Over the next weeks and months, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will be sharing reflections from our CBF field personnel serving around the world. These are stories of impact and outreach, Gospel-sharing and relationship building, long-term presence and abundant love. The following is a reflection from CBF field personnel Jon and Tanya Parks, who serve in … Continue reading
By Grayson Hester Some say that music is the universal language, a dialect all people can speak and understand. Well, if that’s the case, then the Roma people are fluent. Historically transient and internationally oppressed, the Roma people, located all over the world but heavily concentrated in Eastern Europe, are repeatedly denied expression of their … Continue reading
For congregations to thrive and Christ’s mission among us to flourish, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has entered a season of discovering where God would focus our work together. Take CBF’s online survey about your church and your personal ministry aspirations before Feb. 2. This devotional is part of a series in January that tells stories of “Bold Faith” … Continue reading
No picnic baskets or ants could be found at this year’s General Assembly Missions Picnic, but the crowd did find stories of changed lives among one of the world’s most neglected people groups. CBF field personnel Ralph and Tammy Stocks led the celebration of Project Ruth, a multi-faceted 20-year ministry among the Roma (Gypsy) people … Continue reading
This is the third in a series of posts from Student.Go interns who are “being the presence of Christ” alongside field personnel and partners in communities across the globe over the summer months. This post is from Shane McNary – CBF field personnel who is supervising a team of five students serving along the “Roma Road” … Continue reading
A team of three university students serving through Student.Go traveled to Hungary and Slovakia this summer to work in camps with Roma children alongside CBF field personnel Ralph and Tammy Stocks and Shane and Dianne McNary. Tammy Stocks shares the following story about one of the team members – Nina Peppers – and her special … Continue reading
A blog post by Caitlin Walsh – one of over 40 students serving through Student.Go this summer in locations around the world. Caitlin is a part of the Camp TAG team – three students serving with Ralph and Tammy Stocks in Hungary and Shane and Dianne McNary in Slovakia providing leadership for day camps for … Continue reading
Team Tag has made it back home, safe and sound in the United States. It has been an incredible summer experience. Continue reading
Our latest location was a fifteen to twenty minutes from the nearest bus stop because no city bus wants to service this Roma community. After the walk from the bus stop, you enter a long metal corridor and through two gates. A third gate, a guard, and a guard dog watch the entrance to the community … Continue reading
Team Tag completed our first week of camp in HUngary and have now begun the Slovakia phase of our trip. Our objective is to work with the Roma people and share the love of Jesus with them. Continue reading
