By Paul Baxley The theme of this year’s campaign for the Offering for Global Missions is “Equipping with Every Good Thing.” But this is much more than a theme. It…
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By Shelah Acker Grace is the head of the social work department at Refuge and Hope in Kampala, Uganda. She is also a counselor. Grace teaches a peer counseling class…
By Andy Hale What happens when Christianity still has the language, institutions and Scriptures of faith, but no longer resembles Jesus? Recorded live at CBF General Assembly in Jacksonville, this…
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 Michelle Norman, CBF field personnel in Barcelona, Spain Recently, Matt and I participated in the European Baptist Federation Council meeting in Albania. Prior to the meeting, we had the…
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 Andy Hale Few parenting conversations can generate anxiety as quickly as sexuality, gender, relationships and the world our children are growing up in. But what if parents began those…
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….