Aug 16, 2024 | Executive Coordinator
In his book Markings, Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat and second Secretary General of the United Nations, wrote, “For all that has been —Thanks; for all that shall be — Yes!” Scribbled in his personal diary in 1953, perhaps after learning he had been named to his...
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...
