By Carrie McGuffin Shauw Chin Capps serves as CEO of Hopeful Horizons, a nonprofit organization that provides safety and healing for victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault in Beaufort, S.C., and is a member of The Baptist Church of Beaufort. During the CBF General Assembly in Atlanta, she shared about her roots … Continue reading
By Marv Knox, Fellowship Southwest Coordinator HOUSTON — A food fair sponsored by Cambodian Baptist Church of Houston turned into a disaster recovery event when more than 1,300 people showed up for relief from the ravages of Hurricane Harvey. Cambodian Baptist Church, a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship congregation, received 20 pallets of food to distribute and … Continue reading
Workshops are a vital part of CBF General Assembly. It is in these rooms, spread throughout the host hotel each summer, where engaging ideas are shared, the passionate mission and ministries of CBF are highlighted and the incredible work of our congregations is reflected back to us, reminding us that God is always active in … Continue reading
October 10, 2017 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — CBF Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter was honored Oct. 6 with the 2017 T. B. Maston Award for Christian Ethics for her “life of servanthood and leadership in applied Christianity” at the annual banquet of the T. B. Maston Foundation held at Dallas Baptist University. The award … Continue reading
October 5, 2017 DECATUR, Ga. — Stephen K. Reeves, who leads the advocacy efforts for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, commented on the long-awaited rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to rein in the payday and auto-title loan industry. The CFPB’s rule announced today aims at stopping payday debt traps by requiring lenders to … Continue reading
October 3, 2017 By Aaron Weaver ATLANTA — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship invites applicants to join the fourth two-year cohort of CBF Fellows. CBF Fellows are clergy who are committed to life-long congregational ministry as their vocational calling. They are clergy who have graduated (or will graduate) from an accredited seminary or divinity school within … Continue reading
Almighty God, Our minds strain to fathom the enormity of the worst mass-shooting in American history. To our horror, that already was a ghastly, bloody high bar. And yet a gunman peered down from a hotel room, aimed at fellow human beings created in your image, and scaled it. One pierced, broken life at a … Continue reading
