The following is a statement from CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley: Tomorrow morning, March 25, Christians across the world are being invited to set aside time to recite the Lord’s Prayer as an affirmation of the unity of the Global Church in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Tonight, I join the World Council … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley By any definition, these are very different days. Schools across the country are out indefinitely. Almost all congregations have suspended in-person worship gatherings. Some state and local governments are issuing “shelter in place” orders, placing varying levels of restriction on movement and interaction among people. Many businesses and nonprofit organizations that are … Continue reading
Por Paul Baxley Bajo cualquier definición, estos son días muy diferentes. Las escuelas en todo el país ha sido cerradas. Casi todas las congregaciones han suspendido sus reuniones de adoración presenciales. Algunos gobiernos estatales y locales están emitiendo órdenes de “tomar resguardo en casa”, hay niveles variables de restricción de movimiento e interacción entre las … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley This Sunday morning will be unlike any I remember in my ministry and even in my life. Not only in our Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, but indeed across the world, congregations are facing the tremendous challenges being posed by the spread of COVID-19. We are seeking to be faithful to our desire to … Continue reading
February 10, 2020 The following is a statement of Paul Baxley, Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, on the announced closure of Logsdon Seminary at Hardin-Simmons University. On Saturday, February 8, I awoke to the news that the Board of Trustees of Hardin-Simmons University had voted to close Logsdon Seminary. Certainly, there is much … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley On this day we set aside to remember the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I find myself remembering the words he wrote nearly sixty years ago in an open letter to Christian leaders in Birmingham. Ironically, his words were written in response to concerns raised not among the … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley Tomorrow I will be present with religious and community leaders at a worship service at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, Kentucky. The service will include readings and prayers as we mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what is now the United States. In the service, … Continue reading
