By Laura Stephens-Reed Each winter, the four regional directors for CBF Peer Learning Groups gather in Atlanta with Ruth Perkins Lee, CBF’s director of church engagement. We discuss the celebrations and challenges we’re seeing across the 100+ PLGs that CBF resources and plan for additional ways we can support clergy groups. Based on the 2019 … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey When Tokyo pastor Kei Jokura announced his plans for the final Sunday of Advent, he prepared his congregation for a singular experience. Carson and Laura Foushee, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel serving in Tokyo, would be sharing the pulpit and reflecting on the persons of Mary and Joseph on the upcoming birth of their first child. … Continue reading
Mientras me preparaba para este día, algunas de las palabras de Pablo a su amada iglesia en Filipos han estado muy presentes en mi mente y en mi corazón. “Doy gracias a mi Dios cada vez que me acuerdo de ustedes. En todas mis oraciones por todos ustedes, siempre oro con alegría, porque han participado en el … Continue reading
By Amy Violette Dear Friends, It’s been 2,648 days since I found out I was a victim of clergy sexual misconduct. Specifically video voyeurism. I say “found out” because the actual videotaping took place in November 2008, but I was unaware that I was a victim until my abuser was arrested in October 2011. In … Continue reading
By CBF Advocacy Stephen Reeves, CBF Associate Coordinator of Partnerships and Advocacy, led a delegation Jan. 22 of national religious leaders to meet with the newly confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Kathy Kraninger and several senior officials. The delegation consisted of members of two coalitions, Faith for Just Lending and the Faith … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey On September 28, 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, the deadliest of 2018, struck the island of Sulawesi just outside of Palu, Indonesia, prompting a five-meter tsunami that devastated bayside homes and businesses. The quake’s deadliest effects, however, came as entire square miles of soil—one under a government-subsidized housing development—completely liquified, burying hundreds of homes and residents in the … Continue reading
Por Jeff Huett DECATUR, Ga. – Paul Baxley está fascinado por la iglesia. Ha sido así desde siempre y eso no es una afirmación sobre su edad, siendo que tiene 49 años, o su memoria, sino más bien sobre la impresión indeleble que le dejaron un pastor, una Biblia y el pasillo de la iglesia … Continue reading
