By Blake Tommey When Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel Lynn and Mike Hutchinson moved to Togo in West Africa, they invited the women of their small fishing village to gather for a conversation. “How can your community have life more abundantly?” they asked. Without hesitation, the 16 women in attendance reached a consensus: “Our children … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey At the time Minos Saint Amand met Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel Jenny Jenkins, he was living on a dirt floor under poorly woven cloth supported by a few sturdy branches. Even so, he welcomed her to his plot in Petit Paradis, Haiti, with a radiant smile and began to recount his … Continue reading
By Greg Warner Even as a teenager, Natalia Gura knew she didn’t want “an ordinary life”—just working a normal job with no purpose beyond a paycheck. “Boring,” she thought. But she also didn’t believe her teenage dream was attainable—to own and operate a foster home for unwanted children in her native Macedonia. Today, she runs Emmanuel House, … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey In the appalling aftermath of Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake of 2010, the rubble of ruined lives and infrastructure flooded news cycles around the world, releasing an unprecedented wave of humanitarian aid. All told, donor nations and private charities pledged $13.5 billion to the small island nation, $32 million of which came in … Continue reading
Introducing the 2018-2019 OFFERING FOR GLOBAL MISSIONS YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! One Community at a Time Order OGM resources now Watch this special message and share it with your church to have your best Offering for Global Missions ever! More than ever, your support for the Offering for Global Missions is needed to send … Continue reading
CBF field personnel cultivate Beloved Community through welcoming refugees in Uganda By Greg Warner In the Bible, twins Jacob and Esau are anything but brotherly. Trickery, betrayal and estrangement destroy their relationship. Jacob cheats his brother and flees his homeland, leaving his twin behind. Jacob and Esau Francis, twins from South Sudan, proudly bear those famous … Continue reading
By Stuart Lamkin Our church, Hickory Rock Baptist in Louisburg, N.C., always enjoys using CBF’s Offering for Global Missions curriculum. We love seeing videos of mission work going on around the world that we get to support. Bible translations in Thailand, new pastors trained in China, teaching Roma children in Slovakia, strengthening youth in Miami, … Continue reading
