January 11, 2022 By Jeff Huett DECATUR ─ Steven Porter, who has served as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Coordinator of Global Missions since 2014, has submitted his resignation effective Feb. 28 citing “a stirring toward writing projects and a more direct ministry engagement than the administrative and travel demands of my present role allow.” In … Continue reading
The following is a tribute celebrating the life of Helen Jean Parks, who served as a missionary in Indonesia. She and husband Dr. Keith Parks helped start the missions program of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Dr. Parks began as the first Coordinator of CBF Global Missions in January 1993 and retired in 1999. Please keep … Continue reading
To kick-off General Assembly Week at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the annual Silent Art Auction supporting CBF Global Missions will get under way at noon Eastern on Monday. The auction will be held virtually and will run through 3 p.m. on Friday, August 27. The CBF Silent Art Auction showcases high quality, hand-made art and … Continue reading
By Jenny Jenkins Answering the call to build a clinic in a remote community in the mountains of Haiti has a set of unique challenges. As we prayed about and started this project, it came about only because of a community that was willing to put the sweat equity into this project, to see a … Continue reading
By Caleb Mynatt As a winter storm wreaked havoc on the United States in mid-February, much of the infrastructure in parts of the South found itself put to the test. And although many places that were hit hard have managed to recover, the citizens of Jackson, Mississippi, still find themselves reeling from the effects of … Continue reading
By Fellowship Southwest Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Advocacy, CBF Global Missions and Fellowship Southwest are collaborating to place Elket Rodríguez, an attorney with extensive experience in immigration law, on their team on the U.S.-Mexico border. Rodríguez, a native of Puerto Rico who lives and practices law in Harlingen, Texas, will become CBF’s immigrant and refugee specialist … Continue reading
By Sara Crocker There seems to be something poignantly ironic about the fact that at the time of this interview, which calls attention to the ending of a career, Jim Smith’s daughter-in-law is in labor with his first grandchild. An ending is marked by a new beginning. Smith retired at the end of December 2019 following a 44-year global ministry and 27-year tenure … Continue reading
By Blake Tommey Unlike the tropical flowers he sold on the roadside in Lomé, Togo, Bruno was withering away. His father, who owned the horticulture business that employed him, mistreated Bruno and refused to pay him a living wage. As a result, Bruno, his wife, Fafa, and their newborn son, Romerick, would frequently go hungry. … Continue reading
This summer, college and graduate students served in 18 locations around the world through CBF’s Student.Go program. This fall, Student.Go-ers will be at work in 8 locations. This is the first in a series of blogs from these students. Ashleigh Bugg served this summer with refugee families in Fort Worth, Texas. She worked alongside CBF field personnel … Continue reading
Glenda Reece is the Interim Minister to Internationals at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. With multiple congregations from different cultural backgrounds, Forest Hills is accustomed to welcoming the nations who have come to Raleigh seeking their future. Reece has a long history of involvement with Internationals in the communities where she has lived … Continue reading
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