By Laura Stephens-Reed Each winter, the four regional directors for CBF Peer Learning Groups gather in Atlanta with Ruth Perkins Lee, CBF’s director of church engagement. We discuss the celebrations and challenges we’re seeing across the 100+ PLGs that CBF resources and plan for additional ways we can support clergy groups. Based on the 2019 … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey When Tokyo pastor Kei Jokura announced his plans for the final Sunday of Advent, he prepared his congregation for a singular experience. Carson and Laura Foushee, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel serving in Tokyo, would be sharing the pulpit and reflecting on the persons of Mary and Joseph on the upcoming birth of their first child. … Continue reading
By Andy Hale For as long as I can remember, I have loved to eat. Honestly, there has only been one food item that I have turned my palate away from in a symbolic act of defiance. Yet, even the disgusting brussels sprouts have won me over when they dance with balsamic vinegar, cracked pepper, … Continue reading
Mientras me preparaba para este día, algunas de las palabras de Pablo a su amada iglesia en Filipos han estado muy presentes en mi mente y en mi corazón. “Doy gracias a mi Dios cada vez que me acuerdo de ustedes. En todas mis oraciones por todos ustedes, siempre oro con alegría, porque han participado en el … Continue reading
By Andy Hale Americans are the most overworked developed nation in the world. We tend to work 137 more hours annually with less time off than our British counterparts. Let’s not even get started on the average French worker getting one month of paid vacation. (Reference: Center for American Progress Study) For the church, this … Continue reading
By Amy Violette Dear Friends, It’s been 2,648 days since I found out I was a victim of clergy sexual misconduct. Specifically video voyeurism. I say “found out” because the actual videotaping took place in November 2008, but I was unaware that I was a victim until my abuser was arrested in October 2011. In … Continue reading
By CBF Advocacy Stephen Reeves, CBF Associate Coordinator of Partnerships and Advocacy, led a delegation Jan. 22 of national religious leaders to meet with the newly confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Kathy Kraninger and several senior officials. The delegation consisted of members of two coalitions, Faith for Just Lending and the Faith … Continue reading
