FBC Pendleton has its own woodchucks
Members of FBC Pendleton know the answer to the old riddle of “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Almost 100 truckloads last year to heat the homes of six households.
E-Learning Center at BCOB helps students/parents
Volunteers at The Baptist Church of Beaufort are staffing an e-learning center equipped with Wi-Fi to provide a place for students to attend virtual classes and complete their assignments while parents work.
Some of our preschools and daycares are reopening after months of silence
Most of our pre-school and child development centers are open and because of their CBFSC connection, directors are able to share valuable information and advice on how best to operate their centers during Covid-19.
Pastoral resident: What you don’t learn in seminary
Serving two years as a pastoral resident at First Baptist Church in Greenville is teaching Camille Loomis Rehnborg the ministry skills she did not learn in seminary.
Summer of racial tensions and online ministry challenging for first-year pastor
Being part of the CBF Fellows Cohort has helped first year pastor Jeffrey Howard find his way through a summer of racial tensions and online ministry.
A roller coaster ride for Preston Cooley—career and Covid
Preston Cooley had plans to become a sports broadcaster but a part-time job at Trinity Baptist Church in Seneca changed his mind. He is now beginning his career of ministry and service as CBF Fellow on a roller-coaster ride caused by Covid-19.
Moving from biochemistry to ministry, CBF Fellow Lucy Cauthen knows how to adjust to change
Lucy Cauthen was headed toward medical school when she suddenly realized she should shift gears and head for seminary. She is now in her first year of ministry at Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson.
A hundred paths to a new normal
Zeke Stephenson, like most other youth ministers, has had his planned summer turned upside down. And like others, he continues to look for new ways to care for the spiritual wellbeing of teenagers and their families.
Home-churned ice cream on the porch replaces VBS, summer camps at FBC Laurens
No VBS. No summer camps. But children’s ministry at First Baptist Church in Laurens still found ways to keep children and their families engaged.
Summertime, Covid and Youth
It’s been a messy summer for youth ministry but Mary Carol Anderson has worked hard to find ways to motivate and keep in touch with young people at First Baptist Church in Greenville, even with no camps or mission trips.