By Kim Wyatt One of the characteristics that I’ve noted in almost every one of our plethora of Student.Go interns over the years is their resilience. The Oxford dictionary defines resilience as the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties. Of course, every Student.Go intern has difficulties. Jo Ann Sharkey Reinowski served one … Continue reading
By Chris West I served the summer of 2017 with Welcome House Raleigh and lived as a House Host, served as a videographer and volunteered there since. Later, I served with CBF Communications OGM and CBFF doing all sorts of development and communications tasks for field personnel and global missions, including helping to organize the … Continue reading
By Carrie Harris Carries Harris served with Student.Go during the summer of 2010 in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. It is part of two of the poorest counties, Lee and Phillips Counties, in Arkansas. “I am an (almost) life-long Cooperative Baptist. I grew up in a CBF church, attended Passport Camps and sang in my youth choir … Continue reading
By CBF field personnel Carson Foushee Carson Foushee has been serving with his wife Laura in partnership with the Japan Baptist Convention since 2013. Carson served the summer of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He served in China as a Mandarin language student and assisted with English classes led by CBF affiliate field personnel Don … Continue reading
By Chris West A few years ago, I found myself at a conference in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by interesting folks from all around the world. It was a blast! Then, something really incredible happened: I met Jon Acuff. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Jon Acuff, you may know his blog … Continue reading
March 16, 2021 By Aaron Weaver DECATUR, Ga. — Co’Relous Bryant, a seminarian from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Daniel and Earlene Vestal Scholarship. The Fellowship’s most prestigious scholarship, named in honor of former CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and his wife, Earlene, was created in … Continue reading
In this special series of the CBF Stories Podcast, you’ll hear from some of the 25 Leaders to Know for 2020. Each year the CBF Ministries Council recognizes 25 Young Leaders to know as part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s ongoing investment in young Baptists. This year features graduate students and seminarians, continuing their education … Continue reading
The following post is from UNC student, Lauren Hovis, who served with CBF field personnel Sam and Melody Harrell last summer. Learn how you can serve in this month’s edition of the fellowship! magazine. When I stepped off the plane in Nairobi, Kenya, I had no idea I would be embarking on one of the … Continue reading
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