2021 Impact Report

CBF IMPACT IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

IMPACT IMPACT REPORT 2021

2021 CBF Impact Report

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Children at CLUE Camp in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., color a poster around the theme “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

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2021 CBF Impact Report

JOIN IN THIS GOOD WORK What you hold in your hands (or are reading on your screen) has been years in the making.

As the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship concludes the year in which we marked our 30th anniversary, we release what promises to be an annual impact report developed for individuals and churches who sustain the work of our Fellowship with your prayers, your partnership and your gifts.

This year’s report focuses on CBF’s impact during the global pandemic, a period during which we have witnessed congregations responding to multiple challenges with agility, perseverance and bold faithfulness. We have supported seminary students at schools developing new ways of preparing women and men whom God has called to ministry. We have seen field personnel, chaplains, pastoral counselors, church starters and so many others find ways to bear witness to Christ’s love in word and deed in the midst of a world that is badly broken.

In these unfamiliar times, the gift of friendship and fellowship has never been more powerful; we are equipping one another for faithful ministry to seek God’s transformation of the world.

So, in these pages, celebrate the power of our collaboration as we have leaned on the gifts, graces, skills and expertise of our Fellowship family. And celebrate the power of our agility, as our Fellowship responded quickly and strategically in days that have required it over and over again. These pages demonstrate all the ways we are being invited into a community where we are equipped for bold faithfulness so that we can more faithfully participate in God’s transformation of the world through Jesus Christ.

Let’s celebrate the impact we have made together and be grateful to God for the invitation we have all received to join in this good work.

Paul Baxley Executive Coordinator Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Outreach & Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 CBF Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Young Baptists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Global Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Together for Hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Church Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Identity & Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Fellowship Southwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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CHAPLAINCY & PASTORAL COUNSELING THE IMPACT OF COMPASSIONATE PRESENCE Since 1998, CBF has endorsed nearly 1,200 chaplains and pastoral counselors to serve in specialized ministry settings. Endorsement is essential for chaplains and pastoral counselors to secure employment and is a process whereby the chaplain or pastoral counselor is vetted as being spiritually, emotionally, educationally and clinically prepared to serve in specialized ministries.

CBF-endorsed chaplains and pastoral counselors represent our Fellowship with excellence, serving as a critical ministry of the Fellowship, embodying compassionate presence in our communities, offering God’s love and the hope of Christ as together in fellowship, we work to further God’s kingdom.

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830 ACTIVE ENDORSED

38.6% FEMALE

61.4%

COMMUNITY

MALE

12.6%

OF CBF-ENDORSED CHAPLAINS SERVE IN CONTINUING CARE, EDUCATION, INDUSTRY AND FIRST RESPONDERS

MILITARY 13.6%

PRISONS

HEALTHCARE 63.1% 43.7% IN HOSPITALS

2.5%

OF CBF-ENDORSED CHAPLAINS & PASTORAL COUSELORS SERVE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

14.9% IN HOSPICE SETTINGS

4.5%

CBF CHAPLAINS AND PASTORAL COUNSELORS SERVE IN ALL 50 STATES AND 5 FOREIGN COUNTRIES

OF CBF-ENDORSED CHAPLAINS SERVE IN PRISONS

PASTORAL COUNSELORS ENDORSED BY CBF 8.2% OFARETHOSE PASTORAL COUNSELORS

IN VETERANS AFFAIRS

50+

OF CBF-ENDORSED CHAPLAINS SERVE IN THE MILITARY

“As a volunteer chaplain ministering on death row in North Carolina and with friendships with men and women on ‘the row’ in Tennessee, Florida and Texas, I greatly value being endorsed by my CBF family. It means I am connected to a great cloud of witnesses who love and support me.”

— Cari Rush Willis Chaplain, Raleigh, N.C.

GROWTH OF CBF-ENDORSED CHAPLAINCY & PASTORAL COUNSELING 1200 1000

1,134

800 600 400 200

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0

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

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Members of CBF Familia and the Pan African Koinonia participate in a mission immersion experience in Havana, Cuba.

OUTREACH & GROWTH CELEBRATING NEW PARTNERS Outreach and Growth is a new team that celebrates the interests of new CBF partner congregations. CBF is inviting churches to form new, vital, loving, just and needed church partnerships. CBF’s Outreach and Growth Team encourages new church partnerships during times of prayerful discernment and discovery as well as striving to create relationships with existing CBF organizations to make the Fellowship a home for all.

