June 20, 2019 By Aaron Weaver BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Rev. Suzii Paynter, who served as only the third executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship from 2013-2019, was celebrated Thursday evening at an all-Fellowship dinner in her honor at the 2019 CBF General Assembly in Birmingham, Ala. Cooperative Baptist leaders celebrated the impact of Paynter’s leadership in … Continue reading
By Suzii Paynter Recently, a church consultant in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship constellation critiqued our Fellowship, writing that a “large-scale missions model based on career missionaries has proven to be too expensive and too difficult to maintain.” Since this consultant explicitly named CBF Global Missions, I have to reply, “Friend, you are flat wrong!” First, … Continue reading
July 19, 2018 By Jeff Huett DECATUR, Ga. — Suzii Paynter, who in March 2013 became only the third executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, announced today that she is working with the CBF Governing Board to transition her leadership of the 27-year-old denomi-network. “CBF is at a great place and poised for even … Continue reading
The following is Suzii Paynter’s monthly column, Words from the Executive Coordinator. You can subscribe to receive this column in your e-mail at http://thefellowship.info/subscribe. I’ve always thought that turning over a new leaf was a simple nature euphemism. The origin, however, is not botanical, but literary – “a leaf” is a new page. So turning … Continue reading
By Aaron Weaver ATLANTA – Cooperative Baptist Fellowship executive coordinator Suzii Paynter kicked-off a five-city tour over the weekend of CBF churches in Virginia. First Baptist Church of Richmond hosted an intimate gathering at the historic Pusey House Saturday evening, April 20, for local pastors and supporters. Paynter shared with the group her hopes and … Continue reading
At a lunch Monday, June 22, hosted by Fredericksburg Baptist Church, pastor Larry Haun presented CBF Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter with a $10,000 check to support CBF missions and ministries. “We challenge everyone to join in because to do what she’s talking about doing is going to take money, more than we have given before, … Continue reading
On Thursday, February 28, the Texas House of Representatives honored new CBF executive coordinator Suzii Paynter with a resolution. Watch the presentation from Rep. Rafael Anchia: Continue reading
Marv Knox, editor of the Baptist Standard, is enthused about the recommendation of Suzii Paynter to be the next Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Marv counts the ways the selection of Suzii Paynter is great news in his latest editorial: “First, she’s a tremendously effective leader and will guide CBF through transition toward … Continue reading