol Diredor of Nilliou for tbe Little River Baptia Aaoeiatioa Left to rtbt an Dr Nlaquomaa A Wigim and LB Laaghrua Jr (Photo by Todd R Searborougb)

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Churchs Mission Is His Lifestyle BY LISA DREANO Record Staff Wrtt

I Rev IB Laughrun Jr of Buies Creek Director

of Missions of the Little River Baptist Association is a man who was called to be a pastor at the age of 48 and who aince that time has ICltlOmplished more (or the church than aome men who have been involved since childhood

The Liule River Baptist Association i5 made up of 37 church~ and two missions It is connected with the Baptist State Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention but all three of the bodies are autonomous

Approximately 79 asIOciations are connected with the Baptist State Convention For a church to become a member of the Asaoclation it must prove that it i5 of like faith with the other churches in the asaociation

A mission is a religious body that is not yet a tburch Westfield Baptist Church was originally a mission of First 8aptiat Church of Dunn and eventually beeame a church

Rev Laughrun ii very lldive working with missions and church He visita church throughout the area The Little River Baptilt Association includes three churches in Lee

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Churchs Mission Is His Lifestyle BY LISA DREANO Record Staff Wrtt

I Rev IB Laughrun Jr of Buies Creek Director

of Missions of the Little River Baptist Association is a man who was called to be a pastor at the age of 48 and who aince that time has ICltlOmplished more (or the church than aome men who have been involved since childhood

The Liule River Baptist Association i5 made up of 37 church~ and two missions It is connected with the Baptist State Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention but all three of the bodies are autonomous

Approximately 79 asIOciations are connected with the Baptist State Convention For a church to become a member of the Asaoclation it must prove that it i5 of like faith with the other churches in the asaociation

A mission is a religious body that is not yet a tburch Westfield Baptist Church was originally a mission of First 8aptiat Church of Dunn and eventually beeame a church

Rev Laughrun ii very lldive working with missions and church He visita church throughout the area The Little River Baptilt Association includes three churches in Lee

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Churchs Mission ContinuNI from page 1

County one church in Wake County one church in Johnston County ampnd a m1Ssion in Sampson County with the remauuwr of the churches in Harnett County

The purpose or the Assoc1at1on is lo snmulate fellowship among churrhe 1111d lo ampSSlst churches in performing mlssions in their setting For example there nre jomt enturcs betcWeen churches In Marcil ICrc gomg to have a Sunday School member~htp drive the Rev Laughrun said

The Association was organired in 1875 al Cumberland Union Church 10 Harnett County The churcbe that nttcndcd that first meeting were Hectors Creek now Chalybente Springs Lillington Friendship Antioeh Md perhaps Jonesbero

There were seven ordained ministers in the Association 1n 1877 In 1880 Dr JA Campbell founder and preS1denl of Buie Creek Academy and Campbell Collcg~ Y ac elected clerk of the Association in 1911 he led efforts tc1 place the Academy under the guulAncc of the ASSOC1Ation and in 1925 it was placed und r lhe leadership or the Baptist Stale Convenlion

The 1926 minutes of the A soc1ation reported 5530 members and 223 baptisms Many well-known arta men led lh middot Association in Lhe 1930s and l940 1ndud1ng Leslie Campbell Dr Charle Howard icott Turner and Sam Iludson

ln 1945 Mtas Zula Rog bullrs wac named ac the asociat1onal mi sionnry Roger Johnson and Raymond Moore next held lhis po ition In 1952 Julius Holloway nsumcd lhc po ition and held it until 1976

The 100th year or 1hc Association was celebrated in 1976 Tht church continued to grow in th1t 1970 TotnJ contnbuuons from all the church~ and missions amounted LO almost $2 million in 1979

The Association has lts mawr meeting In October or tgtath year Rev Laughrun said tbal this year l he Associl1tJon hellrt reports adopted its yearly budget and e tallisbed 1t cnlendar or activiti~ He SJUd lhtt two n churches jomed the A~tttion

Rev Laughrun as well other A5socation member are bullery excited ahout the new Little River Baplisl ASS()r11tlon building that is gomg to be built bthind Forest HIils Shopping Center in Lillington on the Mamer -Summlrv11le Rd

