By Andy Hale Let’s talk about privilege and entitlement. The reality is that most readers of this article and listeners of this podcast are, in fact, the product of American Middle-Class privilege. By the very nature of our contextual existence, we have been afforded better opportunities than most. This is especially true when it comes … Continue reading
By Rick Burnette We spent days—weeks, actually—watching Florence slowly transform from a tropical wave off the coast of West Africa to a Category Four hurricane out in in the Atlantic before grinding its way into southeastern North Carolina as a Category One storm. From there, the tropical system meandered at an agonizingly slow rate across … Continue reading
October 1, 2018 By Carrie McGuffin and Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is poised for great opportunity and increased engagement in the days ahead, Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter told the Governing Board as she kicked off its two-day Sept. 27-28 meeting. She gave reflections on her tenure since March 2013 leading … Continue reading
October 1, 2018 Decatur, GA — Gary Skeen, the newly appointed Interim President of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation and the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, have begun implementing initiatives to bring additional value to the CBF Foundation’s churches and ministries. CBF Foundation offers account administration, investment and fund management and planned giving services through its … Continue reading
By Laura Stephens-Reed “Ready – draw swords!” I’m sure my 8-year-old eyes were as big as pancakes the first time I heard this battle cry. After all, I was not at a civil war reenactment or a fencing match. I was in the fellowship hall of the Ringgold First Baptist Church, which I had thought … Continue reading
By Andy Hale Journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote, “Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can’t afford to stay silent.” In Rethinking Incarceration, Dominique Dubois Gilliard illustrates the unfortunate, intentionally overlooked and shameful history of the United States transitioning out of the era of slavery and into the re-enslavement of Black Americans … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey In the appalling aftermath of Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of 2010, the rubble of ruined lives and infrastructure flooded news cycles around the world, releasing an unprecedented wave of humanitarian aid. All told, donor nations and private charities pledged $13.5 billion to the small island nation, $32 million of which came in … Continue reading
