In this webinar presented by the CBFNC Spiritual Formation Ministry Team learn about opportunities and resources for encouraging spiritual formation and connection for your congregation during the summer months. Topics include: summer reading, devotions for travel, creation care, exercise/wellness, and church on vacation. Click HERE to download the Summer Creation Care Guide for Churches and Families. Click…
Join on the journey that pastors and churches have avoided for years. Who are young adults, what is their habitat, how do we lure them into church and how can we do all this without changing anything and with minimal budget and effort. There are no miraculous answers but an invitation to join in the…
How to read the book of Job and all its disparate parts well has long been the quest of Job scholars. In recent years, scholars have increasingly identified elements of comedy within the book, satire, parody, etc. How might it change our interpretation of the book of Job if we understood it as a comedy?…
In this session Rev. Andrew Tatum, a clinical mental health chaplain, and Dr. Amanda Price, a clinical psychologist, will offer insight into the landscape of mental health in contemporary American culture, explore the possibility of a theological understanding of mental illness, and offer space to imagine the role of the church in the face of…
The webinar, led by Rafael Hernandez, will explain briefly some principles from the Book of Ruth (Ruth as an immigrant from Moab) that we should be aware when we are serving in NC a very diverse immigrant community. We will emphasize the concrete practice of justice, mercy, respect, and tolerance as paradigms that we see…
Since the beginning of the Christian era, believers have used the term “darkness” to mean absence of good and absence of God. What does a faithful believer do when they suffer and cannot find God’s presence? This webinar, led by Layne Wallace, details a life story, the feeling of God’s absence, and describes a way…
This study provided by CBF Global, invites you to ask where the Holy Spirit is calling you to participate in the mission of the triune God in the world today. By exploring the biblical commitments and urgent contexts of CBF’s Mission Distinctives, you will discover a compelling case to place your gifts in service of…
Have you run background checks on all your church volunteers, especially those who work with your children and youth? A recommended site for this is SecureSearch. They have worked with thousands of churches, faith-based, and for-impact organizations to help protect those who cannot protect themselves. If you have any questions you can contact Carol Cristiani, vice…
Our fellowship is filled with amazing ministry experience and resources. We have tapped into this and asked our CBFNC Ministry Teams to create resource lists beneficial for their specific areas of ministry. These resources were featured in our E-news. We hope you will find these lists rich with resources that you will find beneficial to…
This five session Bible study written by CBF of Virginia will help you answer the questions that have arisen as a result of pandemic life – What have we learned that must be carried forward and preserved? What must be left behind because it no longer serves us and can’t take us where we need to…