The new cenlfJ will hou t a media room offices a conferltncn room with 15 eating capacity a kiLchencllc and workroltgtm for offiltmiddote machines The red tirkk slnglllstory lructure will be approximlltltIY 2016 21quar1middot r1bullfl The current office is locaLCd nl 601 Garden St in Lillington

Plans for building lhc nc11 ctmiddotnter are sl1ll on the drawing board Rev Lnughrun said that the Association is stlll not uro whcn construction will begin He said that thorltbull wtU be meeung soon to iron out the ptirllculnr

A proJecL that Rev Laughrun hB9 been very involved with recently the non-profit orgnnizatlon LitUc River Acts Inc that he and 6middote church began last month The corporation sponsors the American Chrtstian TeleVllion cable network so that it ls abl to bf seen locally on ChanntgtJ 13 on UmvIStOn

Rev Laughrun 53d The station has gotten some good comment so for Were real pleased with 1t It has some good me ~es IL doesnt force the m~ sag s bull~ the viewer ll has variety Jor tXamplc It has semiddotltmiddotral ccncerts TL also has the 11dvantago thlil some programs are repeated so that people can tbulla1 ch them nt different Limes

Taughrun hua hlen Director nf Missions since J nly 1 1983 1md ~ays I h11 he greatly enjoys iL He is k(bullpl busy as Lgtirector rmd also as a member of the f~xccutiv Comm1Uee thu1 oondurb the bu iness of the A sodailon bitween sessions The Cornmitltie is made up o( a paitor and lay person from Pampch church the omce~ or the churth and the program direcwrs

Various pamphl t about the Association stress that it t~ made up of m1SS10ns with a personal touch

One brochure ~ay Up close and personal Tha1s Lhe hean of missions And thats the heart of the Ass)ciatJon Through the Association of churches mission become more lhnn just talk More than Jtlst taieless cruwds More than just cold SLatistics Mi ions becomes a reality A r-clauonship A lifestyle bull Up close and personal

Thal i the heart of missions and the heart of the Association

Laughrun llliO stressed similar thoughts about lhe unity or the Association and how he believes it reaches out Lo people He said that it brings not only churches but also people together in their wor hip or God and learning about His ways

Laughrun has always believed in God and attended a church bul il was not witll he reached late middl~ age that he received a calling to beoome a pastor

Enroute to becoming a pastor Laughrun was a mercltant marine teacher and several other lt1ccupatiuns

Raised in Erwin Tennessee he attended Unicoi Uf8h amphool After gnduat ion he was in ther menhanl marinec for thrt-e years Between 1947 and 1951 he was a SVltchman and _yardman for lh Clinchficld RaTiroad

Dunng Lhe Korean Conflict Laughrun served in the Navy After the conflict he attended East Tenne see State in Johnson City Tennessee and graduated third in a dass of several hundred student~

He taught high school algebra at Unicoi High Slt-hool for a year and then decided to forego tealmiddothing for a job with Aema u a claims representative in Richmond Virginia and Knoxville Tennessee

He was with Aetna for three years He Lhen served as a medical representative tor Burroughs -Wellcome in Bristol Tennessee for 12 years

It wagt at this point in lite that Laughrun decided at I he age of 48 to attend the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary at Wake Forest

Laughrun said I just kept feeling that something wagt missing I wasnt quite sure just vhat it was I kept going from one job to another but never did quite find just what I was looking for until 1lfter I bcgans to attend the seminary

After gradlltlting rom the Seminary in 1974 he was a pastor at Mt Pisgah Baptist ChUtth in Fayetlemiddotillc for four years

It va~ at Mt Pi~ lhal Rev Laughrun met Frank Upc1urcll ~r of ~elopment al Campbell Universicy

UpchUtth per uaded Rev Laughrun to accept a position at Campbell Uni1ersity as Director of Corporate Relations He held this position for a few months A position u the Director of the Admission and Financial Aid Departments opened up and Rev Laughrun asked if he could try his hand in this position

lte was a much beloved and well-known Director for about four year lfo reealls hls years at Campbell fondly