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FAMILIA

50 LATIN AMERICA 70 LATINO

3SUPPLIES TONS SENT

CHURCH PARTNERS IN

TO CUBA FOR COVID RELIEF

29,200 FOOD BOXES

CHURCHES IN THE U.S.

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DISTRIBUTED, WORTH

ECUMENICAL ALLIANCES THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

$876,000

THROUGH COLLABORATION IN

PUERTO RICO

400

BAPTIST IDENTITY

BOOKS DISTRIBUTED

PAN AFRICAN KOINONIA

70 TRANSLATED RESOURCES

41 STUDENTS 51 CHURCHES 200+ CLERGY BLACK COLLEGE

BLACK

BLACK

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT “The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has been essential in equipping and coming alongside me as a minority leader in majority spaces, as both CBF and my local congregation live into being both more diverse and anti-racist as we faithfully follow Christ.”

— Christopher Mack, Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas

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CBF FOUNDATION SUPPORTING MISSION AND MINISTRY CAUSES The CBF Foundation’s mission is to work alongside individuals, churches and organizations to cultivate, receive, invest and steward long-term sustaining assets and legacy gifts to support CBF mission and ministry causes. Through partnership with HighGround Advisors, it offers a comprehensive array of investment, legal and gift-planning expertise and services for churches, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Funding the Great Commission and the Greatest Commandment within the Fellowship is the vision and ministry of the CBF Foundation.

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$1.5 MILLION DISTRIBUTED IN 2021 benefiting the mission and ministries of CBF, states & regions, CBF partner churches, CBF partner seminaries and other CBF partner organizations.

53.8% MISSIONS GLOBAL

$61.3 MILLION TOTAL FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT

$5.4 MILLION NET INCREASE IN FUNDS IN 2021

218 FUND ACCOUNTS

27.4% VARIOUS

HUMANITARIAN CAUSES

39.9% CHURCHES 23.4% CBF 19.3% FOUNDATION 13.2% STATES 4.2% PARTNERS CBF

& REGIONS

7.6% NEW CHURCH 6.5% MULTIPLE 4.7% EDUCATION STARTS

MINISTRIES & MISSIONS THEOLOGICAL

& SCHOLARSHIPS

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YOUNG BAPTISTS SHAPING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHURCH Resourcing and networking young Baptists for the Christian journey is at the heart of CBF’s Young Baptist ecosystem. Through varied experiences, internships, ministries, programs, connections and local church support, CBF is encouraging and creating an environment in which students and young adults can thrive, be energized and have opportunities to give life to the world around them as they use their gifts in service of God and others. Young Baptists matter to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and CBF is being shaped by their presence among us!

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STUDENT.CHURCH

698

STUDENTS

289

MINISTRIES

25 FEMALE (68%) 12 MALE (32%)

SERVING SINCE 2010

2021 25 NEW (68%) 12 RETURNING (32%)

SERVED SINCE 2010

LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS 29 FEMALE (58%) 21 MALE (42%) 49 LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS (98%) 1 VESTAL SCHOLAR (2%) 47 GRADUATE STUDENTS (94%) 3 UNDERGRADUATES (6%) 12 PARTNER SCHOOLS (80%) 3 OTHER SCHOOLS (20%)

$1,313,000 SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT SINCE 2016

315

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED SINCE 2016

$205,000 SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT IN 2020

CBF FELLOWS “My time in CBF Fellows was formational and sacred to me. The conversations we had were illuminating about the challenges before us as pastoral leaders. And the sisters and brothers I got to know through Fellows have become a beloved community of friends who feel like family.”

—Tyler Tankersley, Ardmore Baptist Church, Winston-Salem N.C.

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FELLOWS SINCE INCEPTION

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FELLOWS IN 2021

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CBF field personnel Matt Norman carries boxes of food at a Baptist church food bank in Cerdanyola, Spain.

GLOBAL MISSIONS SHARING GOD’S LOVE IN WORD & DEED CBF Global Missions shares God’s message of hope and love in real ways to some of the most marginalized and vulnerable people in the world—people living in extreme poverty, refugee children and families fleeing violence in search of a safe haven, women who are trafficked, and families who have lost everything through a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we cultivate beloved community, bear witness to Jesus Christ and seek transformational development among people and places otherwise forgotten and forsaken. Our field personnel serve alongside congregations within three primary contexts: global poverty, global migration and the global church.

