By Alan Bean I was a graduate student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville when the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was founded in 1991. I left Southern Baptist life to become an American Baptist minister in 1994, and last…
CBF General Assembly…
I am in Ft. Worth at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual General Assembly, sitting on the second floor lobby of the Omni Hotel looking out at the Convention Center, where most of the activity is taking place. This is my…
Vestal focuses on God in final sermon
By Jeff Brumley There were plenty of big developments for Daniel Vestal to address in his final sermon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June 22, including approval of the 2012 Task Force report, the issue of “letters of…
Baptists who “do this”
Cooperative Baptists are Baptists who “do this” when they get together. They “do this” not only in their local churches but also in their assemblies and in the institutions of theological education with which they partner. I’m talking about the…
CBF enters year of transition
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looks forward to an “in-between year” characterized by implementation of a new identity statement and a search for a successor to retiring CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, the group’s incoming moderator said June….
CBF to vote on identity plan
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship votes June 22 on a new model for identity, governance and financial support intended to guide the moderate Baptist group formed in 1991 for the next 20 years. The recommendations are result of…
CBF chaplains see gains
By Jeff Brumley Last year, Cooperative Baptist Fellowhsip chaplains arose at the General Assembly in Tampa to demand a more prominent seat at the table of denominational life. In a Thursday workshop at this year’s assembly, some of those leaders said…
CBF chaplains see gains
CBF kicks off Assembly
By Bob Allen The 22nd annual Cooperative Baptist Fellowship began June 21 in Fort Worth, Texas, with a concert by singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, celebrations honoring retiring Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and opportunities for Fellowship Baptists to learn and share ideas…
Group builds home, hope in 10 days
By Bob Allen Butch and Mary Ann Brown were nearly at a loss for words walking for the first time through their new home built by volunteers with the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. “Beautiful,” Butch, terminally ill and confined to a…
CBF at crossroads
By Marv Knox Three issues — two on the agenda and one not — will occupy the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s attention during its General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, June 21-22. First will be the retirement of CBF’s longtime executive…
CBF at crossroads
By Marv Knox Three issues — two on the agenda and one not — will occupy the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s attention during its General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, June 21-22. First will be the retirement of CBF’s longtime executive…