He said l really enjoyed working in the Admislions and Finuneial Aid I enjoyed working wilh young people and helping them 1 enjoyed being able to help a student get the Joan11 and grants without whith he could not continue a1 school

In a way I rill$ able Lo continue my ministry there because I COuld actively help people I liked working there

In 1983 Rev Laughrun was offored his present position He enjoys being involved wnh the actual running of ihe As~ciat10n and watching its continual growth

Rev Laughrun is married to his high school sweetheart tho former Lena Miller of Erwin Tennesee His wife Is the Director or Curriculum at Campbell University They have two children Judy Carroll of Titusville Florida and Michael Laughrun of Capron lrginia

Laughrun has ~longed to many clubs and organizations He Is a former member of the Board of DirectAgtrs of the Dunn Area Chamber of Commerce former Lion in Bristol Tennessee and former member of the Chaplains Advisory Council or the Cumberland County Hospital System

He is currently a pre11ident of the Board of the Little River Acts and is a 32 degree Scottish Rites mason

Laughrun said I have been enjoying working fur Lhe Association We have a desire lo mlke the Association more visible and will work on this goal We are looking forward to building our new cenltr and continuing the work of the Associationmiddot

The Rev I B Laughrun Jr

The Rev I B Laughrun Jr bom on August 14 1924 served as the Director of Missions tor Little River Baptist Association from the summer of 1983 until a few months prior to his death on September 14 1988 from cancer He led the Association In the building and equipping ol Its new Assoclatlonal Center In 1985 set up an excellent adm1nsstratlve procedure for the Association and was the friend and confidant of Little River Pastors Under his leadership the Anderson Creek Mission and two Spanish speaking missions were established

Mr Laugh run was one who was streng th to those around him from the earliest days of his Ille He committed his Ille to the Lordship of Jesus accepting Him as Savior at an early age His Ille has blessed many along the way He wor1ced his way through East Tennessee State University by working with the Cllnchfleld Railroad In Erwin Tenn where he was born He served his country as a Merchant Manne and was on a ship underflre during World World II He later demonstrated Intelligence enthusiasm and a winning spirit as he served three pharmaceutical companies as a sales representative over a period of 14 years

Upon hearing the call to preach the Gospel he entered Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary He pastored Mt Pisgah and Bullock Baptist Churches both In North Carolina He later served as Financial Aid Director at Campbell Univers ity where he took It as a personal challenge to facilitate deserving studen ts In their goal of obtaining a college education He resigned this position upon receiving the call as Director ol M1ss1ons for Little River Association

It is In recognition of Rev Laughruns years of faithful service to the association and the Lord that the Little River Baptist Association dedicates the minutes of the 1988 Annual Session In his memory

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The Rev I B Laughrun Jr

The Rev I B Laughrun Jr bom on August 14 1924 served as the Director of Missions tor Little River Baptist Association from the summer of 1983 until a few months prior to his death on September 14 1988 from cancer He led the Association In the building and equipping ol Its new Assoclatlonal Center In 1985 set up an excellent adm1nsstratlve procedure for the Association and was the friend and confidant of Little River Pastors Under his leadership the Anderson Creek Mission and two Spanish speaking missions were established

Mr Laugh run was one who was streng th to those around him from the earliest days of his Ille He committed his Ille to the Lordship of Jesus accepting Him as Savior at an early age His Ille has blessed many along the way He wor1ced his way through East Tennessee State University by working with the Cllnchfleld Railroad In Erwin Tenn where he was born He served his country as a Merchant Manne and was on a ship underflre during World World II He later demonstrated Intelligence enthusiasm and a winning spirit as he served three pharmaceutical companies as a sales representative over a period of 14 years

Upon hearing the call to preach the Gospel he entered Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary He pastored Mt Pisgah and Bullock Baptist Churches both In North Carolina He later served as Financial Aid Director at Campbell Univers ity where he took It as a personal challenge to facilitate deserving studen ts In their goal of obtaining a college education He resigned this position upon receiving the call as Director ol M1ss1ons for Little River Association

It is In recognition of Rev Laughruns years of faithful service to the association and the Lord that the Little River Baptist Association dedicates the minutes of the 1988 Annual Session In his memory

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