The Pathway

Official News Journal of the Missouri Baptist Convention

Articles on the CBF General Assemblies

1998

Associated Baptist Press (CBF Funded News Agency)

Fellowship declines to oppose SBC statement on family

CBF General Assembly focuses on spirituality

Disney partnership offers a different kind of camp

Fellowship endorses first military chaplains

South Carolina student addresses BJC body

Baptist Women in Ministry meet, worship in Houston

Texas Baptist Standard - Pro-CBF News Journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

Bishop to lead Fellowship group in Texas

Texans move toward starting state chapter

Fellowship seeks Spirit's motion

Worship's many expressions reflect only one model

Texas CBF goes online

1999

Associated Baptist Press (CBF Funded News Agency)

Leader asks Missouri layman to cease 'attacks' on CBF

Fellowship focuses on community, future in 1999 General Assembly

Vestal urges CBF to forgive conservative 'takeover' of SBC

Fellowship denies motion to restrict funding for 'partner'

1,300 gather to bid farewell to retiring CBF leader Keith Parks

8 career, 8 short-term missionaries appointed

CBF leader describes cultural forces leading to the Fellowship's beginning

Religious Liberty Council elects officers, honors Baptist leaders

Texas Baptist Standard - Pro-CBF News Journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

Moderates must forgive SBC conservatives, Vestal pleads

Parks retires after spanning globe

Texans picked for state & national CBF posts

6 Texans among 16 newly appointed CBF missionaries

Association will stretch past borders

Gary Baldridge named to interim CBF position

Religious liberty groups tap Texans as leaders

'Committee on Baptist Integrity' makes plans to combat slander

Fellowship denies motion to restrict funding for 'partner'

2000

Baptist Press (SBC News Agency)

Note: 2000 is the first year Baptist Press covered a CBF General Assembly

CBF to approve funding for pro-homosexual groups; gay church literature featured in CBF exhibit

CBF speakers demand 'divorce' from SBC; leaders suggest churches watch BGCT

Mohler is right, CBF members say on question of Biblical authority

CBF affiliated group urges women to leave the SBC

CBF, BGCT leaders blast Southern Baptists; Vestal predicts 5,000 churches will leave

BGCT leader confirms ties between mainstream Baptist groups, CBF

Baptist Press reporter accosted by former missionary, CBF leader at CBF meeting

Associated Baptist Press (CBF Funded News Agency)

Vestal estimates 5,000 churches are poised to join Fellowship

'Baptist Faith and Message' revisions create quandary for moderate Baptists

Heritage society honors former BJC executive

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship approves application to join Baptist World Alliance

Fellowship leader describes qualities of 'missional' church

Church-state specialists identify threats to liberty

Panelists say court major election issue, but churches should stay out of politics

Texans vote to form state CBF chapter

CBF leaders dispute account of reporter abuse

Texas Baptist Standard - Pro-CBF News Journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

Fellowship seeks BWA affiliation

Soul Freedom worth saving Dunn stresses

CBF participants dispute reporter's allegation

Texans launch CBF chapter

Fellowship could pick up 5,000 churches, Vestal Predicts

Liberty 'threatened by equality'

EDITORIAL: 'Will the BGCT split from the SBC?'

2001

Baptist Press (SBC News Agency)

CBF value statement essentially intact, reorganization plan shelved

Tennessee pastor predicts motion to rescind CBF statement on homosexuality will go forward

CBF reorganization plan stalled

CBF continues anti-SBC focus as 10th General Assembly convenes

Coordinator notes CBF birthday with smiles, cites the pain and longing of beginnings

Mason asserts CBF, not SBC, Baptists are true Baptists

BGCT leaders declare their sense of belonging in CBF

CBF policy statement does not deter pro-gay activism at General Assembly

Controversy erupts about CBF statement on homosexuality

'Mother God' worshipped at group's gathering for CBF annual meeting

CBF teenager challenges Paige Patterson, apostle Paul

Arguments over women pastors, homosexuals, insignificant, Carter tells CBF gathering

Divided CBF battles over homosexuality

FIRST-PERSON- Mother God worship shocks CBF attendee

Baptist editors respond to CBF decision to deny BP credentials

ABP editor admits spinning news during SBC; acknowledges funding from CBF, BGCT & others

ANALYSIS- Viva La Chaos- The CBF homosexuality controversy and the question of definition

Associated Baptist Press (CBF Funded News Agency)

CBF leaders refer strategic plan back to council for more study

Fellowship council hires first development officer

Jimmy Carter urges moderates to combine missions efforts

CBF kicks off annual meeting with 10-year celebration banquet

Divided CBF upholds ban on funding of pro-gay groups

CBF celebrates 10 years in meeting marred by debate over homosexuality

Fellowship preacher calls crowd to spiritual 'point of no return'

Vestal describes earmarks of 'Baptist witness'

Fellowship launches rural-poverty initiative

Historian reflects on 10 years of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Civil-rights leader opposes Bush faith plan at meeting

CBF history rooted in support of moderate schools, speaker says

Shared ministry can work, couple tells CBF crowd

Baptist Center for Ethics celebrates 10th anniversary

Carter calls for alliance of Baptists in U.S., Europe

Texas Baptist leader lauds CBF stand on gays

Texas Baptist Standard - Pro-CBF News Journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

CBF policy against homosexuality affirmed at assembly

Culture has changed while church was sleeping, Bandy tells Baptists

Texans play prominent role in upholding CBF's sexuality statement

Being Baptist is being a witness, Vestal exhorts

George Mason urges CBF to move beyond point of no return

2002

Baptist Press (SBC News Agency)

CBF council avoids controversial issues, handling routine pre-assembly business

Vestal says he's found energy, mission for CBF

CBF leaders respond to plagiarism charges

ANALYSIS- Source of CBF leader's speech contains lesbian, erotic writings

Currie urges CBF to have large turnout at BGCT annual meeting

Vestal emphasizes CBF not part of SBC, stresses 'partnering' as key distinctive

CBF leaders claim Baptist mantle; AU trustee Holmes elected moderator

Cooperative Baptists, Texas partners ponder whether God knows the future

BGCT president derides doctrine of SBC seminaries

Associated Baptist Press (CBF Funded News Agency)

CBF leadership council fills two staff positions

Sermon by CBF leader draws charge of plagiarism from SBC

CBF elects woman as moderator-elect

Preacher urges CBF to seize the 'now'

Past CBF leader says it's time to consider new convention

CBF breakout session lists 'lies' that 'some' Baptists tell women

Religious press must be free, veteran journalists tell group

Texas Baptist Standard - Pro-CBF News Journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas

CBF official apologizes for copied sermon

CBF must embody life & ministry of Jesus, Vestal says

Cynthia Holmes elected CBF moderator for 2003-2004

Sherman says new convention coming

Sermons urge Baptists to 'ride the wind of God'

Steps needed to ensure Texas Baptist freedom, Campbell says

Session explores different Baptist views on Calvinism

Voucher, pledge rulings criticized at Baptist Joint Committee workshop

EDITORIAL: Plagiarism hurts cause of CBF, women ministers

CBF leader pledges support for Baptist General Convention of Texas

Meeting examines history of a free press in Baptist life

Texans give leadership to CBF assembly's worship

Now is the time to move with God's Spirit, Texas pastors tell CBF

Sherman sees moderates moving toward a true convention

New leaders of Texas CBF pledges to undergird mission & work of BGCT

Vestal's vision for CBF hinges on vitality of churches

Two Texans among new CBF national officers

Calvinism hinges on predestination, theologian says

Court rulings dominate BJC discussions

Campbell appeals to 'loyal' Texas Baptists