By Jeff Brumley Organizers of a CBF-sponsored conference held in April to help ministers and counselors emotionally impacted by the Sandy Hook massacre say they’re prepared to replicate the program if needed. However, they add that it’s yet to become…
Rest elusive for disaster workers
By Jeff Brumley Barbecues, trips to the mountains, visits to the beach or just relaxing in the backyard are options for many pastors during the summer. But not those who find themselves and their congregations at ground zero of recent…
CBF joins Red Cross, others in Sandy fund
By Jeff Brumley The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is joining forces with some of the biggest names in disaster relief and social services to provide long-term assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy. A CBF representative and the Fellowship’s logo appeared at…
Paynter unveils vision for ‘CBF 2.0’
This story was edited after posting to correct an error in the 13th paragraph. By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s new executive coordinator said supporting churches face a choice: “We can be alone, or we can be an even…
CBF orients new leadership groups
By Bob Allen As most of the 2,327 registrants for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s 2013 General Assembly packed suitcases and departed Greensboro, N.C., for home, a few dozen individuals lingered Saturday morning for orientation in the Fellowship’s newly minted governing…
CBF embraces change
By Bob Allen 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, N.C. Last year’s General Assembly in…
CBF prays for former moderator
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship departed briefly from its official agenda in Friday morning’s business session to voice prayer for a former moderator facing surgery. CBF Moderator Keith Herron, senior pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City,…
CBF lauds ‘chaplain’s pastor’ George Pickle
By Jeff Brumley George Pickle was sent off by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship chaplains and pastoral counselors Thursday with a stack of plaques, two hours of laughter and more important reminders that he will always be their friend and spiritual leader….
BWIM celebrates 30 years
By Bob Allen Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its 30th anniversary June 26 in a packed auditorium at First Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., in conjunction with the June 26-28 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. “Tonight we have come here…