CBF Foundation Makes A Major Decision to Further Benefit Churches
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CBF Foundation Makes A Major Decision to Further Benefit Churches

By Shauw Chin Capps CBF Foundation began in 1994 with the goals of stewarding funds for CBF Global, CBF state and regional organizations, CBF partner churches and partner organizations. Presently, we are proud to have more than $62 million under management. Both CBF and CBF Foundation exist out of a deep desire to partner with … Continue reading

The Importance of Financial Transparency
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The Importance of Financial Transparency

By James Jordan The Merriam-WebsterDictionary defines transparent as “free from pretense or deceit: frank; easily detected or seen through: obvious; readily understood and characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices.” What does transparency of financial matters have to do with a church? Everything. People join organizations they perceive are successful. They leave them because of … Continue reading

CBF Foundation Waives Management Fees for Churches Under New Strategic Plan
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CBF Foundation Waives Management Fees for Churches Under New Strategic Plan

June 1, 2022 By Jeff Huett DECATUR, Ga. ─ The CBF Foundation will now waive management fees of 50 basis points (0.50%) for current and future church accounts, Foundation President Shauw Chin Capps and the Foundation Board of Trustees announced today. The move comes as the CBF Foundation, in partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, … Continue reading

Grace Martino-Suprice named new coordinator of Baptist Fellowship of the Northeast
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Grace Martino-Suprice named new coordinator of Baptist Fellowship of the Northeast

May 31, 2022 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has formed a new partnership with the Baptist Fellowship of the Northeast (BFN) to expand its presence in the region. BFN has named Grace Martino-Suprice as its first full-time paid Coordinator. She succeeds Phyllis Boozer, who has led the CBF regional organization … Continue reading

Grace Martino-Suprice; nueva Coordinadora del Compañerismo Bautista del Noreste
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Grace Martino-Suprice; nueva Coordinadora del Compañerismo Bautista del Noreste

Por Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Georgia – El Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo (CBF, por sus siglas em inglés) ha formado una nueva asociación con el Compañerismo Bautista del Noreste (BFN, Baptist Fellowship of the Northeast) para ampliar su presencia en la región. BFN ha nombrado a Grace Martino-Suprice como su primera coordinadora a tiempo completo. Grace reemplazará … Continue reading

Peer groups for pastors can create a healthy ecosystem of support
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Peer groups for pastors can create a healthy ecosystem of support

By Ruth Perkins Lee This article was first published in Faith & Leadership on March 8, 2022 (https://faithandleadership.com/peer-groups-pastors-can-create-healthy-ecosystem-support). In 2019, my husband and I visited Muir Woods National Monument, an old-growth redwood forest on California’s northern coast. I had long been fascinated by the concept of the interconnected growth and root system of redwoods that … Continue reading

CBF names two seminarians as 2022 Vestal Scholars
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CBF names two seminarians as 2022 Vestal Scholars

May 12, 2022 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has selected Beth Rooney Bailey and Luke Perrin as the 2022 recipients of the Daniel and Earlene Vestal Scholarship. The Fellowship’s most prestigious scholarship, named in honor of former CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and his wife, Earlene, was created in 2011 … Continue reading