By Steve Clark, CBF field personnel “Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.” While this old adage is true, many situations faced by the refugees we serve beg the question, “How many times is this person going to … Continue reading
By Eddie Adalpe, CBF field personnel I have been wrestling with feelings of disappointment because after almost nine years in Spain, it is difficult to see tangible, quantifiable impacts of our work here. Friends have tried to help me understand that my investment in those we have been ministering to has made an impact in … Continue reading
By Carson Foushee, CBF field personnel Eleven years ago this month Laura and I began our journey in Japan as CBF field personnel. Upon arrival at the local airport, a group of seven members of Kanazawa Baptist Church joyfully greeted us with a colorful handmade banner that read “Welcome to Kanazawa, Foushees!” and transported us … Continue reading
Below is a press release from CBF-partner Baptist Women in Ministry. Northside Baptist Church in Clinton, Mississippi has been named the 2024 recipient of the Baptist Women in Ministry Church of Excellence award. Each year, Baptist Women in Ministry celebrates a Church of Excellence that has broken barriers and set new standards for empowering women … Continue reading
By Elket Rodríguez Where cross the crowded ways of life, Where sound the cries of race and clan… In haunts of wretchedness and need, On shadowed thresholds dark with fears, From paths where hide the lures of greed… Above the noise of selfish strife, We hear Thy voice, O Son of Man. –Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life, by … Continue reading
Por Elket Rodríguez Donde se cruzan las sendas de la vida y hay gritos de razas y de clanes en antros de vicio y de miseria donde las sombras están llenas de terrores y se ocultan la lujuria y la avidez. Por encima de ruidos y egoísmos Hijo del hombre, oímos tu voz. –Donde se … Continue reading
By Grayson Hester En español Elket Rodríguez, CBF Field Personnel, and Ruben Ortiz, Latino Field Ministries Coordinator, recently embarked upon a spiritual pilgrimage to the Darién Gap, an infamously perilous stretch of jungle connecting Colombia and Panama. It owes its fame to its status as the only land bridge between North and South America; in … Continue reading
Por Grayson Hester Elket Rodríguez, CBF Field Personnel, and Ruben Ortiz, Latino Field Ministries Coordinator, recently eElket Rodríguez, Personal de Campo de CBF, y Rubén Ortiz, Coordinador de Ministerios de Campo Latino, emprendieron recientemente una peregrinación espiritual en el Paso del Darién, un peligroso tramo de selva que conecta Colombia y Panamá. El paso del … Continue reading
Anna Anderson serves in Rocky Mount, N.C with her husband, LaCount, who is the Executive Director of the Eastern North Carolina Poverty Network. The Andersons work in the northeastern part of North Carolina with Together for Hope, the rural development coalition founded by CBF over 20 years ago. By Anna Anderson The Baptist Women in Ministry … Continue reading
By John DeWitt Danny Steis is the Children and Youth Pastor at Yates Baptist Church in Durham, N.C. Like so many other youth ministers, Steis was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID Zooms were awkward. Many youth, children and families didn’t fully return, and something was just ‘lost’ when we resumed.” However, the youth ministry … Continue reading