Who is CBF

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Who is CBF?

• Getting to know the Cooperative Baptist
  Fellowship

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Who is CBF?

• CBF is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and
  churches who share a passion for the Great
  Commission of Jesus Christ and a commitment to
  Baptist principles of faith and practice.

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• Made up of individuals and more than 1,800
  partner churches, the Fellowship has an annual
  budget of approximately 16 million and a
  foundation with an additional 37 million to
  provide resources for churches and send global
  missions field personnel to the most neglected
  people groups in the world.

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Fellowship Partners

• The Fellowship partners with 15 theology schools
  and seminaries with a combined enrollment of
  about 2,000 students.
• More than 600 chaplains and pastoral counselors
  are endorsed by the Fellowship. These ministers
  serve in a wide variety of specialized settings.

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• The Fellowship has a paid staff of about 65
  employees in addition to the 163 Global Missions
  field personnel.  
• The Fellowship considers the Atlanta Resource
  Center to be its home office. The Fellowship also
  partners with 18 state and regional CBF
  organizations with combined budgets of more than
  3 million.

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• Some independent agencies supported by CBF
  include the Baptist Center for Ethics, Baptist
  Joint Committee on Religious Liberty and the
  Baptist World Alliance.
• The Fellowship partners with churches and
  organizations around the world in carrying out
  its goal to work among the most neglected.

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What are the Core Values of the Fellowship?

• Baptist Principles
• Biblically-based Global Missions
• Resource Model
• Justice and Reconciliation
• Lifelong Learning and Ministry
• Trustworthiness
• Effectiveness

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Who is CBF?

• Identity, Vision, and Mission

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Identity, Vision, and Mission

• We are a fellowship of Baptist Christians and
  churches who share a passion for the Great
  Commission of Jesus Christ and a commitment to
  Baptist principles of faith and practice.
• Our Vision Being the presence of Christ in the
  world
• Our Mission Serving Christians and churches as
  they discover and fulfill their God-given mission

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CBF Global Missions

• Ministering among the most neglected

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Global Missions

• The goal of Global Missions is to empower the
  most neglected the people who are unevangelized
  and marginalized, those with the greatest needs
  and the fewest resources.

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Holistic missions and ministries

• In as many ways as there are cultures and
  contexts within which we work, we
• Present the Good News and hope for change in
  individual lives and communities
• Demonstrate integrity in our daily ministry
• Recognize the dignity of and show respect for the
  people with whom we work
• Are faithful stewards of all personnel, material,
  physical, and spiritual resources
• Facilitate reproducing church-planting movements

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Team Model

• CBF Global Missions is a team driven
  organization. This means decisions are made at
  the point closest to the action. We view our work
  as taking place in a world without borders
  meaning teams may include personnel in different
  countries, even continents. Teams reach decisions
  by coming to consensus and team members hold each
  other accountable through a monthly reporting
  template and six month covenants. Twice a year,
  our teams gather for face to face team meetings.

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Give and Go

• CBF believes that each Christian is called to
• give and go. We are each called to
• embrace the world.
• There are many ways you can join with CBF either
  through your church or as an individual
  supporter.

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ConnectingIndividuals and churches can connect
with CBF by

• Serving through one of CBFs many projects, such
  as disaster relief, new church starts, or
  international short term projects.
• Giving as an individual donor, or by designating
  gifts through your church.
• Praying for Global Missions field personnel.
• Telling others about the work of CBF.

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CBF Congregational Life

• Resourcing congregations and Christians as they
  discover and fulfill their God-given mission

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Faith Formation

• The Missional Church When sharing in evangelism
  and outreach opportunities, the individual
  Christian seeks ways to share his/her passion on
  purpose in being the presence of Christ.
• Spiritual Formation As we respond to the need
  of each individual, we encourage the on-going
  development of the core of who we are as
  individual believers.

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Building Community

• CBF Congregation Life seeks to build community
  through focusing on the following areas
• Congregational Health
• Baptist Identity and Relationships
• Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue and
  Reconciliation and Justice
• Marriage and Family
• Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, and Ministers in
  Specialized Settings

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Connecting CBF and Churches

• Congregational Life also works to assist churches
  through the following initiatives and programs
• New Church Starts
• The Hispanic Initiative
• Providing Church Resources

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CBF Leadership Development

• discovering, developing and nurturing those who
  are called out to professional ministry

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CBF Leadership Development
Over 2,000 Baptist students are now preparing for
ministry at one of the 15 seminaries, theology
schools or Baptist studies programs in CBF's
network of ministry partnerships. The Fellowship
provides financial support for these schools for
Masters of Divinity degrees through its
Leadership Development Initiative Team
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• The Fellowships partnering theological schools

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Baptist Theological
Seminary at Richmond Baptist University of the
Americas Brite Divinity School Campbell
University Divinity School Candler School of
Theology Central Baptist Theological
Seminary Duke Divinity Scholl George W. Truett
Theological Seminary International Baptist
Theological Seminary Logsdon School of
Theology Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary M. Christopher White School of
Divinity McAfee School of Theology Wake Forest
University Divinity School
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Chaplaincy Pastoral Counseling

• CBF endorses chaplains and pastoral counselors to
  hospital and military service, and provides
  endorsements for membership in various
  professional organizations, such as the
  Association of Professional Chaplains, American
  Association of Pastoral Counselors and the
  Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

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Initiative for Ministerial Excellence

• The Institute for Ministerial Excellence provides
  resources for new and established ministers
  through their
• Sabbatical Program
• Peer Learning Groups
• Ministerial Residencies and Teaching
  Congregations