By Aaron Weaver The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is partnering with disaster-relief agencies around the world to provide emergency support to the victims of Tropical Cyclone Pam in the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu. CBF sent an initial $5,000 to Asia…
The culture wars come to Georgia
My home state of Georgia is the setting for the latest battle in America’s never-ending culture wars. The event that ignited this fresh fight was Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s decision to fire Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran for, according to…
Payday loans and potato chips
“Payday loans are the Lay’s potato chips of finance; you can’t have just one and they’re terrible for you.” Comedian John Oliver dropped that line during a segment on his new show Last Week Tonight back in August. The HBO…
Merger in Miami to bolster Christian ministry in Florida, leaders say
By Aaron Weaver and Carrie McGuffin Two well-known Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner ministries — Touching Miami with Love in Miami, and Open House Ministries in Homestead, Fla. — have announced they will merge to expand their reach, serving children and youth from…
In thick of Syrian refugee crisis, couple learns to ‘love the enemy’
By Aaron Weaver For Chaouki Boulos, learning to love his enemy has been a Christ-celebrating, and life changing, process. And it’s been a 30-year process as Chaouki has shared Christ with anyone willing to listen. Today, he and his wife,…
Paynter challenges anti-hunger advocates to ‘live your call’
By Aaron Weaver Anti-hunger advocates must “accept the unfinished business” of their lives as they work together to end hunger in the United States, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter said at a hunger summit Oct. 1. “The inspiration…
Time to fix broken immigration system, says Paynter
By Aaron Weaver It’s time to explore new strategies to fix the nation’s broken immigration system, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter told a group of religion writers. “If we do the same thing we’ve done before that hasn’t worked…
Recovering the “new evangelism”
Fifty years ago, in May 1964, a diverse group of Baptists from across North America gathered in Atlantic City to celebrate the culmination of a five-year evangelism campaign (1959-1964). With the participation of American Baptists, African-American Baptists, Canadian Baptists and…
When government spies on religion
By Aaron Weaver On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. In the immediate aftermath of that landmark ruling, Christian conservatives took to social media and television to declare victory and many…