By Paul Baxley In 1983, Baptist Women in Ministry was established to advocate for the biblical truth that has been confirmed time and time again in our lives, namely that God calls women as well as men to all places of leadership in the Church. In the 40 years that have passed, the staff and … Continue reading
By Lauren Lamb Lindsi Hines has been CBF’s Director of Member Care and Wellness since August 2022. This program is designed to care for the mental and emotional health and wellbeing of field personnel, Global Service Corps personnel and their families. Hines leads a team of mental health professionals who volunteer their services to the … Continue reading
By Laura Stephens-Reed Over the course of their vocational lives, many pastors find themselves charged with leading a church staff. This is not only true for senior pastors, but associate pastors can also function in the same way within their more specialized ministry areas. The supervisory role is challenging. Most pastors enter ministry expecting to … Continue reading
By Laura Stephens-Reed In A Path to Belonging: Overcoming Clergy Loneliness, leadership specialists Mary Kay DuChene and Mark Sundby raise the red flag that loneliness among clergy, a stress response to not having adequate levels of social connection, is epidemic. This was true before the pandemic, but our need to distance ourselves physically during the … Continue reading
May 18, 2023 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will commission five new Global Missions personnel on June 30 as part of the closing Friday worship service of the 2023 General Assembly in Atlanta. Jana Lee is being commissioned as a career CBF field personnel to work closely with a local … Continue reading
By Brian Foreman CBF Fellows is a two-year ministry program for ministers in their “first-call” in congregational ministry. They meet six times a year to provide support and empower ministers to commit to serving their congregations. At the Chicago cohort, Kan’Dace Brock, pastor of The Message Church in San Antonio, invited fellow clergy to consider … Continue reading
Human emotions are fascinating. And, if we believe we are made in the image of God, then all emotions are God-given. What do we do with shame, then? What’s the emotional design behind that powerful emotion? “Shame is often associated with wrongdoing, but the older I got, the more I realized that I didn’t have … Continue reading
By Grayson Hester It has never been about the food. When Jesus, as portrayed in the Gospel of Luke, instructs his hearers to invite “the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind” to their luncheons or banquets, it isn’t about the food. It is about the invitation itself, the dignity inherent in having been … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver May 1, 2023 DECATUR, Ga. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has selected first-year students Antonio Vargas of Yale Divinity School and Laure FitzSimons of Candler School of Theology at Emory University as the 2023 recipients of the Daniel and Earlene Vestal Scholarship. The Fellowship’s most prestigious scholarship, named in honor of former … Continue reading
Publicado el mayo 1, 2023 por AARON WEAVER deja un comentario DECATUR, Ga. — El Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo ha seleccionado a los estudiantes de primer año Antonio Vargas de Yale Divinity School y Laure FitzSimons de Candler School of Theology en la Universidad de Emory como los beneficiarios de la Beca Daniel y Earlene Vestal … Continue reading
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