Feb 15, 2023 | Executive Coordinator, Latest News
Ms. Crumbliss, my beloved high school history teacher, first introduced me to Studs Terkel, one of America’s best-known oral historians. Terkel’s long and twisting career in radio and writing found focus in the mid-1960s as he published his first book of oral...
Jan 30, 2023 | Executive Coordinator, Latest News
Songs like “Blessed Assurance,” “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” “Victory in Jesus,” and “Higher Ground” were staples in my home church. These songs and so many like them draw us together to sing in harmony the story of faith. “I love to tell the story, ‘twill be my...
Jan 30, 2023 | Latest News, Moderator
AS WE EMBARK on a new year together as CBF Georgia, it is customary to introduce myself as the new moderator for 2023. Though born in Mississippi, I call Memphis, Tennessee, my “hometown.” I joined the staff of First Baptist Church, Griffin, in 2018 after spending...
Oct 8, 2022 | Latest News, Moderator
Dallas was hot! But the meeting rooms were cold! We had an uplifting time at the 2022 General Assembly in Texas! Georgia was well represented. For our state meeting, on the opening evening, we joined with CBF of Alabama to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Seeing the room...
Sep 23, 2022 | College & Young Adults, Latest News, Theological Education & Scholarships
To live a life that matters one needs a theology that matters, which is what must be cultivated with students, educators, churches, and other partners of the faith. The future of theological education — what an audacious and presumptuous title! When I was a kid...
