By Kevin Pranoto I didn’t grow up Baptist. Instead, I grew up Pentecostal. If you’ve ever been to a Pentecostal revival service, you know how much Pentecostals love to dance. I grew up in services where men and women twirled their flags, streamers and tambourines. In my upbringing I understood that the more undignified you … Continue reading
June 18, 2015 By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin DALLAS — The second day of the 2015 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly opened with a time of prayer for the nine people who were killed by a gunman during a Wednesday night prayer service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston, S.C. “Our family has … Continue reading
Fifteen people gathered on Monday, June 15, to participate in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Sessions Retreat, held as part of the 2015 CBF General Assembly. We came together from different spaces and places spanning from Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico with the common purpose of discussing Mental Illness and poverty. Our group spent … Continue reading
By Corinne Causby After a long day of travel, our ragtag group of Scholars, Fellows, pastors, clergy and lay people gathered for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Leadership Institute as part of the 2015 CBF General Assembly in Dallas, Texas. David E. Wilhite, associate professor of historical theology at Truett Seminary at Baylor University led us in … Continue reading
By Mary Alice Birdwhistell I attended my first Baptist Women in Ministry gathering in 2011 in Tampa, Fla. I was a student at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary, and although I had felt for quite some time that God could be calling me to pastoral ministry, I still couldn’t muster up enough courage to say it out … Continue reading
June 17, 2015 By Aaron Weaver DALLAS — The 2015 General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship kicked off Wednesday evening in downtown Dallas with a commissioning service for new field personnel, church starters, chaplains and pastoral counselors. With more than 1,100 Cooperative Baptists gathered at the Hyatt Regency, six women and men were commissioned … Continue reading
The following is a reflection from a participant in CBF’s Prayer Retreat as part of the 2015 General Assembly in Dallas. This two-day retreat focused on Dawnings, CBF’s process for congregational renewal and intentional ministry. Learn more at http://www.cbf.net/dawnings By Heath Powers When the elders of Israel learned that the LORD was concerned about their … Continue reading
June 17, 2015 By Carrie McGuffin DALLAS — More than 300 Baptists gathered Wednesday to celebrate 32 years of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-partner Baptist Women in Ministry (BWIM) at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas in conjunction with the 2015 CBF General Assembly. BWIM Executive Director Pam Durso welcomed Baptists from around the country to the annual … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin DALLAS — “We cannot be the organization we envision for the future without our infrastructure catching up to our dreams,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter told the CBF Governing Board at its June 16 meeting in Dallas prior to the 2015 CBF General Assembly. Paynter emphasized that … Continue reading
Communications Office • Passport, Inc. 205-822-1990 3421 Sierra Drive • Birmingham, AL 35216 info@passportcamps.org • passportcamps.org BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Camp offering will go to Cooperative Baptist Fellowship work in the Rio Grande Valley, to Touching Miami with Love in Miami, Florida and to Virginia based ministry LUCHA Ministries. After learning about thousands of unaccompanied children … Continue reading