The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Ministries Council invites you to submit a proposal for funding a project to support the efforts of your church in building bridges within your church and your community. The Ministries Council accepts proposals that address the following categories: 1) Innovative faith development and lay leadership 2) Immigration, migrant, refugee based ministries, … Continue reading
By Rev. Rebecca Caswell-Speight During my sophomore year at Georgetown College, I heard God’s call for me to go into ministry. The call that day is still one of the strongest feelings I have ever experienced. Alone in the in the middle of my dorm room, God spoke to me. I sobbed, I sat and … Continue reading
By Laura Stephens-Reed For many pastors, the season for conferences and classes has come to a close for 2019. (After all, it’s time to buckle down for Advent planning.) Even so, now is a good time to have continuing education on the brain because: It’s budget season! If you need an increase in your continuing … Continue reading
By CBF Communications DECATUR, Ga.—As the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Manager of Reference and Referral Craig Janney transitions out of the role, CBF is expanding its work connecting gifted ministers with passionate congregations across the Fellowship. In the expansion, CBF is harnessing the relationships of staff members in key strategic ministry areas and creating a team … Continue reading
By Liz Andrasi Deere This year, Wendy Joyner Peacock is celebrating her 24th anniversary as pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Americus, Ga. Wendy likens her role as pastor to that of a symphony director. She describes it as, “helping the congregation to make beautiful music…valuing the gifts that each part of the symphony has … Continue reading
The following post is from Lesley-Ann Hix, a student at McAfee School of Theology and participant at CBF’s most recent event, Advocacy in Action. This blog is a part of a series of experience blogs from the event. There are beloved people in my life who live in the pains of marginalization every day, and … Continue reading
The following post is from CBF contributing writer Ryan Higgins. Every day, another 15,000 children lose their mother or father to HIV/AIDS and other causes, according to the Faith to Action Initiative. On Friday morning of the General Assembly, the CBF Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Network officially launched and announced its partnership with the … Continue reading
This post comes from Katelyn Foster McWilliams on the CBF West meeting on Jan. 27. A group of excited children scurry around in a circle hoping to land beside the winning chair as the music stops. The lucky child throws her hands in the air with a victorious squeal as she skips over to the … Continue reading
This article is the first in a series written by members of a generation that has been defined by the events of September 11, 2001. Current leadership team member Michael Lee shares this first-hand account. Michael serves as youth director of Calvary Baptist Church, Asheville, NC. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I worked … Continue reading
Sitting on the couch downstairs in the family room, I continued hearing a faint chorus float down from my daughters room. At first, I didn’t pay it any attention, yet like most things that are important, the sound lingered until I looked over at my wife and asked, “What are they doing up there?”. It … Continue reading