The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship announced that Laura Davis and Stephen Cook will share leadership of Dawnings, its congregational discernment initiative.
Unforced errors
In tennis, players hit shot after shot back and forth over the net and then between the lines into their opponent’s court. If they fail to properly return a routine shot back to their opponent, they commit what is called…
CBF Governing Board hears Global Service Corps relaunch plans as Baxley calls leaders to “press on”
“I believe God is calling us to be a Baptist denominational community that exists to help congregations and their leaders take their next faithful step toward the transformation of their communities,” CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley told leaders Thursday at…
CBF and Alliance join others in promoting safe and fair elections
Religious groups are pulling out all the stops with training and strategy-sharing events to promote and defend the right to vote in the coming midterm elections. “We’re all looking at how can we be authentic to our faith and still…
When Fewer People Receive Food Assistance, Did Hunger Actually Decline?
Nearly 43,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley have stopped receiving SNAP benefits since November 2025. But did 43,000 people stop being hungry?
A Pastoral Response To Our Immigrant Neighbors
I cannot speak for anyone else, but, as for me, the current crisis facing our immigrant neighbors – tragically underscored by the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 7 and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero on July 13 – keeps…
Cooperative Baptists Challenge Christian Nationalism, Advocate for Loving Neighbors
Earlier this month, the Southern Baptist Convention met in Orlando, Florida, and again voted against women in ministry. The next week, some Baptists met a couple hours north in Jacksonville for their own annual gathering. And you don’t have to look very…
CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Missions and Ministry budget of more than $16 million was adopted June 19 during CBF’s General Assembly in Jacksonville, Fla. The $16,118,827 spending plan for 2026-2027 is close to the previous year’s budget and supports ethnic…
‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns
Christians who vilify the poor, LGBTQ people and women practice a version of the faith that is heavy on the Bible but light on words of Jesus, said Howard-John Wesley, senior pastor of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in…
Why are we still calling ourselves ‘moderate’ Baptists?
A few weeks ago, I sat with a Baptist leader who described himself as a “moderate Baptist.” He meant it as a compliment, and most people in our circles would receive it that way. After all, “moderate” is one of…
The CBF witness is more important now than ever
When I was growing up in Eastern Kentucky, I spent most of my time inside the doors of our Southern Baptist church. Sunday mornings, Sunday nights, Wednesday evenings — I was there. We were one of those small “church plants”…
Working for Justice in the World: FaithWorks Recognized as a Racial Justice Trailblazer
From its beginnings, the mission of FaithWorks has evolved through experimentation, through assessing the needs of the churches and through its partnerships with other justice-oriented organizations.