By Aaron Weaver Just a year ago, Cooperative Baptists voted to elect Kyle Reese, then senior pastor of Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., to serve as Moderator-Elect for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 2018-2019. Later this week, Reese will assume the role of Moderator, the Fellowship’s highest-ranking officer, succeeding Gary Dollar in the role. I … Continue reading
By Ashleigh Bugg At the upcoming CBF General Assembly in Birmingham, Tina Bailey, who is currently CBF field personnel, will be commissioned as a CBF-endorsed chaplain—expanding her official ministry role. “It’s an amazing marriage,” Bailey said. “Chaplaincy, for me, is one more step of interfaith work. As field personnel, it is a very natural fit.” Bailey serves alongside her husband, Jonathan, in Bali, Indonesia, through an arts … Continue reading
By Liz Andrasi Deere Lillian Hinds has been pastor of Meadow Oaks Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, for over a decade. Early in her tenure, she struggled financially and thought she was the only pastor to do so. Lilian looked to other churches and pastors and “it just seemed like everybody was doing so well,” she said. A Downward Spiral Lillian pointed to the 1980s as the beginning of her financial downward … Continue reading
June 12, 2019 By Carrie Harris DECATUR, Ga.—Two seminarians from Wake Forest University and Vanderbilt University will be honored June 21 with the Daniel and Earlene Vestal Scholarship at the CBF General Assembly in Birmingham, Ala. Christian McIvor, a student at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, and Summer Hyche, a student at Vanderbilt University School of … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley The essence of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is partnership. It’s collaboration. And for clarity’s sake, this spirit extends to the budget process. After an extended process involving the Finance Committee of the CBF Governing Board and the CBF staff in Decatur, the CBF Governing Board unanimously approved a proposed budget for the … Continue reading
By Andy Hale Many of us were a part of a college ministry of some sort. Being my typical cynical self, I was none-too-satisfied with the big organization campus ministry and helped start a new one with a group of friends. We gathered weekly for dialogue about the Bible that gave rise to several vocational … Continue reading
June 10, 2019 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga.—A Missouri senior pastor and young leader deeply invested in CBF life is the nominee to become the next Moderator-Elect for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship at the 2019 General Assembly in Birmingham, Ala. The CBF Nominating Committee has selected Carol McEntyre to serve as Moderator-Elect in 2019-2020. McEntyre … Continue reading
