The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Missions Council met this week (Jan. 29-30) in Decatur, Ga. Discussion at the meeting focused on preparation for the CBF Global Missions strategic planning process, which was launched at a Jan. 23 meeting of the CBF Governing Board. At this recent meeting, the CBF Governing Board announced the formation of an ad … Continue reading
By Andrew Corley Growing up, I always took a lot of pride in being a Baptist. Ours was (and still is) a traditional southern, main street, FIRST Baptist church, and the congregation was made up of doctors and lawyers, bank presidents and district superintendents, teachers and insurance salesmen. On paper, I thought we looked like … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Baptist World Alliance and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship have formed an expanded partnership around global advocacy efforts including a focus on international religious freedom, with Georgia-based CBF facilitating and coordinating the BWA’s involvement and initiatives at the United Nations headquarters in New York and its other offices around … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver “Why am I a Baptist? Well, at the outset, because my father was one.” With these words, Walter Rauschenbusch, the renowned Baptist pastor-theologian from Hell’s Kitchen, N.Y., and father of the Social Gospel Movement, began a series of articles 110 years ago articulating why he chose to be a Baptist. “There is … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver NEW YORK — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was honored January 15 with the “Partnership Award” for its disaster response efforts to meet unmet needs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that hit the Eastern United States in late October 2012. CBF Disaster Response was recognized at an awards reception at … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Governing Board announced at its January 22-23 meeting the formation of an ad hoc committee to support the strategic planning process that the CBF Missions Council launched in September 2014 in conjunction with the CBF Global Missions staff. The ad hoc Committee on Global Missions … Continue reading
By Otis Hall It would be easy to look at the Bible as a continued war against Chaos. In the beginning God spoke order out of Chaos, and in our attempt to follow in God’s pattern of creating order we have divided ourselves in categories: rich, poor, republican, democrat, black, white, and it goes on. … Continue reading
By Taylor Bell It’s time we listened. Now is not the time to make judgments. Now is not the time to glance at recent events and dryly state that justice has been served. Now is the time we listen to those in pain. We must listen to those who proclaim the injustice against their body … Continue reading
By Gary Skeen Year two enrollment in the Affordable Care Act has seen very few fireworks as compared to its launch. The open enrollment period was much shorter and many folks simply auto-enrolled or rushed through their decision before the Dec. 15 deadline. The most common issue churches and their staffs seem to be dealing … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin DECATUR, Ga. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner ministries Touching Miami with Love in Miami, Fla., and Open House Ministries in Homestead, Fla., announced today that they will merge to expand their reach, serving children and youth from marginalized neighborhoods in South Florida. The merger comes as TML begins its … Continue reading