News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

Welcome to the NEW www.thebigdaddyweave.com. Below you’ll find a recent post from The Fellowship Portal, a blog of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. If you have a moment, stop by The Fellowship Portal which now showcases the personal blogs of nearly a dozen CBF Field Personnel located in places such as China, Greece, Macedonia, Belgium, Hungary, [...]

From Vicki Brown of the Associated Baptist Press (September 2008): ATLANTA (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board will reorganize over the next year to focus more on local churches’ involvement in missions and provide flexibility to reach people groups across geographical lines. At their Sept. 8-10 meeting in Atlanta, IMB trustees approved [...]

Thanks to Mike Ruffin for passing this on. From Daniel Vestal: We received word today that Dr. Cecil Sherman, founding coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. He is in M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, for tests and possible treatment options. His wife, Dot, continues to be in [...]

Last year, Lauran Bethell received the Whitsitt Society’s Courage Award. This year Bethell was the keynote speaker at the General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. If you’re not familiar with Bethell, here is her bio: Lauran Bethell is an American Baptist Churches USA global ministry consultant based in Prague, Czech Republic, where she helps [...]

An unfinished thesis kept me from booking a flight to Memphis. I’ve actually been finished with the thesis for a couple of weeks now but that didn’t allow me enough time to get a flight for cheaper than the cost of three-months rent. So, I’ve been browsing the pictures online of the General Assembly here. [...]

The General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship officially kicked off today at the Memphis/Cook County Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The annual assembly began by commissioning 18 people to global missions service. You can read more about that event here. Daniel Vestal, Coordinator of the CBF, delivered a message titled “Discerning Together.” Here’s the [...]

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) has a blog called The Fellowship Portal that has become very active lately. The Fellowship Portal lists ten featured bloggers. One of the featured bloggers is Robert Prince. Prince is the pastor of First Baptist Church, Waynesville, North Carolina. His post is entitled, The Death of Denominations and the Future [...]

Below is my attempt at putting together a comprehensive list of links to CBF-related news stories. I will continue to update this list. Drop a comment if I missed something. National News America’s Other Baptists (Washington Post) Baptists To Read From Dallas Pastor’s Famed Speech (Dallas Morning News) Wrap-Up on Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Meeting (Dallas [...]

Enjoyed a nice (but pricey) breakfast this morning with Bill Leonard and BDW Sr. at the Renaissance Hotel. Always great to share a meal with the esteemed Historian. I even got some great advice/tips from Leonard (and Dr. Shurden just a bit ago) for my thesis on James Dunn that I’m working on. It’s hot [...]

Thursday marks the official beginning of the General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. This year the General Assembly is being held in Washington D.C. And on Friday evening, the CBF and the American Baptist Churches USA will convene and worship together. For more on this historic gathering and celebration of Baptist unity – see [...]