By Jenna Sullivan As I approached the long-awaited event of graduation, I began to reflect on my experience of earning my Master of Divinity. Why did I choose this three-year seminary degree? Why did I choose to sit in classrooms and wrestle with existential questions, theological perspectives and endless discussions with peers? As I remember … Continue reading
By Rev. Dr. Bob Lee After serving a suburban congregation in northeast Richmond, Virginia for more than 16 years, God’s call led my family and me to south Richmond in March 2015 where I now serve as senior pastor of Huguenot Road Baptist Church (HRBC). Within my first year as pastor, I received an invitation … Continue reading
By Rosa Crump In January of 2018, I was blessed to be able to go on a CBF-sponsored mission experience to El Salvador. In the months preceding the trip and during its duration, I was under the guidance of CBF field personnel Greg and Sue Smith. One of the excursions on this journey was to … Continue reading
October 17, 2018 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga.— The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is continuing its long-term disaster response efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael. In a recent update, CBF Disaster Response Director Rick Burnette notes that CBF Florida leaders Rachel Shapard and Kenny Phillips, a church starter and disaster response volunteer, … Continue reading
By Fellowship Southwest Greg Long wants to save Navajo language and culture—one Hebrew word at a time. As a child, Long heard all about Navajo folklore from his paternal grandmother. That’s how he learned to say he’s “of the Deer Water People, born for the Yucca Fruit People,” the traditional Navajo introduction by way of … Continue reading
All Saints’ Day falls on November 1 of each year. On that date or on the first Sunday in November, many churches memorialize members and loved ones who have died the year prior. In keeping with the spirit of All Saints’ Day and of Thanksgiving, below you will find daily prompts to express gratitude to … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey Grace and Main Fellowship is an intentional community dedicated to practicing radical hospitality among Danville, Virginia’s most marginalized. So when they learned that co-leader Mike Wilkins had offered a bed to a local man experiencing homelessness, it was no surprise—that is until they discovered the bed was his own and he was sleeping on … Continue reading
