By Meg Rooney Growing up in the church, I often only associated Jesus with Bible stories. It was easier to separate any talk of Jesus from the rest of my life, allowing it to be contained in the walls of the church. The Bible stories, after all, […]

By Caroline LeGrand In early March, a small delegation from CBF traveled to Washington, D.C. to learn how to put our faith into action and advocate for others. During the week, I kept thinking about power: who has it, who wants it, why they want it, […]

Imagine a society where people are sanctioned where to live based on their vocation and economic status. This same society gives a bleak perspective into what is happening in the world around it through television. And those that govern are swayed […]

The tagline on the CBF website is one that we can all celebrate and, at the same time, be challenged by: Partner in Renewing God’s World By Katherine Smith The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is a Christian network of individuals and churches […]

By Laura Stephens-Reed For a long time there has been commonly-held wisdom about church size dynamics and the role of the pastor at each church size: The family size church has fewer than 50 people, with most of them related to one another. This […]