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Mom CBF, Dad SBC, I love you. Stop fighting.

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Laura Rector — 2 Comments ↓

Divorce hurts children. My grandparents’ divorce still hurts their children and their grandchildren to this day — even though both have been dead for years. Certainly, the pain has lessened in time, but the wound is still there, for many…

Tagged with: CBF, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, divorce, SBC, Southern Baptist Convention
Posted in Religion, Women in Ministry, Young Baptists

How long will women pastors be news?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Molly Brummett — 1 Comment ↓

It is time for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches to end the double standard of ordaining women to the ministry but refusing to allow them to serve. I am a Baptist female trying to be faithful to God’s call upon my…

Tagged with: baptist pastor, Baptist Women in Ministry, Carol McEntyre, CBF, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, female pastor
Posted in Theology, Women in Ministry, Young Baptists

When all else fails, you gotta support your kids

Posted on March 21, 2013 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Two giants in North American Christian ministry died this week. One was well known across various Christian traditions. The other was not, but was no less a giant. Gordon Cosby of The Church of the Saviour fame died this week.…

Tagged with: Baptist, Baptist Women in Ministry, elevator, George Bullard, Gordon Cosby, Missions, North America, pastor, Quentin Lockwood, Rural-Urban Missions, senior pastor, solo pastor, Susan Lockwood, The Church of the Saviour, urban legend, William Tanner, Women Pastors
Posted in Blog Posts, Leadership, Ministry, Women in Ministry

Why are you still single?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brittany Riddle — 3 Comments ↓

Fresh out of seminary and looking for a job, Brittany Riddle expected tough questions about her age, lack of experience and gender, but she wasn’t prepared for intrusive questions about her personal life. This time last year I anxiously awaited the moment…

Tagged with: age, Baptist Women in Ministry, clergy, experience, gender, Marriage, ministers, ministry, search committee, Seminary, single, Women
Posted in Ministry, Social Issues, Women in Ministry, Young Baptists

Reading Scripture is like rock climbing

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Mimi Haddad — No Comments ↓

Settling for the “clearest reading” of a Bible passage is not enough if doing so causes the Bible to contradict itself. In a recent interview with the New Voice Media Group (which includes Associated Baptist Press), I used rock climbing…

Tagged with: 1 Timothy 2:11-15, Aquila, Bible, Ephesus, Paul, Priscilla, Reading, rock climbing, Scripture, women ministers, Women Pastors
Posted in Ministry, Religion, Social Issues, Theology, Women in Ministry

Amanda died the other day, but her singing continues

Posted on December 11, 2012 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Almost four decades ago while I was serving as pastor of an inner city congregation near a Baptist seminary, I would often have seminary students visit to see if they could obtain some ministry experience as a volunteer with our…

Tagged with: african-american, angel, anglo-american, Catholic, Church, churches, congregation, congregations, inter-racial, Methodist, ministry, Music, opera, pastor, saint, Seminary, volunteer, worship
Posted in Death, Faithful Living, Grief, Ministry, Women in Ministry

Over and under

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Karen Curry — No Comments ↓

Overwhelmed and under qualified. That’s how I feel many times when I survey the things that fill my plate. Actually, I should say plates, because on any given day there are a number of plates that I juggle to keep…

Tagged with: Balance, Children, Marriage, ministry, Motherhood
Posted in Faithful Living, Marriage, Parenting, Women in Ministry

Deacons in a Baptist church are a waste if . . .

Posted on September 10, 2012 by George Bullard — 9 Comments ↓

Sarah looks at the ballot for deacons for the coming year in her congregation. Today in the Sunday worship services is the annual election of a new set of deacons. As she looks at the ballot, she wonders to herself,…

Tagged with: Baptist, Church, churches, congregation, congregations, deacons, election, Grace, maturity, nomination, servanthood, spiritual, Sunday, worship
Posted in Leadership, Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Women in Ministry

Asking Good Questions

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Barrett Owen — No Comments ↓

“[And] they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.” (Luke 2.46, NRSV) This month hundreds of thousands of students flock back to school ready to learn, ready to read, and ready to…

Tagged with: Education, Formation, hope, Instilling confidence, School, Spiritual Practice, Student-Teacher Relationships
Posted in Faithful Living, Leadership, Ministry, Social Issues, Spiritual Formation, Women in Ministry, Young Baptists

Number crunching and list keeping

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Pam Durso — No Comments ↓

Every couple years I put on my accountant hat and crunch numbers. Not the tax-paying accountant hat I put every year by April 15 and sweat over numbers. My number-crunching-accountant hat is the one I put on when I start…

Tagged with: Baptist, Women Pastors
Posted in Uncategorized, Women in Ministry