Instead of just making it through the typical “summer church slump,” CBFNC’s Spiritual Formation Advisory Team has put together a series of faith formation resources for churches to share with congregants during the summer months. “On the Road” by Sarah Blackwell, Providence Baptist, Charlotte Summer means vacation and family road trips! These can be…
In order to help parents with the spiritual formation of their children, CBFNC has partnered with the CBF Children’s Ministry Network to provide a weekly resource. Listen.Talk.Go. provides families with a weekly “spiritual conversation starter” and accompanying activity. We hope this resource empowers parents to have more faith-filled conversations at home! . Download each month’s conversation starters…
This document, provided by the Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership, is a summary of the information gathered by reading and reviewing portions of each curriculum. Feel free to contact Harrison Litzell (hlitzell.baughcenter@gmail.com) at the Baugh Center for further information. Click HERE to access the resource.
This list, prepared by the CBF Youth Ministry Network, provides a variety of vetted Bible studies, curriculum series and books to be used with a youth or young adult group. Click HERE to access the resource.
Stewardship is a spiritual discipline. Just as we grow believers who read Scripture, pray, worship and serve, we are called to develop Christ followers who view generosity as a key element of the life of faith. To this end, these lessons for adults, youth and children, created by CBF Global and Smyth & Helwys, have…
Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus is a new study from CBF Global. It calls us back to the central focus of our Christian faith, the Risen and Living Jesus! This study invites congregations into deeper faithfulness with each other, equips congregations to offer a bold and positive witness to the risen Jesus and transforms us…
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…