MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist supporters of women in church leadership looked back on 25 years of triumphs and setbacks June 18 as Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its first quarter-century in Memphis, Tenn. About 150 people gathered at Memphis’…
Young CBF supporters mark 9/11 with mission projects
DALLAS (ABP) — Baptists around the nation are doing something constructive to remember a day characterized by destruction. In memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will host a day of mission projects…
‘Missional engagement’ should have priority, say respondents
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) – “Missional” engagement will have a high priority in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of the future, if comments from participants at the group’s annual General Assembly are any indication. During its June 19-20 meeting in Memphis, Tenn.,…
This
is a
test
CBF expands poverty commitment; launches process for future direction
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — An update on how the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is helping achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals — a commitment the organization’s top decision-making body made last fall — topped the agenda of the CBF’s annual…
Civil-rights leader garners
Whitsitt Courage Award
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the last remaining lions of the Civil Rights Movement, received the Whitsitt Courage Award at a meeting of Baptist historians in Memphis, Tenn., June 19. The award honors individuals who demonstrate “Baptist…
No easy answers dealing with religious, civil dimensions of marriage
WASHINGTON (ABP)—In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When—and why—did the government get into the sanctification business? When the preacher, at the end of…
Civil-rights struggle ongoing, journalists at ABP event say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The struggle for civil rights is not over, and moderate Baptists must carry the cause, journalists exhorted participants at the annual Associated Baptist Press dinner June 19 in Memphis, Tenn. On various levels and in numerous…
CBF General Assembly begins with historic commissioning service
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship commissioned 18 people for global missions service June 18 in a history-making place — a local church. Traditionally, CBF has commissioned new personnel at the same venue in which each annual meeting…
CBF General Assembly begins with historic commissioning service
A liturgical dancer performs during a commissioning service for 18 new Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel June 18 at the First Baptist Church of Memphis, Tenn. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship commissioned 18 people for global missions…
Mission projects precede CBF General Assembly in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Andrea Zintzun, 16, knows she’s been blessed by others, so packing boxes of rice at the Memphis Food Bank just seemed like a good thing to do. “There are people who blessed us, and we need…
Mission projects precede CBF General Assembly in Memphis
More than 60 participants at the June 18-20 CBF General Assembly in Memphis, Tenn., arrived early to take part in local missions projects. Above, students work at the Memphis Food Bank. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Andrea Zintzun, 16, knows she’s…