CBF Head Announces Leadership Transition
DECATUR, Ga. — Suzii Paynter, who in March 2013 became only the third executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, announced today that she is working with
Neal Challenges Assembly to Live into ‘Oneness’ During CBF Commissioning Service
DALLAS — “I don’t pretend that living into this oneness instead of sameness is easy business,” said Jerusha Neal, assistant professor of homiletics
Executive Coordinator Addresses #MeToo and #ChurchToo in Report to CBF Assembly
DALLAS — #MeToo, #ChurchToo and clergy sexual abuse and misconduct were the focus CBF Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter’s report during the Thursday (June
Speakers Encourage Cooperative Baptists to Seek Transformation in Local, Global Church
DALLAS — “The western church has been losing muscle every year,” Wade Bibb, senior pastor of Central Baptist Church of Bearden in Knoxville,
Women Must Be Able to ‘Fulfill Their God-Given Callings,’ London Tells General Assembly
DALLAS — During the opening night of the 2018 CBF General Assembly in Dallas, speakers focused on highlighting the ministry work of Fellowship
CBF, SBC Gather in Dallas for 2018 Meetings
For the first time, national gatherings of the Southern Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 2018 will meet in the same city on the same
Illuminating Fundamentalism
The release of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s “Illumination Project” quickly sparked criticism from Fundamentalists on the right — and the left.
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
“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
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,