CBF Ponders What it Means to be a ‘Partner’

What it means to be a “partner” ministry with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship–and how much financial dependence that title implies—have become front-burner issues for the moderate group. The CBF currently devotes 28 percent of its budget to fund...

CBF Grapples With Budget Shortfall

Gifts of $9 million from an anonymous donor will enable the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to continue to appoint new missionaries next year despite budget shortfalls. Participants in last week’s CBF General Assembly approved a basic budget of $17.1 million for...

Wages of Ministry Documented in New Study

New data collected by the Baptist General Convention of Texas as part of a nationwide survey paints a detailed picture of how churches are paying their ministers and church staff. For the first time in many years, the BGCT has collected ministerial compensation data...