HOUSTON (ABP) — Nearly 20 years after its founding as a small breakaway group birthed by controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship exists today as a work of God's grace, the group's top executive said July…
Vestal says CBF a work of God’s grace
HOUSTON (ABP) — Nearly 20 years after its founding as a small breakaway group birthed by controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship exists today as a work of God’s grace, the group’s top executive said July…
Leonard: Baptists must find new ways to express ideals
Leonard speaks at ABP dinner. HOUSTON (ABP) — Baptist denominational systems across the United States are in transition and being redefined, spawning a number of issues that are complicating and clouding the Baptist landscape, historian Bill Leonard told a…
Respond to Muslims with compassion, leaders tell Baptists
HOUSTON (ABP) — Baptists should relate to Muslims on the basis of compassion and friendship, not fear or indifference, say two ministers who are engaged in interfaith dialogue with Islamic leaders. Jesus’ attitude of compassion “is our model for approaching…
Young pastors encourage CBF supporters to ‘Embrace the World’
HOUSTON (ABP) — Attendees to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly got a visceral call to embrace the world — and all their neighbors — in worship July 2. About 2,000 attendees and guests on the first night of the…
CBF moderator urges General Assembly to celebrate movement
HOUSTON (ABP) — Following a year of financial hardship, the moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship urged the group's General Assembly July 2 to celebrate the movement's success and potential for the future. Jack Glasgow, pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church…
CBF moderator urges General Assembly to celebrate movement
HOUSTON (ABP) — Following a year of financial hardship, the moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship urged the group's General Assembly July 2 to celebrate the movement's success and potential for the future. Jack Glasgow, pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church…
Church missions network hailed in CBF commissioning service
Participants at South Main Baptist Church in Houston for the CBF field personnel commissioning service July 1. (CBF photo) HOUSTON (ABP) — Participants at a July 1 commissioning service in Houston, held in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General…
Ministry network recognized, hailed as emerging trend, at commissioning service
HOUSTON—Participants at a commissioning service held in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly not only prayed for six field personnel who are assuming new assignments, but also recognized representatives of a ministry network serving in China. Pastor Steve…
CBF adjusts to budget shortfall
HOUSTON (ABP) — Eight months into the fiscal year, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s revenues were 20 percent below budget, the group’s Coordinating Council learned July 1. But — thanks to a plan in place since March to reduce spending to…
ABCUSA delegates reject bylaw changes
PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) — While celebrating the denomination’s broad ethnic, regional and language diversity at their biennial meeting June 26-28, members of the American Baptist Churches USA also exhibited their ideological diversity. ABCUSA General Secretary Roy Medley speaks to delegates…
After mere months on job, Riverside pastor resigns
NEW YORK (ABP) — A Baptist minister and former Wake Forest Divinity School professor has resigned just nine months after becoming senior pastor of New York’s Riverside Church , a historic congregation identified with the 20th-century Social Gospel movement that…