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FIELD PERSONNEL

60 PERSONNEL 19 COUNTRIES FIELD

SERVICES

50,000+

PEOPLE SERVED

390 PARTNERS 225 LOCAL MINISTRY

CHURCH PARTNERS

ENCOURAGER CHURCHES

78

TOTAL ENCOURAGER CHURCHES

13 NEW

ENCOURAGER CHURCHES

PANDEMIC MINISTRY

28,500+ FACEMASKS DISTRIBUTED

5,317

VIRTUAL MINISTRY SESSIONS

PEOPLE SERVED IN THE PANDEMIC

34,938 OFFERED

FOOD SUPPORT

1,730 MEDICAL SUPPORT 465 RENT ASSISTANCE 2,005 EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GIVEN

GIVEN

OFFERED

SERVING DURING THE PANDEMIC “During the past year, we have promoted masking, testing, isolating, quarantining, vaccination, mental health access, emotional health practices, faith and spiritual connection. The thirst for spiritual encouragement has been a major need and sigificant part of our ministry throughout this pandemic.”

— Annette Ellard and Steve Clark CBF field personnel in Louisville, Kentucky

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61 VOLUNTEERS 4,300+ HOURS SERVED ­— 2019-2021

SERVED ­— 2019-2021

$119,000+ VALUE

OF HOURS SERVED 2019-2021

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HOUSES REPAIRED

CBF DISASTER RESPONSE

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330

RESPONSE BUCKETS ASSEMBLED

CBF Disaster Response equips Christians and churches to serve communities affected by disaster. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBF Domestic Disaster Response paused its recruiting of volunteer teams to assist with recovery efforts.

In 2020, however, CBF Disaster Response engaged in Lake Charles, Louisiana (Hurricanes Laura and Delta) and in the western Florida Panhandle (Hurricane Sally).

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Student.Go participants visit the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Ga., in 2019.

40 STUDENTS 4,000+ HOURS SERVED IN 2021

WORKED IN 2021

$117,000+ VALUE OF HOURS WORKED IN 2021

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT “My Student.Go experiences have really helped me to think more about what I can contribute to settings in which I find myself, as well as my abilities to work through trials.” ­— Jaya Nair, who served virtually in 2021 alongside CBF field personnel Mary Van Rheenan through the Dom Research Center\

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Rev. Joe Jackson (left), a local pastor and volunteer with Delta Hands for Hope, delivers COVID-19 relief food to senior citizens in Shaw, Miss.

TOGETHER FOR HOPE TRANSFORMING RURAL AMERICA In 2001, Together for Hope cast a bold vision—a 20-year commitment to the 20 poorest counties in America. Today, it has nearly 50 partner organizations in many of those counties throughout rural America and has expanded its bold vision to include all 301 counties of persistent rural poverty in the United States.

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20 YEARS OF IMPACT 20,000+

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT Johnnie Mae Neal, is the Mayor of Sidon, Miss., with a population of about 300. The work of Together for Hope in the town has been uplifting for the community. During the pandemic, Together for Hope either provided or connected the community with more than 500 boxes of food.

HOME

REPAIRS

14,800+ CHILDREN IMPACTED

58,620+ VOLUNTEERS

11 MILLION VOLUNTEER HOURS

50

COALITION MEMBERS

72

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

$314 MILLION VALUE OF VOLUNTEER HOURS

IN 2021 28

NEW PARTNERS

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SERVICES PROVIDED

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“The love that you and your crew has shown me has been incredible. I cannot

CHURCH

express the inspiration that you gave me.

PARTNERS

I had wanted to give up being the mayor and was ready to go home; but you have

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made me know that it wasn’t time to go home.”

SEMINARS PROVIDED

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ADVOCACY CBF Advocacy demonstrates the love of Christ by loving our most neglected and marginalized neighbors and is rooted in the same spirit and call that motivates our Global Mission endeavors.

“As I stood there, a minister of the Gospel in the shadow of the Capitol building, I thought about how these conversations in which we were all engaged—about predatory lending practices and economic disparities, about immigration law and criminal justice reform—were steps in giving life to our prayers.”

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ADVOCACY IN ACTION

247 PARTICIPANTS 70 STUDENTS 200 CHURCHES SINCE 2013

COLLEGE OR GRADUATE

REPRESENTED

13

CHURCHES WITH RESCUE LOAN MINISTRIES

OVER

500

LEGISLATIVE VISITS FACILITATED

OVER

42,000 VIEWS OF ADVOCACY CONVERSATIONS

CBF’s annual Advocacy in Action conference offers pastors, church staff, lay leaders and students interested in deepening and improving their advocacy the opportunity for hands-on experience. By exploring the biblical call for justice, meeting partner organizations, studying current issues and contacting lawmakers, attendees leave well-trained for future impact.

