Global Baptists Gather in Thailand for BWA Gathering
About 300 Baptists from nearly 50 nations trekked to Bangkok, Thailand, this week for the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance.
Meeting in a predominately Buddhist
Incoming Moderator Challenges Cooperative Baptists to “Love Much and Love Well”
ATLANTA — Cooperative Baptists heard from the Fellowship’s two top-elected leaders during the Friday business session of the 2017 General Assembly: current CBF Moderator Doug Dortch, and
Elijah Brown Nominated for Baptist World Alliance General Secretary
Native Texan Elijah Brown is being nominated to be the next general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance.
Brown was formally approved by the BWA Executive Committee
Partee Wins Grant to Digitize Word&Way Archive
The Partee Missouri Baptist Archive at William Jewell College won a digital imaging grant from the Institute of Museum and Library
When Gospel Sermons Came on the Phonograph
(The Conversation) The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of slaves born into the
“You’ve Made the Road by Walking,” McLaren Tells Cooperative Baptists
ATLANTA — Stepping out in faith not knowing the destination is part of the story of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, popular author and theologian Brian McLaren
Car-Care Ministries a Growing Niche in Midsize Cities
(RNS) When he founded the car-care ministry at McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church 15 years ago, David McCoy knew he was filling a need
Nonprofit Leader and Former Executive Nominated as CBF Moderator-Elect
DECATUR, Ga.—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship nominating committee recommended Gary Dollar, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader and former executive, as the organization’s next moderator-elect.
Dollar lives in Glen Carbon,
American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit Meets in Portland
The American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit is meeting at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, June 30-July 2. The theme of the 2017 Summit is
2017 CBF General Assembly Meets June 26-30 in Atlanta
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly will meet June 26-30 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga. The meeting marks the organization's first quarter century.