NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Southern Baptists’ new spokesman for moral and religious-liberty concerns offered a corrective for Christian involvement in politics in a wide-ranging, 45-minute interview July 8 on C-SPAN. “I think there was a day when evangelical Christians in…
Churches have role to play, Suzii Paynter tells conference on immigration
DALLAS (ABP) — Faith communities in the United States both serve and benefit from immigrants, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter said July 10 in a conference at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. “Immigrants have brought…
Spiritual formation: more than a buzz phrase
Two words combined to be a buzz phrase have appeared at different times and in different ways in Baptist life lately, especially at CBF General Assembly last month: Spiritual. Formation. The new Dawnings CBF initiative that offers a missional visioning…
CBF head Suzii Paynter says organizational changes will move Fellowship forward
GREENSBORO (ABP) — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship executive coordinator Suzii Paynter described a “vortex of change” during her first 121 days in office in her report to the final meeting of group’s 22-year-old Coordinating Council June 26. “It’s been a whirlwind,”…
CBF leaders hope strategic changes signal a new day for the group as it grapples with identity
GREENSBORO (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship “embraced the challenge of change” during the past 12 months, CBF Moderator Keith Herron said in his report to the 2013 General Assembly June 28 in Greensboro. Last year’s General Assembly in Fort…
Baptist Women in Ministry celebrates 30 years of a movement ‘started with a sense of outrage’
GREENSBORO (ABP) — Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its 30th anniversary June 26 in a packed auditorium at First Baptist Church in Greensboro in conjunction with the June 26-28 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. “Tonight we have come here to…
‘Dawnings’ is spiritual formation for churches, not a strategic plan, CBF leaders say
GREENSBORO (ABP) — Dawnings, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’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 in Greensboro. What it is…
At CBF’s General Assembly, old structures will pass into history, say leaders
General Assembly 2013 is expected to be one of the busier — and more historic — gatherings in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s history, as participants welcome a new leader and vote to significantly streamline the organization to meet current and…
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