Earlier this month the peer learning group regional directors (Steve Graham, Layne Smith, Fran Patterson, and Laura Stephens-Reed) met with CBF staff Ruth Perkins Lee and Dihanne Moore to discuss how best to support and encourage our PLGs. Here is what groups and conveners can expect in the coming months: A beefed-up resource list. We … Continue reading
By Andy Hale Over the past two decades, the use of antidepressants has skyrocketed. One in six Americans now takes an antidepressant medication. Nearly 40% of Americans reported in 2018 that they were more anxious than in the years past. Almost 18% of the American population has an anxiety disorder. Three out of four Americans … Continue reading
By Will Raybon The first time I visited Gardner-Webb University, I thought I was lost. I was traveling from Appalachian State University where I had just spent the prior four years learning about our criminal justice system. Upon graduation, I was set to join a prominent police department and begin journeying back to the U.S. … Continue reading
By Carlo Sosa-Ortiz “Now Jacob arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had. 24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the … Continue reading
By Marv Knox BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Construction of an immigrant respite center at Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville is moving forward, thanks to a Christmas miracle of generosity. IB West Brownsville ministers to refugees who pass through Matamoros, Mexico, as they seek asylum in the United States. The U.S. immigration policy requires asylum seekers to “wait in place” … Continue reading
DECATUR, Ga. — More than 4,600 Cooperative Baptists from every state and region in CBF life participated in an online survey as part of CBF’s Toward Bold Faithfulness initiative. In all, 4,618 people participated in the survey. Respondents were from 762 congregations, 178 of which had five or more people participate. The Toward Bold Faithfulness … Continue reading
By Lauren Hooie “Dear Lord, we thank You for this day and everything You’ve given us. Thank You for this food we’re about to eat and for sending Your son to forgive our sins. Amen.” This is the classic dinner prayer that I’ve said for about 20 years. For a long time, it was the … Continue reading
