Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

🙌 You did it! You exceeded the goal in the matching challenge showing your desire to say “Yes” to Christ’s holy ambition for our Fellowship. Your investment in this campaign makes possible this new chapter in our lives as agents of God’s transformation.

We’re now 60% of the way toward our $3.5 million goal at nearly $2.1 million. 🙌

Join your fellow Cooperative Baptists in giving at www.cbf.net/holyambition.

✨ What can a parenting expert teach pastors? Come find out at the Leadership Conversation at 2026 General Assembly!

Join us in Jacksonville for an interactive Leadership Conversation with New York Times bestselling author Michelle Icard.

Michelle has spent years helping families navigate the challenges facing children and teenagers today. In this engaging conversation, she'll explore what pastors and ministry leaders can learn from a parenting expert, the pressures families are facing and how clergy can respond with wisdom and care. ✨

📅 June 17, 2026

🎧 Listen to the "What's Good?" podcast conversation between CBF Coordinator of Congregational Ministries Brian Foreman and Michelle below. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1831160/episodes/19016908

➡️ Register for The Bold Type. https://events.cbf.net/assembly

We'll see you in Jacksonville!

📣 We’re just $8,000 away from reaching our $200,000 Match Challenge goal!

With giving ending tomorrow, this is the final opportunity for every gift to be doubled.

We’re so close to the finish line. Help us close the gap and give today before the deadline! 📣

https://cbf.net/holy-ambition/

👏 The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has named Adrienne Osborne, ministry intern at First Baptist Bristol Tennessee and Jerry Walker, lead pastor at Fellowship Baptist Church of Oak Cliff Dallas, Texas, as the 2026 Vestal Scholars.

The honor recognizes their academic excellence, deep commitment to the local church and leadership shaped by CBF’s values of theological education and faithful ministry development. 🙌

Learn more about our scholars below!
https://cbf.net/cbf-names-adrienne-osborne-and-jerry-walker-2026-vestal-scholars/

🎉We’ve reached 93% of our $200,000 Match Challenge goal — and there are only 4 days left to help us cross the finish line!

The challenge ends THIS SUNDAY, and every dollar given before May 31 will be matched.

There’s still time for your gift to make double the impact. Help us reach the goal and give today! https://cbf.net/holy-ambition/

✝️ Kathy Pickett’s path into ministry began with a surprising call from God—one that came not once, but twice. Her journey from church volunteer and mom to longtime pastor reflects the power of saying "yes" to God’s nontraditional paths into ministry.

Keep reading below to discover how her story is shaping conversations around Called in Context and helping churches recognize gifted leaders already within their congregations.
https://cbf.net/after-being-called-in-context-picketts-ministry-blesses-two-churches-2/

☀️ Have you made plans to join us in Jacksonville in June?

Register for 2026 General Assembly, The Bold Type, from June 17-19 and get your meal tickets soon! The deadline is JUNE 1 for meals! ☀️

https://events.cbf.net/assembly

🚨 Last call is near 🚨

The group hotel rate for 2026 General Assembly ends TOMORROW! Register for The Bold Type and reserve your room by Saturday at the Hyatt in Jacksonville for June 17-19 now!

https://events.cbf.net/assembly

New York Times- bestselling author Michelle Icard knows a lot about helping parents navigate teenage years — and many of those same skills shape healthy leadership too: communication, self-awareness and paying attention well.

Listen to the conversation between CBF Coordinator of Congregational Ministries Brian Foreman and Michelle that shares advice that can help anyone. ➡️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1831160/episodes/19016908

You can meet Michelle at the Leadership Conversation during 2026 General Assembly, The Bold Type, in Jacksonville! Register now so you don't miss the Interactive Leadership Conversation on June 17.➡️
https://events.cbf.net/assembly

💚 “Prepare the way of the Lord” comes to life in Kanazawa, Japan, where the Rev. Akinori Taguchi’s decades of faithful, steady ministry have transformed a small church and kindergarten into a thriving community of faith.

In partnership with CBF field personnel Carson and Laura Foushee, Kanazawa Baptist Church has become a place of welcome, connection and growth for both local and international neighbors—showing how faithful presence, started small, can flourish over time. 💚

Find the article originally published in 2026 Spring fellowship! Magazine below.

https://cbf.net/akinori-taguchi-a-model-partner-in-japan/