February 7, 2023 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is requesting prayers and financial support to provide emergency assistance following the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria during the early morning of Feb. 6. According to news reports, more than 7,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands … Continue reading
febrero 7, 2023 Por Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — El Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo está solicitando oraciones y apoyo financiero para proporcionar asistencia de emergencia después del devastador terremoto de magnitud 7.8 que azotó Turquía y Siria durante la madrugada del 6 de febrero. Según informes de prensa, más de 7.000 personas han muerto y decenas … Continue reading
“What if the ambitious way of thinking and feeling and acting that we see emanating from the heart of God took root in us?”
CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley posed this question to Cooperative Baptist leaders during the opening plenary session of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s winter governance meetings in Decatur, Ga., where members of the CBF Governing Board, Nominating Committee, Missions Council, Ministries Council and Foundation Board gathered January 26-27. Continue reading
enero 27, 2023 Por Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. – “¿Qué pasaría si la ambiciosa forma de pensar, sentir y actuar que vemos emanar del corazón de Dios se arraigara en nosotros?” El Coordinador Ejecutivo de la CBF, Paul Baxley, planteó esta pregunta a los líderes de las diferentes juntas de gobierno Bautistas Cooperativas durante la … Continue reading
The CBF Pan African Koinonia (PAK) is inviting nominations for the 2023 Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer Award. The deadline is March 31. Continue reading
The quest for racial justice in our lives, our congregations and our communities cannot simply be aspirational, and it cannot be affirmed in speech alone. The repair of the devastations of many generations requires different ways of thinking, feeling and acting. Continue reading
CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley visited ministry partners and respite centers on December 12 at the U.S.-Mexico border. Baxley’s visit comes alongside news of 1,500 migrants crossing the Rio Grande river into El Pason in a single day. Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver CBF Disaster Response requests financial gifts to support emergency assistance efforts to a small community in Anguilla, Mississippi. A tornado shattered the Mason Trailer Park community in Anguilla on Wednesday, injuring three people and destroying homes. CBF Mississippi Coordinator Jason Coker visited the community and spoke with residents. Coker is also president … Continue reading
Rev. Laura Ayala, a pastor, denominational leader and former nonprofit executive who has invested much of her life seeking God’s transformation both inside and outside the Church, has been named CBF’s new Coordinator of Global Missions. Continue reading
Una pastora, líder denominacional y anterior ejecutiva de organizaciones sin fines de lucro que ha invertido gran parte de su vida buscando la transformación de Dios tanto dentro como fuera de la iglesia ha sido nombrada nueva Coordinadora de Misiones Globales de CBF.
Laura Ayala, quien ha servido casi nueve años como pastora de la histórica Primera Iglesia Bautista de Río Piedras en San Juan, Puerto Rico, fue seleccionada para esta posición este martes por votación de la Junta de Gobierno de CBF. Continue reading
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