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
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CBF Communications awarded “Best in Class” for campaign by Religion Communicators
By Lauren Lamb Cooperative Baptist Fellowship staff members were recognized for excellence in faith-based communications at the 2023 annual meeting of the Religion Communications Council (RCC) in Chicago. The communications staff received five awards, including the top honor “Best in Class” for the Offering for Global Missions Campaign. The awards are given annually to members … Continue reading
CBF names Laure FitzSimons and Antonio Vargas as 2023 Vestal Scholars
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
CBF nombra a Laure FitzSimons y Antonio Vargas como Vestal Scholars 2023
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
BWIM, CBF team up to produce 4-session curriculum resource
Baptist Women in Ministry and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are producing a four-session curriculum for adults, youth and children to help close that gap between what Cooperative Baptists profess about women’s leadership in the church and the actual practice in their churches. “Equally Called: Celebrating Women’s Leadership in the Church” will be launched at CBF’s General Assembly, in Atlanta, June 28-30. Continue reading
BWIM y CBF se unen para producir un recurso curricular de 4 sesiones
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA 27 de abril de 2023 Baptist Women in Ministry y el Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo están produciendo un plan de estudios de cuatro sesiones para adultos, jóvenes y niños para ayudar a cerrar la brecha entre lo que los bautistas cooperativos profesan sobre el liderazgo de las mujeres en la iglesia y la … Continue reading
Ministry leaders in Texas reflect on the future at the CBF Texas Spring Gathering
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
CBF Disaster Response encourages support for Mississippi tornado relief efforts
By CBF Communications Devastating tornadoes ripped through Mississippi yesterday, leaving behind a trail of destruction and heartbreak. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is responding to this disaster, but we urgently need your help. We are asking you to give generously to support our relief efforts. The families and communities affected by these tornadoes are in desperate … Continue reading
CBF launches survey to better serve bi-vocational, co-vocational clergy
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
CBF lanza encuesta para servir mejor a la pastoral bi-vocacional y co-vocacional
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