Economic Development Ministries / General CBF / Justice and Peacemaking Ministries / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

Questions about Microcredit

Microcredit providers currently make available an estimated $50+ Billion dollars to entrepreneurial borrowers around the world.  That’s twice as much money at work in microfinance as in 2006, when CBF Foundation first considered making microfinance investments available to endowment investment clients.  As the dollar volume in microcredit increases so do the questions and concerns about … Continue reading

Economic Development Ministries / Education Ministries / Justice and Peacemaking Ministries / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

Micro Enterprise Development: Stability Matters

Economic stability matters.  Tell me your favorite global issue and I bet economic stability for families is a fundamental part of the solution.  Are you passionate about global health?  Families with economic stability see the doctor.  Perhaps your heart is devoted to stopping hunger.  Families with economic stability eat.  Education?  Economically stable families send their … Continue reading

CBF Missouri / General CBF / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

River racers prepare for change of venue

Josh Arnone and Jason Nazario are my new heroes. These guys signed on to compete in the Missouri River 340 as a fundraiser for Water is Life International, the ministry organization of CBF field personnel David and Merrie Harding. Josh and Jason together are the face of Big Muddy/Clean Water, the official name of their … Continue reading

General CBF / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

Update from Extreme Build 2011

Check out updates from Kentucky’s Extreme Build 2011: On another full day of work, volunteers worked to complete the deck while also setting the CORE in the center of the home.  The CORE, a central component to our Extreme Build homes, is a two-bath, kitchen and utility unit manufactured offsite. Our partner, Kentucky Highlands Investment … Continue reading

General CBF / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

Inspiring youth on their missional journeys

When studying about the ministry of David Harding, one of CBF’s field personnel who helps bring clean water to people in Ethiopia, youth at First Baptist Church, Carrollton, Ga., discovered how easy it was to impact someone’s life.  By using CBF’s Ignite curriculum during Wednesday night Bible study, youth learned that for as little as … Continue reading

General CBF / Poverty & Transformation Ministries

Summer is coming

The following is an update from Open House Ministries, where Wanda Ashworth Valencia, one of CBF’s field personnel, serves as executive director. Open House Ministries gives thanks for our faithful donors and prayer partners!  Because of you, OHM continues to reach 100 children and youth every week.  This number might sound familiar as OHM has been working at … Continue reading

CBF Virginia / Poverty & Transformation Ministries / Youth ministry

Youth experience God at work through Mission Immersion D.C.

The following is a blog from Matthew Hensley, minister of education at Haymarket Baptist Church in Haymarket, VA and Northern Virginia regional representative on the CBFVA coordinating council. +++ “I believe that the great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor, but that they do not know … Continue reading