 General Assembly Coverage
Don’t miss the news and excitement of the CBF General Assembly in Houston, Texas this week. If you can’t attend, you can follow the event online. Daily coverage will include stories, videos, photo galleries, blog posts and Twitter. Go to www.thefellowship.info to stay up to date.
Prayer Associates
Print out July's Prayer Associates to use at prayer gatherings, Sunday School, your church’s prayer room or at home. Prayer Associates features prayer requests from CBF field personnel around the world. An online version of Prayer Associates is also available.
CBF Offices Closed
The CBF Resource Center in Atlanta will be closed July 6 and 7 in observance of Independence Day. The CBF Store will be closed June 30-July 7 due to the CBF General Assembly and holiday weekend. Web orders may be placed during this time, but will be filled when the store reopens on July 8.
The Carter Offering for Religious Freedom and Human Rights | Deciding what you want to be is not easy in some parts of our world. By virtue of where you are born, your culture dictates what you will be: Shia, Christian, Kurd, Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox. It’s not a matter of choice. The Carter Offering at this year’s General Assembly in Houston, Texas, will support on-going religious liberty projects of the European Baptist Federation and CBF field personnel Lita and Rick Sample. Learn more about the Offering at www.thefellowship.info/carteroffering.
Serve in South Dakota with Together for Hope | In four rural counties in South Dakota, the Fellowship is ministering through Together for Hope, its rural poverty ministry in 20 of the poorest counties in the United States. This long-term presence includes serving alongside American Indian leaders and reservations to better their communities. You and your church can become part of this long-term ministry. Learn more.
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words” (Romans 8:26).
In order to provide care for spiritual, emotional and physical needs, a new generation of leaders in the area of pastoral counseling must be educated and trained. James Pruett, pastoral psychotherapist and supervisor for the Counseling Center in Charlotte, N.C., is working to generate conversations among graduate programs, hospitals, military and others to develop these new leaders. Pray for the necessary resources needed to train and certify new counselors. Pray also for a visionary catalyst to spark conversations among the groups involved.
Pray: More opportunities to pray
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Asian seminary consortium president Lim passes away
Attend CBF’s retreat for women clergy Sept. 28-30 in Atlanta. CBF’s Devita Parnell and Marjorie Thompson will provide leadership on the theme of “Nourished by the Word: Finding Grace in Scripture and Creation.” Learn more at www.thefellowship.info/retreats.
CBF online calendar
Dry and needing water
Stars and Stripes and Scripture Forever
General Assembly is a Family Reunion!
Iran’s Struggle for Freedom – A Reformation?
June 30-July 6
Field Personnel
1 Christopher Rose, transformational ministries, Lima, Peru
3 Nathanael Ballew, 1994, son, Larry & Sarah Ballew, China
3 Jesse Burnette, 1990, son, Ellen & Rick Burnette, Thailand
5 Julie Maas, ministry coordinator, Belize
5 Bob Potts, Emeritus, retired August 1998
6 Shelah Acker, transformational development work, Uganda
6 Sam Harrell, transformational development work, East Africa
Chaplains & Pastoral Counselors
30 Margaret Guenther, Richmond, VA
30 Stan Campbell, Nashville, TN
1 Debra Walters, Lawrenceville, GA
2 Steven Smith, Palm Harbor, FL
3 Ken Cook, Pinson, AL
3 Brenda Lee, Williamsburg, VA
3 Michael Maness, Woodville, TX
3 Ascanio Peguero, Fort Worth, TX
3 Elizabeth Ellis, Crestwood, KY
4 Rachel Coggins, Glendale, AZ
5 Jeff Fryer, Murfreesboro, TN
5 Coy Callicott, Spartanburg, SC
6 William Womack, Columbia, MO
6 Debbie Kubo, Arlington, TX
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