ATLANTA – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship have partnered to employ a field coordinator for the state of Tennessee. Terry Maples has been named to this position and will begin work June 1. He will be based out of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
“Terry brings to this position a wealth of experience in congregational ministry as well as a passion for missions,” said CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal. “We are privileged to have him as a part of the leadership team for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Tennessee.”
For many years, CBF and Tennessee CBF have actively cooperated in the promotion of their complementary mission and vision throughout Tennessee. As field coordinator, Maples will work to advance both the mission and identity of CBF and the purpose and goals of Tennessee CBF. He will serve Christians and churches in Tennessee, providing resources, support and encouragement and facilitating opportunities for fellowship and missions service.
“After 27 years of meaningful local church ministry in Florida and Virginia, I am excited to serve as field coordinator for the Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship,” Maples said. “The Fellowship is my theological home where I find kindred spirits. TCBF folks are deeply committed to historic Baptist principles and values embraced by The Fellowship. I believe the future of TCBF is bright, and I look forward to serving alongside free and faithful Baptists in Tennessee.”
Maples currently serves as associate pastor for education and discipleship at Huguenot Road Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. Previously, he served at Westwood Baptist Church, Springfield, Va., and East Hill Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla. He has also been an adjunct professor at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, a CBF partner, since 2001. Maples, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the University of Alabama, has been involved with CBF since its inception.
“At the beginning of our search when the Coordinating Council first articulated its vision of the characteristics of the ideal field coordinator, we had no idea that we were exactly describing the life and ministry of Terry Maples,” said Dr. John Rohde, chair of the search committee and moderator of TCBF. “Among the numerous impressive candidates that were under consideration, we are convinced that Terry is exactly who we have been looking for. In returning to his home state to lead our Fellowship, he is bringing a combination of new energy and mature leadership to our efforts to support churches and individuals as they seek to be the presence of Christ in Tennessee.”
CBF is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice. The Fellowship’s mission is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission.
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