The words “Hispanic” and “Latino/a” often hide a vast diversity for many of us across the CBFNC. It’s not intentional, but we often miss an important truth when we speak about the Latino community: it is as diverse as any other community. Santiago Reales and Daniel Sostaita of the CBFNC Red Latina (not the color…
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina is one of five partner organizations collaborating with Campbell University in a $10 million grant-funded “Cultivating Cultures of Calling” initiative from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant will support Campbell University Divinity School’s (CUDS) efforts to prepare and support pastoral leaders now and in the future, renewing the communal…
“CBFNC has provided ministries to the Latino community for over two decades and to the broader refugee community for over a decade. We have ‘embraced our neighbors through missions’ in a variety of ways. Now, through the enhanced ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) presence in our state, our brothers and sisters are under threat. They…