by Sue Poss | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Beth McConnellChair, CBFSC Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee is charged with bringing balance to the CBFSC Coordinating Council as it fills vacant spots each year. We have done the majority of our work for 2020-2021. We had the privilege of talking with...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
I remain shocked at the violence, racism, and hatred on display in Charlottesville last weekend. White supremacy, Nazism, the KKK, and the amalgam of bigoted nationalism seeking to divide country and community on the basis of ethnicity, origin, or faith is...
by admin | Jan 3, 2017 | Missions Update
Every year, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina awards mission partnership grants to organizations involved in cultivating beloved community, bearing witness to Jesus Christ, and/or seeking transformational development in our state. This past year we...
by jay@cbfsc.org | Jul 8, 2016 | Coordinator Update
In my deep sadness over the killings in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas I sought wisdom and hope from an old friend, a 35-year old systematic theology book. It is an old fashioned text and some of its conclusions are dated (frankly, hard to hear with modern ears)....
by jay@cbfsc.org | Jun 29, 2016 | Coordinator Update
CBF’s General Assembly in Greensboro last week affirmed for me the power and hope of a fellowship engaging the mission of God in the world. When we gather as the Fellowship each year we renew relationships, share stories, dream dreams, and discern the will of God for...
by jay@cbfsc.org | Jun 29, 2016 | Coordinator Update
I came home from General Assembly in Greensboro, NC this year with a strong sense of how personal and close to the faithful hearts of Fellowship-folk our work is. Since the Orlando Pulse murders, some in CBF’s grassroots have issued impassioned calls for greater LGBTQ...
by admin | May 23, 2016 | Missions Update
This past Saturday we gathered in Allendale, SC, as we have for the past 7 years, for the We Care Allendale Workday. For seven years people from CBFSC churches gathered in Allendale for a day of service: building ramps, hanging sheetrock, hosting reading fairs,...
by admin | May 2, 2016 | Coordinator's Blog
At this year’s General Assembly at Timberlake Baptist Church, CBFSC entered a three-year covenantal partnership with Palmetto Works Community Development Corporation in Conway, SC. This ministry, an offshoot of partner congregation Palmetto Missionary Baptist...
by jay@cbfsc.org | Mar 1, 2016 | Coordinator Update, Coordinator's Blog
Very many “yes” and one “no,” is how votes usually went in one church I served. My dear friend (let’s call him DF for short) would very often vote “no” because he had remaining questions about the issue, the budget, or the implementation of our plans. DF questioned...
by admin | Jul 6, 2015 | Coordinator Update
The month of June was very busy. On the first day of June I woke up in Kosice, Slovakia where I was visiting Jon and Tanya Parks, CBF Field Personnel to the Roma. I was taking part in a mission immersion trip they had put together as well as scouting out the...
