by Elizabeth-Anne Nordgren Lovell | Aug 16, 2019 | Opinion
I want you to put yourself in my shoes for a moment. You just turned 25 a month ago. You have blonde highlights that you like to say are “natural in the summer.” You are in your third year at Central Seminary in the Women’s Leadership Initiative. You are the youngest...
by Marilee White | Aug 5, 2019 | Opinion
There is a liberating spirit in Cuba. You may think I am talking about a spirit of revolution, but what I am talking about is dance. I traveled to Cuba recently with seven other students enrolled in the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) master of divinity program at...
by Joe LaGuardia | Nov 15, 2017 | Opinion
Christianity is beginning to flourish again in Cuba. This was evident during a mission trip that I took with a small group of clergy and lay leaders to Cuba through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) in early November. In partnership with the Fraternity of...
by Joe LaGuardia | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion
Two Baptist leaders from Cuba stayed with my family recently. Maykel Baez Bruffau, pastor of Iglesia Bautista El Jordan and president of the Fraternity of Baptist Churches of Cuba, and Ms. Lissett, a musician and worship leader in a sister Cuban church, visited the...
by Brian Kaylor | May 18, 2016 | News
Missouri Baptist leaders heard stories of joy and growth mixed with those of obstacles and persecution during a recent trip to Cuba. Leaders from Churchnet, The Baptist Home and Future Leadership Foundation are exploring partnership possibilities in the eastern part...
