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What kind of Baptist are you?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Do you know the story that periodically makes the rounds about the guy standing on the edge of a bridge ready to jump off to commit suicide? Along comes another person who engages him in conversation trying to get him…

CBF, a candle in search of darkness

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Alan Bean — No Comments ↓

Every good story needs an antagonist, a villain, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship story doesn’t have one. I was a graduate student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville when the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was founded in 1991. I…

The Church and the U.S. Marines

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Steve Law — 3 Comments ↓

Recently I’ve visited several churches. I’ve noticed something in common about all of them, and it’s something that is disconcerting for an organization whose primary purpose is to help people have a faith relationship with Jesus Christ. Here’s my discovery:…

Being a multi-mission partner church

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Barry Howard — No Comments ↓

When describing our church family at First Baptist Pensacola, I usually tell folks that we are a “multi-mission partner, multi-worship service, and multi-generational congregation.” Each of those “multi” dimensions presents a unique set of dynamics. Offering multiple worship services means…

Tagged with: missional
Posted in Ministry, Missions, Organizational Voices

When is a world organization not a world organization?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Several mornings at the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering as I arrived for worship, I picked up a headset to hear the English interpretation of worship that was held primarily in Spanish, but also in other languages. That had never…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, Chile, North American Baptist Fellowship, Santiago
Posted in Organizational Voices

Celebrating with Chilean Baptists is a moving experience

Posted on July 4, 2012 by George Bullard — 2 Comments ↓

What do you do when— in what may be the only time in your life—Baptists from all over the world come to your country for the Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance? Chilean Baptists decided to create a moving…

Tagged with: North American Baptist Fellowship
Posted in Ministry, Organizational Voices

BWA annual gathering is about relationships

Posted on July 2, 2012 by George Bullard — 1 Comment ↓

On Saturday I left for Santiago, Chile to attend the Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. I look forward to seeing current friends and making new friends from throughout the world. Periodically I am asked by a Baptist in…

Reflections on CBF General Assembly

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Mark Wingfield — 1 Comment ↓

It’s no secret that I’ve been a friendly critic of the apparent lack of clear direction afflicting the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in recent years. A challenging column of mine published in another Baptist news journal last year elicited everything from…

Tagged with: 2012 Task Force, Daniel Vestal, general assembly
Posted in Leadership, Organizational Voices, Young Baptists