Monthly Archives: July 2012

General CBF / Justice and Peacemaking Ministries / Missions / Poverty & Transformation Ministries / Student.Go

Student.Go – Words from the World – Chip Rotolo

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This summer Student.Go personnel are serving in 19 locations around the world.  University of North Carolina student Chip Rotolo is living and working at the Center of Hope in Kampala, Uganda with CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker.  Daily, I have the rare and very special opportunity of teaching, living, and learning among refugees from over ten … Continue reading →

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On Being Less Anxious

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The following column was first shared with CBF Chaplains/Pastoral Counselors in their monthly newletter… In every piece of “systems” literature, the counselor/leader/minister/chaplain is encouraged to be the “non-anxious” presence. I’ve never been able to become totally non-anxious. There always seems to something lurking around the corner, another shoe that is about to drop, or the … Continue reading →

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The Work of My Heart: Missy Ward

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Missy Ward, McAfee School of Theology student and recently commissioned CBF field personnel, talks about her journey with CBF. Perhaps her story can help to encourage you if you are looking to find ways to plug into CBF life. Missy shares her story below as a part of a new series on CBF Young Baptists.  At General … Continue reading →

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Resourcing Missional Teachers

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Karen Gilbert, Missional Church Consultant and long-time minister in Fellowship life, offers guidance on what it means for a church to not only educate its congregation but educate its educators as well. Where do I start with this unit?  How will I present this concept and help children get it?  What’s another way of teaching … Continue reading →

General CBF / Internationals Ministries / Justice and Peacemaking Ministries / Missions

Being Missional or Doing Missional?

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It was a different kind of mission trip. We hosted a group of 25 college students and their leaders for a week here in Houston, TX. No houses were built. No vacation Bible schools took place. No sports camps with inner city youth filled city parks. Those are all valid ways to engage.  This experience … Continue reading →

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Implementing the 2012 Task Force Report: What’s next?

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The following post is from CBF moderator Keith Herron. On the eve of entering CBF’s third decade, then-moderator Hal Bass appointed a 14-member task force to move the conversation forward on restructuring the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship movement (which also necessarily affects CBF partnering ministries). No one could have predicted that this 2012 Task Force would … Continue reading →

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CBF of South Carolina seeks applicants for coordinator position

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Marion Aldridge, coordinator of CBF of South Carolina, is retiring in January of 2013. CBF of South Carolina is seeking applicants for his replacement. The coordinator will give leadership to organizing, facilitating and coordinating CBFSC to fulfill its vision of growing as a community of grace on a shared spiritual journey which connects people to … Continue reading →

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Which would you prefer? Babel or Pentecost?

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A friend from the Middle East is in a serious relationship with an American of another race.  Her two children, born in the Middle East but raised in the U.S., are dating women from Asia. No one thinks anything about it. After all, they are all minorities…the other. Yet, when someone from another race becomes … Continue reading →

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Beets and chicken

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This post comes from interim executive coordinator Pat Anderson Carolyn and I discovered a “Country Buffet” on the north side of Macon, GA which we like.  On our trips from Cedar Key to Atlanta we try to plan our lunch stop there. It is a large and really well prepared buffet. We like the fried chicken, … Continue reading →

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Engaging in CBF through Partners

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Jen Van Camp, Youth Pastor at Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church in San Francisco, tells how she first got involved in CBF life through a CBF partner organization. Perhaps her story can help to encourage you if you are looking to find ways to plug into CBF life, even in new places. Jen shares her story below as a part of … Continue reading →