As a first timer to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, I was new to name tag ribbons. After checking in, I paused with my name tag at the table strewn with colors, examining the various identities like “Chaplain,” “El Familia” and…
Religious freedom has been ‘white too long,’ BJC speakers declare
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and its new Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation are urgently needed to counter the white supremacy menacing religious liberty for all in the United States, scholar and Baptist minister Adam Bond said. They…
Historians Bond and Brekus to headline upcoming BJC events
Two historians will headline upcoming events sponsored by Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. Catherine Brekus, the Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, will give BJC’s annual Walter B. and Kay W….
Butler and Barr connect the dots between race and gender and patriarchy
“Race and gender and patriarchy always go together,” Beth Allison Barr said at the outset of a lively conversation with Anthea Butler during the Friends of BNG dinner June 30 in Dallas. Barr, a history professor at Baylor University and…
Public schools need churches as supporters and advocates, CBF panelists stress
The ongoing attack on public education is prompted by fear, orchestrated across state lines and fueled by money, participants at the 2022 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly learned. But supporters can make a positive impact for the greater good on…
Women in ministry face daily slights that add up, BWIM leaders explain
While women face well-known and painful obstacles to ministry, the little, daily slights can be just as hurtful and draining, Laura Ellis said during a June 29 workshop hosted by Baptist Women in Ministry. “The smaller but not-insignificant microaggressions really…
Churches’ eco-stewardship can protect ‘the tree of life,’ San Antonio congregation shows
With research, planning and commitment, a single congregation can provide a faithful ecological witness and take steps to combat climate change, members of Woodland Baptist Church in San Antonio told participants at the 2022 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. Jeni…
God calls all kinds of people to behold the Lamb of God, West tells CBF
God uses different people in different ways, just as seen throughout creation, Houston pastor Ralph West told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship June 30. “Have you noticed in a careful reading of Scripture that God doesn’t do any two things in…
Together for Hope inspires communities to see what they’ve got more than what they’re lacking
The mayor of Sidon, Miss., said courage surged through her town when it encountered Together for Hope, a national coalition that uses holistic approaches to fight poverty in the most economically ravaged American communities. Like most cities and towns in…