September 29, 2015 By Aaron Weaver NEW ORLEANS — Baptist leaders from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and Southern Baptist Convention joined together Tuesday to discuss the importance of religious liberty around the world at an event on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans. CBF … Continue reading
By Kyle Tubbs I was a freshman in college and decided to visit a local Baptist church. My adjunct New Testament professor, who was also the pastor, was one of my favorite instructors. I confess my original intentions of attending the church may have been influenced by hoping to brown nose a little bit. Little … Continue reading
By Missy Ward-Angalla She was only seventeen; an orphan, arriving by way of a refugee camp to perch guardedly on our locally-made furniture. Her severe abuse still seemed to embalm her in its haze: near silence, no eye contact and closed body language. And she was essentially homeless. We immediately helped her with the medical … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of Pope Francis’ challenge to a joint session of the United States Congress to develop “courageous actions and strategies” to “avert the most serious effects of environmental deterioration caused by human activity,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter joined a group of … Continue reading
By Scott Stearman Very soon President Obama, Pope Francis, and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be gnarling up traffic for me (and a few others) in New York City. Here’s why I think you should care. First a story: I have a friend who is running for governor. The name and state, I’ll keep to … Continue reading
September 23, 2015 LIBERTY, Mo. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland has named Jeff Langford as the new coordinator of CBF Heartland effective January 2016. Langford, who currently serves as the associate coordinator for Heartland, was unanimously elected at the September 19 meeting of the organization’s Coordinating Council. Harold Phillips, who has served as CBF … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin DECATUR, Ga. — Diana Richmond Garland, founding dean of Baylor University’s School of Social Work and respected Baptist leader, died September 21 at the age of 65. The Baylor School of Social Work has been a longtime and much-valued partner of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Garland was a great … Continue reading
September 22, 2015 By Aaron Weaver WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter joined a diverse group of more than 100 top leaders from all major faith groups in the United States Monday in Washington, D.C., to call for a shift in the country’s national priorities and commit to ending hunger by … Continue reading
The following is a press release from CBF state organization, Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. September 21, 2015 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Baptist Fellowship is pleased to name Kristin Belcher as operations coordinator. Belcher holds degrees from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (MDiv), University of Louisville (MSSW), and University of Kentucky (BSW). She is a certified social worker. Belcher’s … Continue reading
By Carrie McGuffin and Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — Updates on ministry and missions initiatives as well as conversations surrounding strategic planning and visioning dominated the opening day of the of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Governing Board meeting in Decatur, Ga. CBF Moderator Matt Cook, pastor of First Baptist Church in Wilmington, N.C., emphasized that … Continue reading