By Grayson Hester North Macedonia (commonly referred to as simply “Macedonia”) doesn’t loom large on the radars of many Americans. In the shadow of much larger and more influential European countries, this small nation near Albania tends to get overlooked. Whereas France and Germany, for example, contain internationally renowned metropolises, Macedonia by and large, features … Continue reading
Category Archives: offering for global missions
Presence, Perseverance, Prayer and a Project: Lucien’s story
By Grayson Hester Lucien, better known by his church community as Dyak (“deacon” in Haitian Creole) has witnessed enormous change in the three years since his story was featured on the CBFblog. For one, Lucien’s home of Haiti has endured crisis after crisis in the last year alone—from the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moïse, … Continue reading
That’s enough!
By Nell Green I cannot imagine what it must be like to be in the middle of a horror such as the one unfolding in Ukraine daily. If you are like me, you find it hard to listen to the news reports each day. Yet, I am compelled to do so. I do not want … Continue reading
Renewed Giving: Rethinking Financial Partnerships and Tithing in Our Congregations
“Fund-raising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful, and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each from the riches that he or she possesses, we work together for the full coming of God’s Kingdom” -Henri Nouwen Let’s address the big green elephant in the sanctuary… giving. It … Continue reading
United in Vision, Mission and Purpose – Because Presence Matters
By Nell Green Why host a Week of Prayer for the Offering for Global Missions? Because prayer unites us in vision, mission and purpose to provide for the long-term presence of field personnel sharing the Gospel in word and deed through CBF Global Missions. Praying together for God’s abundance to be unleashed in providing these … Continue reading
How much does presence really matter?
By Javier Perez The new Global Missions tagline reads: “Because presence matters.” So, how much does presence really matter? CBF Global Missions has a rich history of missional innovation and service because we have God’s radical love in our missional DNA. Our culture of service, innovation and radical presence became evident last year, as we … Continue reading
Gratitude for Student.Go & the Offering for Global Missions
By Taisha Seabolt My name is Taisha M. Seabolt, and I serve as the Global Missions personnel and training manager at CBF. Serving in this position, I also have the pleasure of managing our Student.Go program, the student missions program of CBF. Student.Go provides life-changing mission opportunities for college and graduate students to serve with … Continue reading
Eyes Opened to Missions Done Well
By Ellen Sechrest As I write this on December 9, we have just finished the virtual Christmas Party for our Global Missions Staff and Field Personnel. With so many people serving around the world, we can’t all be in one place; so we are most grateful for the technology that allows us to gather as … Continue reading
Presence: It Does Indeed Matter!
By Sam Harrell I’m sure you’re now fully aware of our new tagline for the Offering for Global Missions: “Because presence matters.” It surely does! And it means more than just field personnel located in the same place for a long time. While substantial tenure is important for many reasons – language and culture acquisition, … Continue reading
Where Is the Holy Spirit Leading You?
by Nell Green Where would we go? What would we do? Our time in Africa had come to an end and yet we knew that God was not saying our time in ministry was over. We contacted the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. It did not take long to know that the Holy Spirit was leading us … Continue reading