By Steve Clark, Cooperative Baptist Foundation field personnel Walking to the car after the third day of opening Hope Rising Ministry Center, I saw a Chin church member (probably a church leader and seminary student) pull into the parking lot of the parsonage beside the church. He got out of his car and waved to me … Continue reading
By Ben Brown Frankfort, Kentucky, sits about 400 miles north and west of Atlanta, Georgia; but these two communities are connected by more than just Interstate 75. The drive takes about seven hours, but missions between two CBF churches: First Baptist Church of Frankfort and Johns Creek Baptist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, connects these two … Continue reading
Scarlette Jasper serves as CBF field personnel in South Central, South Eastern Kentucky and in East Tennessee. Jasper was commissioned in 2014 as part of CBF’s Together for Hope Rural Poverty initiative. A large part of Jasper’s ministry focus is financial advocacy and literacy. She provides community financial education workshops and one on one budget and … Continue reading
By Brian Varble Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress. James 1:27 James reminds us that we need to take care of the most vulnerable and needy. There are times when all of us may be considered the most vulnerable, our vulnerability may … Continue reading
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