Over the next weeks and months, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will be sharing reflections from our CBF field personnel serving around the world. These are stories of impact and outreach, Gospel-sharing and relationship building, long-term presence and abundant love. The following is a reflection from CBF field personnel Lita Sample, who serves among internationals in … Continue reading
“I will help with the event, but I won’t go on the tour. I can’t handle that,” the woman told me after we had finished a short presentation about human trafficking in Houston. We are preparing with South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas to host an awareness event regarding trafficking. A key portion of … Continue reading
In our travels and networking, I am frequently blessed by the stories I hear of how God’s people are engaging with nations around them. Stories of love and relationship that goes beyond mere friendship. They are stories of sharing life and love. At a recent gathering we heard one of these stories. The Alrida family … Continue reading
How strange it has seemed to us to live in Houston. The Houston we left 28 years ago and the Houston we call home today are two entirely different places, though they share the same geographic location. It was about this time 37 years ago that Butch and I made a drive from College Station, … Continue reading
We had just moved to Brussels, Belgium. Harriet* and I quickly became good friends. Good friends share life, so when she was expecting her first baby I made her a quilt. She was so thrilled that her sister announced that she too would like a quilt for her newborn. It quickly became obvious that I … Continue reading
By Nell Green, CBF field personnel The first time I walked down this street, it was by accident. We were relatively new to the city. I enjoy ferreting out the various markets and shopping possibilities in cities we where we have lived. Brussels was no different. So here we are, a family of four rummaging … Continue reading
This post is by Chelsie “Buffy” Buffington, Student.Go summer missionary working with Karen internationals in Oakland, CA Summer 2013 “And I could hold on, I could hold on to who I am and never let You change me from the inside. And I could be safe, I could be safe here in Your arms and … Continue reading
This summer, college and graduate students served in 18 locations around the world through CBF’s Student.Go program. This fall, Student.Go-ers will be at work in 8 locations. This is the first in a series of blogs from these students. Ashleigh Bugg served this summer with refugee families in Fort Worth, Texas. She worked alongside CBF field personnel … Continue reading
“Can you imagine being in a place where you do not know how to communicate??” That is how my friend from South America began a short presentation she will be giving as a panelist for a breakout at this year’s CBF General Assembly. My response? Well yes actually I can! Maybe that is why I … Continue reading
This blog entry is one of a series of reflections from the CBFVA Mission Immersion Experience to Macau, China with Larry and Sarah Ballew. The following reflection was written by Mark Snipes, Minister to Youth and Young Adults at Central Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. The importance of partnership During CBFVA’s mission immersion experience to China, … Continue reading
