By Jeff Brumley First Baptist Church of West, Texas, will receive nearly $300,000 from a Baylor University fund established after the fertilizer plant explosion that partially flattened the city in April. The money from the Baylor West Relief Fund will…
What’s next for CBF chaplaincy?
By Jeff Brumley Jim Pope will become interim chaplaincy and pastoral counseling endorser for CBF when George Pickle steps down from that position on June 30. What he will not become – ever – is a candidate for the Pickle’s…
Church in foreclosure? Make a plan
By Jeff Brumley A Missionary Baptist pastor in Anniston, Ala., learned recently that his church faces foreclosure and its building may be auctioned to the highest bidder by the end of the month. The Anniston Star reported Friday that Pastor…
Man-made disaster plan still a dream
By Jeff Brumley Organizers of a CBF-sponsored conference held in April to help ministers and counselors emotionally impacted by the Sandy Hook massacre say they’re prepared to replicate the program if needed. However, they add that it’s yet to become…
Rest elusive for disaster workers
By Jeff Brumley Barbecues, trips to the mountains, visits to the beach or just relaxing in the backyard are options for many pastors during the summer. But not those who find themselves and their congregations at ground zero of recent…
CBF joins Red Cross, others in Sandy fund
By Jeff Brumley The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is joining forces with some of the biggest names in disaster relief and social services to provide long-term assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy. A CBF representative and the Fellowship’s logo appeared at…
Intentional communities inspire, scare
By Jeff Brumley Intentional, service-focused Christian communities are getting a lot of buzz in the emergent and missional movements these days, and they’re catching the eye of Baptist groups like the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. But the movement – sometimes called…
Historian tackles believer’s baptism
By Jeff Brumley Baptist historian Bill Leonard waded into the troubled waters of believer’s baptism June 28, but told his audience it’s really another issue that should be engaging them. “We have to rediscover what it means to say we…
At 81, Baptist a Moral Monday protester
By Jeff Brumley When Baptist Jacqueline Allen of Chapel Hill began participating this month in the Moral Monday protests against the Republican-led North Carolina legislature, she got a loving-but-firm admonition from her daughter and son-in-law: don’t get arrested. “An 81-year-old…
CBF lauds ‘chaplain’s pastor’ George Pickle
By Jeff Brumley George Pickle was sent off by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship chaplains and pastoral counselors Thursday with a stack of plaques, two hours of laughter and more important reminders that he will always be their friend and spiritual leader….
‘Dawnings’ a way of living, being church
By Jeff Brumley Dawnings, CBF’s new missional process for congregations, is about discerning God’s will for churches and ministries, Bo Prosser, coordinator of missional congregations, said during a presentation about the system today in Greensboro, N.C. What it is not, he…
Busy, historic General Assembly for CBF
By Jeff Brumley General Assembly 2013 is expected to be one of the busier – and more historic – gatherings in CBF’s history, as participants welcome a new leader and vote to significantly streamline the organization to meet current and…