By Kelly Rhodes Adams Two days before Palm Sunday in rural Northeastern North Carolina, I passed a church sign that said, “Jesus is Risen! Let us celebrate the resurrected Christ.” Holy week hadn’t even begun yet. Where does our compulsion to skip the suffering come from? As a society we have become detrimentally averse to … Continue reading
By Nell Green He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, … Continue reading
By Grace Martino-Suprice In 2019 a couple colleagues and I ran a workshop for young adult students and pastors. It was aimed at equipping participants with the tools to be able to share who Jesus was in their lives from their points of doubt instead of the mountaintop testimonies we often voice. They had to … Continue reading
By Lauren Lamb WACO, Texas ― “What keeps me here? What keeps you here? What keeps us here?” Hannah Coe, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Waco asked the CBF Texas Spring Gathering. “The future feels full of beauty and possibility around that question.” The March 24-25 event at Seventh & James Baptist Church, … Continue reading
By Rev. Laura Stephens-Reed When a minister leaves a church, people in the congregation experience a range of emotions. Sometimes they are angry that the pastor is leaving, or maybe the way in which the pastor is departing. Some members are relieved. Many are anxious about the transition time, wondering, “Who will lead us? Who … Continue reading
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is seeking deeper connection with bi-vocational and co-vocational clergy and has launched a short survey to learn more about their experiences and needs. Continue reading
El Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo está buscando una conexión más profunda con la pastoral bi-vocacional y co-vocacional y ha lanzado una breve encuesta para aprender más sobre sus experiencias y necesidades. Continue reading
Georgia mobile grocer delivers good food and nutrition education for a healthier community beyond the southwest corner of the state By Jennifer Colosimo A few years ago, Tiffany Terrell attended a conference in Atlanta on the senior hunger crisis. She listened to the ways various organizations were attempting to alleviate the problem around the country … Continue reading
February 28, 2023 By Jeff Huett Lee esta página en español aquí. DECATUR, Ga – A Cooperative Baptist with wide-ranging experience working with congregational resourcing, program administration and local church ministry has been named to lead the CBF’s Clergy Support Ecosystem. Kelly Rhodes Adams will join the CBF staff in March. She brings a love for … Continue reading
febrero 27, 2023 Por Jeff Huett DECATUR, GA – Un bautista cooperativo con amplia experiencia trabajando con recursos congregacionales, administración de programas y ministerio de la iglesia local ha sido nombrado para dirigir el Ecosistema de apoyo del clero del Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo (CBF). Kelly Rhodes Adams se unirá al personal de la CBF en … Continue reading
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