By Jennifer Colosimo If First Baptist Church Jefferson City (FBC JC) is known for anything, it’s for being kind. No surprise there, as “welcoming warmly and serving generously” are two…
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By Laura Foushee For over six hours, we sat on picnic blankets and wandered around a large park outside of the city as our children hunted for insects and frogs,…
By CBF field personnel Kirk I had my plan. Pack the night before. Load the car at 6. Begin the 10-hour drive north at 11. The plan worked—for a few hours. At…
By Marv Knox Candid conversations about money helped turn the outlook at First Baptist Church in Elkin, N.C., from challenge to opportunity, from concern to optimism. The longtime Cooperative Baptist…
By Ossie McKinney I went to Oakland thinking about the work I was building. I came home thinking about the people who were building me. We often use the word…
By CBF field personnel, Shelah Acker “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us so that your ways may be known on…
By Laura Stephens Reed Over the course of my vocational life, I have served in five different congregations. That means I have been part of hundreds of church staff meetings….
By Elket Rodriguez, CBF Global Migration Advocate 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?…
By Kathy Fraley Layperson, Faith Baptist Church, Georgetown, Kentucky “I pray that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,…
Dear Pastor, “We’ve never done this before.” How often have we pastors heard this reasoning as we try to lead churches into new waters? When you heard about CBF Advocacy’s 2026 focus…