Apr 23, 2024 | Adults & Senior Adults, Executive Coordinator, Latest News
As long as I can remember, music has been a part of what being a Baptist means to me. The small church I grew up in was a “singing” church. We did not have classically trained musicians or even a professional minister of music. We did not have a pipe organ or a grand...
Mar 4, 2024 | Executive Coordinator, Latest News
“The togetherness of the Christian community grows from a deep sense of being called together to make God’s compassion visible in the concreteness of everyday living.”—Henri J.N. Nouwen The second creation account in Genesis contains one of the most profound comments...
Aug 1, 2023 | Executive Coordinator, Latest News
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual General Assembly has come and gone. Georgia was honored to host again, welcoming multitudes of friends and Baptist family from across our Fellowship to our great state. Inspiring sermons, inviting worship music (provided by...
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...
Sep 5, 2022 | Executive Coordinator, Latest News
The question I am asked the most is, “How is your work with CBFGA?” Lately, the second most-asked question I get is, “Where is my church going to find its next pastor?” Most of the time, my response is a garbled attempt at explaining the shifting sands of church...
