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Words from CBF-LA Coordinator Reid Doster
Are You an Advocate?
August 10 , 2011
We are looking for at least one
person in each of our CBF-affiliated
churches who is willing to keep
up-to-
date on the plethora of rich resources,
programs, activities and
ministry opportunities offered
through The Cooperative
Baptist Fellowship.
If willing, you can function as an advocate for CBF
within your local congregation. For example,
you can suggest
to your church’s leaders that they:
* Offer missions moments in worship, mentioning a prayer request from one of CBF’s field personnel blogs.
* Include CBF field personnel and their requests and birthdays in Wednesday night prayer meetings.
* Volunteer your church as host for a state or regional CBF gathering.
* Request CBF speakers for your church, for missions events or pulpit supply.
* Include the CBF logo on your church’s website or church sign.
* Request an intern through the CBF Collegiate Congregational internship, or a Student.Go missions worker.
*Encourage a mission trip to Lake Providence and spend a night or two in our Mission House.
* Make CBF a line-item in your church’s budget.
To get a better feel for the advocate role, there are
six brief on-line videos describing what it means. These
training videos are available by clicking here, then enter
the username “webmaster@ thefellowship.info”
and password “thegreatestislove.”
We are proud to recognize that
our three new regional coordinating
council members have also
stepped forward both to serve as
CBF Advocates in their local congregations
and to help recruit at
least one advocate in each congregation in their region.
These wonderful people are:
* Ralph Blake, Church for the Highlands, Shreveport
* Victor Dennis, Pineville Park Baptist Church, Pineville
* Randall Cope, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Baton Rouge
What about you and your church? If you sense God’s calling to fill this vital role in your congregation, first
discuss it with your pastor and then call me at (985) 778-6049 or email me at reid.cbflouisiana@gmail.com.
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Please join me in welcoming Dr. Mike Massar and Griff Martin as new co-pastors of University Baptist
Church, Baton Rouge. I met with Mike and Griff two weeks ago and sensed from them a sincere
appreciation for The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. We are blessed to call them “family.” To learn
more about these fine pastors,click here. Pray for them as they lay the foundation for years of
compassionate ministry in Baton Rouge.
In His Love,
Reid
G. Reid Doster, DMin., LPC, LMFT Coordinator, CBF Louisiana