River Road Church, Baptist of Richmond, VA has partnered with Passport, Inc. to establish The Chester Phelps Passport Seminary Scholarship with an inaugural group of six scholarship recipients. All six recipients have served on PASSPORT Summer Staff and are pursuing careers in ministry through seminary training. The Chester Phelps Passport Seminary Scholarship has awarded a … Continue reading
Following the Star, the devotional series for Advent and Christmas, returns to d365.org, beginning on November 29. This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. Writers include Emmitt Drumgoole, Pastoral Resident at Second Baptist in Liberty, Miss., Rosy Robson, Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Richardson, Texas, Luz Cabrera Montes, Youth Ministry Liaison for The … Continue reading
By Paul Baxley Twenty years have passed since I welcomed David Burroughs to Wingate University and invited him to consider hosting Passport Youth Camp on our campus. As Campus Minister, I showed him the space we could offer Passport, made some commitments about how we would host, answered questions about mission opportunities in the area … Continue reading
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The daily devotional series for Lent, Journey to the Cross, returns to d365 on Ash Wednesday, February 26th through Sunday, April 19th. This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by the album Quiet Contemplations containing gentle piano arrangements composed and recorded by John Morton. The ecumenical team of writers includes … Continue reading
The following is an announcement from CBF-partner Passport Inc. Learn more at http://www.passportcamps.org. (BIRMINGHAM, AL) –Following the Star, the devotional series for Advent and Christmas, returns to Passport, Inc.’s devotional website d365.org November 26. This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. Writers Tasha Gibson, Amy Kim Kyremes-Parks, Becky Caswell-Speight, Brian … Continue reading
February 22, 2017 By Carrie McGuffin Two Cooperative Baptists were honored Monday at ChurchWorks, CBF’s annual conference for Christian educators, held Feb. 20-22 at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla. David Burroughs, president and founder of Birmingham, Ala.-based Passport, Inc., was honored with the 2017 Jack Naish Distinguished Educator Award, named after the longtime minister … Continue reading
The CBF Youth Ministry Network (CBFYMN) is a group of professional ministers and others who are called to work with youth and who relate to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The network strives to serve God from coast to coast within the United States as they advocate for young people – both those in our communities and … Continue reading
This post comes from Colleen Burroughs, vice president of Passport Inc. and CBF’s current moderator: As over 1,500 participants walked into Epcot’s World Showplace for the opening session of the third iteration of Faith in 3D, they found themselves wandering through glowing lights and neon colored activities designed to inspire writing, drawing, playing, building and … Continue reading
I’m jealous. There. I admitted it. I am jealous of the 23 CBF youth groups heading to the Walt Disney World Resort today for a life-changing and action-packed weekend at the Faith in 3D conference, planned and executed by CBF-partner Passport Inc. I was able to attend the first ever such event, covering it for … Continue reading
This past week I participated in the second annual Selah Vie conference. Selah Vie—Pause Life—is an end of summer reflection conference for graduate and college students who have served with Student.Go, Passport, or as CBF congregational interns. It is easy to forget how old you are until you get about 150 college students together. Continue reading