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CHURCH BENEFITS YOUR BENEFITS ARE OUR MINISTRY The Church Benefits Board, Inc. (CBB), is a ministry of CBF, created in 1998 by the General Assembly to provide retirement benefits for ministers and staff members of churches that are affiliated with CBF, along with CBF field personnel serving worldwide. Our mission goes beyond delivering a robust and comprehensive retirement plan benefit. CBB can help its clients maintain their benefit packages, including life and disability benefits as well as providing medical insurance for international missions. CBB also recently launched the Financial Wellness Initiative to assist ministers to tackle debt and build a financial plan.

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CHURCH MEMBERSHIPS

204

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

TOTAL CHURCH

1,128 MEMBERS TOTAL

MEMBERSHIPS

10 NEW

569 569

CHURCH MEMBERSHIPS

WOMEN

MEMBERS BY AGE

MEN

20-40

41-55

30.7%

23.1%

56-65

A DECADE OF PLAN GROWTH

13.7%

32.5%

66+

TOTAL FUNDS BY MEMBER AGE $50,000,000 $40,000,000 $30,000,000 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 $0 20-40

41-55

56-65

CBF Church Benefits has experienced continual growth since its inception. In 2010, the total annual membership of our church retirement plan was 488. After years of steady growth—each year an increase over the previous year—in 2020, the membership grew to 1,086. In 2010, the total assets were at $27,090,012; in 2020, they reached $98,785,820. As CBF Church Benefits grows, we are able to leverage greater collective strength to serve all our members better.

66+

YEAR-TO-YEAR FUND GROWTH $125,000,000

TOTAL FUNDS JULY 2021: $109,296,765

$100,000,000 $75,000,000 $50,000,000 $25,000,000 $0 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

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President/CEO of Bread for the World, Eugene Cho, appears on a CBF Gathering focused on understanding hunger and food insecurity.

IDENTITY & EVENTS SHARING THE VALUES WE HOLD At the heart of the Fellowship is our work together as we embrace our calling to support the thriving of congregations, participate in Jesus’ mission and offer a Christian public witness. Connection and community among the people and churches of this Fellowship thrive when we invite each other into relationships of equipping as we seek God’s transformation of the world. Fellowship Gatherings, including General Assembly, held across CBF life, as well as the production of timely information, publications and resource content help communicate the values and identity of CBF. 24

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VIRTUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1,342

REGISTRANTS STATES REPRESENTED

41

105 LEADERS

WORKSHOP & PLENARY

THRIVING IN MINISTRY COHORTS

6 MENTORS 17 MEMBERS

82,050 VISITORS TO CBFBLOG.COM IN 2020

124,750 PAGEVIEWS

GROUP

PEER LEARNING GROUPS

100

GROUPS OF CHURCH STAFF MINISTERS AND CHAPLAINS

5-8 MEMBERS

31

CBF GATHERINGS PRODUCED SINCE OCTOBER 2020

IN EACH GROUP

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT “My Peer Learning Group is a place where I can bring my most vulnerable and honest self and where I find encouragement, affirmation and courage to continue on the journey.”

— Amy McClure, First Baptist Church on Fifth, Winston-Salem, N.C.

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FELLOWSHIP SOUTHWEST FAITHFUL. AGILE. ECUMENICAL. KIND. Fellowship Southwest is a collaborative network for churches that organize around compassion, justice and connection across Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas. FSW is composed of folks who are willing to do whatever it takes to serve those in need. Our network includes all kinds of churches, and we like it that way. We are a fellowship where churches can be themselves and their mission can be multiplied.

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MASSIVE SCOPE

630,696 MILES 66,906,488 PEOPLE SQUARE

Fellowship Southwest’s weekly newsletter premiered in January 2018

OVER

2,800 SUBSCRIBERS

ALMOST

200 EDITIONS

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT “Fellowship Southwest arrived at the right time. This ministry would be and would have been impossible to carry out without your help and participation.” ­— Pastor Carlos Navarro Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas FSW supports Navarro and his church as they offer respite care to thousands of asylum seekers.

IMMIGRANTS 24.4% MINISTRY TO

CLOTHING PROGRAMMING FOR

CHILDREN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS

27.6% 31.7% 38.2%

TO FEED, SHELTER AND PROTECT THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

MINISTRY SURVEY Ministries operated or supported

by FSW churches.

65.9%

FEEDING

$550,000 RAISED & DISTRIBUTED

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