CBF names Laure FitzSimons and Antonio Vargas as 2023 Vestal Scholars
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CBF names Laure FitzSimons and Antonio Vargas as 2023 Vestal Scholars

By Aaron Weaver May 1, 2023 DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has selected first-year students Antonio Vargas of Yale Divinity School and Laure FitzSimons of Candler School of Theology at Emory University as the 2023 recipients of the Daniel and Earlene Vestal Scholarship.  The Fellowship’s most prestigious scholarship, named in honor of former … Continue reading

CBF encourages financial support for earthquake response in Turkey and Syria
Disaster Response / Newsroom

CBF encourages financial support for earthquake response in Turkey and Syria

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

CBF exhorta el apoyo financiero para la respuesta al terremoto en Turquía y Siria
Disaster Response / Newsroom

CBF exhorta el apoyo financiero para la respuesta al terremoto en Turquía y Siria

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

‘Holy Ambition’ taking root across CBF, Baxley tells leaders at winter governance meeting
General CBF / Newsroom / Paul Baxley

‘Holy Ambition’ taking root across CBF, Baxley tells leaders at winter governance meeting

“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

Se arraiga en CBF una ‘Santa Ambición’, dice Paul Baxley a líderes de las juntas de gobierno.
General CBF / Newsroom / Paul Baxley

Se arraiga en CBF una ‘Santa Ambición’, dice Paul Baxley a líderes de las juntas de gobierno.

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

Tornado ravages mobile home community in Mississippi Delta. Learn how you can help.
Disaster Response / Newsroom

Tornado ravages mobile home community in Mississippi Delta. Learn how you can help.

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