By Kyle Tubbs “Why start a church with CBF?” This inquisitive question is one I get from people in our church, the community, from ministerial friends, and people interested in church starting. This is a good question. A young, small church can only have so many partners, and being intentional about who to partner with … Continue reading
By Emily Holladay Over the past 14 years, “Rick” and “Susan” have served as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel in the Middle East, seeking to share Christ’s love and hope with people of different faith and cultural traditions and to support local Christian churches in the area. Rick and Susan are designated as “Level 4” … Continue reading
CBF Disaster Response and CBF of Florida are sponsoring a “Fly-in” to the Bahamas September 11-14 (reschedule dates, if needed: November 6-9). The purpose of this is to involve pilots, plane owners and folks who love to fly the opportunity to utilize their passion for flying, experience and gifts in missional opportunities. The group will … Continue reading
By Alicia and Jeff Lee As we prepared for our very first mission team, we found ourselves hoping that we had learned enough language to keep things running smoothly and we accepted the fact that this is Macedonia so things weren’t going to go the way we had planned! These are the reasons we asked … Continue reading
By John Moore God is moving in the country of Macedonia and First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas is joining in with the movement of His Spirit. Through the work of Alicia and Jeff Lee, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel, relationships of partnership of all faiths are being established, negative stereotypes of people and faith … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter lauded President Barack Obama’s nomination of Rabbi David Saperstein as the next Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Since 1974, Saperstein has served as the director and counsel of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. He is a widely-respected expert on First … Continue reading
By Brittany Riddle When I share with people that I work with senior adults in the church, I often get the same few responses: A part-doubtful, part-intrigued stare as they try to figure out how old I am A story about an older relative they visit in the nursing home A comment about how lucky … Continue reading
By Greg Warner Which is more important? Funding a kindergarten for persecuted children in Macedonia or feeding your family? It’s the kind of choice sometimes faced by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel who raise their own support to live and minister in a foreign country — while surrounded by overwhelming needs that can’t be met … Continue reading
By Bo Prosser For the coming days, pray with music. The hymn writer reminds us, “There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God.” I love this hymn and so many others. Music takes me near to the heart of God. Choose a song or group of songs by one of … Continue reading
By Rick Bennett Is your church conference going the way of all the Earth? In Joshua 23:14, the leader Joshua tells the Israelite leadership that he is about to “go the way of all the earth.” Sometimes, when I’m sitting in our quarterly church conference meetings, I can’t help but wonder the same about this … Continue reading