For all those with gifts and passion for assisting congregations as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission…CBF of Georgia is looking for you! The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia (CBF/GA) is accepting resumes for the position of associate coordinator of congregational life. Qualified candidates must have an abiding commitment to the Lordship of Jesus … Continue reading
Author Archives: devitaparnell
Children’s (and other) Ministers Need One Another!
The following post is from Christy Correll-Hughes, children’s ministry director at First Baptist Church Clemmons, NC. If you are anything like me, as a children’s minister (or any kind of minister really) you’re super busy with meetings, managing volunteers, curriculum, committees, budgets, and many other things that vie for attention. Throw in an occasional pastoral … Continue reading
The Tale of One Young Minister’s Job Search
Kyle Boyer, minister to students at First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, was looking for a job this time last year. Perhaps his story can help to encourage and guide you if you are also looking for a job. The following is an interview featured in the Current e-newsletter. Current is CBF’s young Baptist leaders’ … Continue reading
Advocacy in Action: Reflections
Katie Sciba reflects on her 2011 experience as a part of Advocacy in Action, an annual CBF-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. Katie is from Victoria, Texas. This week a group of Advocacy in Action participants made the trek to D.C. It’s tricky equating your faith with politics. I have always avoided this as much as possible. … Continue reading
Women in Leadership Series
For over two years, a collaborative group led by Pam Durso (Baptist Women in Ministry Executive Director) and myself has gathered monthly for conversations. We have discussed, dreamed, laughed, and listened–based on our shared interest in the roles of women in Baptist life and with the hope of better understanding one another. We have had … Continue reading
The Benefit of Peers in Youth Ministry
One of my favorite youth ministry blogs is “Rethinking Youth Ministry” by Brian Kirk. Kirk’s blog provides a number of resources and articles that help me think outside my sometimes very familiar practices of youth ministry. To “rethink” our ideas and practices is not simply to change what we do and how we do it … Continue reading
Doing Justice Requires Listening
Harry Rowland, CBF’s Missional Networks Specialist, reflects on the church’s gospel calling to be an advocate for those living on the margins of society. One of the greatest handicaps of caring Christians is thinking we know and understand the needs of those living on the margins of society. An honest confession is needed here. We … Continue reading
The Kind of Service that Remembers and Rebuilds
This article written by CBF-endorsed chaplain Chuck Seligman is third in a series of posts by Current steering committee members as they reflect on the events of September 11, 2001, and its impact on their generation. Current steering committee members are also encouraging churches to plan Service in September ministry opportunities in response. Many people think … Continue reading
Service in September: What is the Why?
This article is the second in a series written by members of a generation that has been defined by the events of September 11, 2001. Rev. Christopher Aho is Pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, and is a member of Wilshire Baptist Church’s Residency Cohort as well as a former CBF Congregational Resident. … Continue reading
Remembering September 11th
This article is the first in a series written by members of a generation that has been defined by the events of September 11, 2001. Current leadership team member Michael Lee shares this first-hand account. Michael serves as youth director of Calvary Baptist Church, Asheville, NC. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I worked … Continue reading
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