By Kevin Georgas This past Sunday, I walked into the building of the church where I’ve pastored for almost four years. I paced alone around the sanctuary and stood up in the pulpit thinking through a section from my sermon that I still wasn’t sure about. While I moved through the room, the floorboards sighed … Continue reading
By Rick Burnette We waited days for this storm to approach the Bahamas. We waited even more days for Dorian to finally clear the islands and reveal its devastation. And now we find ourselves waiting for the opportunity to provide comfort, deliver aid and assist our Bahamian friends with recovery. Despite operating out of a … Continue reading
By Marv Knox Refugees all along the Mexico-U.S. border feel the love of Jesus, thanks to you. This week, Fellowship Southwest sent more than $10,000 in aid to six ministries serving immigrants from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. FSW’s Immigrant Relief Ministry supports border congregations that provide food, shelter and gospel hope … Continue reading
Nashville, TN—The Academy for Spiritual Formation announces it will host a Bilingual (Spanish + English) Two-Year Academy in 2020. This is the first Bilingual Academy since 2011 and is part of The Academy’s vision to form ecumenical Christian communities that embrace the multicultural, multiethnic, interfaith landscape of the 21st century. Church leaders, both clergy and lay, … Continue reading
Nashville, TN—La Academia de Formación Espiritual anuncia que organizará una Academia bilingüe (español + inglés) de dos años en el 2020. Esta es la primera Academia bilingüe desde 2011 y es parte de la visión de la Academia de formar comunidades de diferentes confesiones cristianas que incluyan el paisaje multicultural, multiétnico e interreligioso del siglo … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley For three years, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has participated in a powerful journey alongside two historically black denominations and a historically black college in the lead-up to the 400th anniversary of black enslavement in the United States. The culmination of that three-year journey came Tuesday when Kasey Jones, CBF associate coordinator of … Continue reading
August 28, 2019 DECATUR, Ga.—CBF Disaster Response is monitoring the forecast path of Tropical Storm Dorian. Also affecting the northwestern Bahamas, Dorian is currently expected to develop into a Category 4 hurricane prior to making landfall on Florida’s east coast on Tuesday. Potential impact may extend from central/north Florida up through the coastal Carolinas. We … Continue reading
