Communities of Missional Practice

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions
Mission Statement
Collaborate with churches and other groups to engage in holistic missions and ministries with the most neglected peoples in a world without borders.

• Leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Leadership is your capacity to guide others to places they (and you) have never been before.
–James Kouzes, Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge, 2002

• Leadership is about connecting, not controlling. It is about bringing people together for the purpose of creative synergy.
--Eddie Gibbs, Leadership Next, 2005



Communities of Missional Practice

Poverty/Transformation Ministries
Fellowship people hear the prophetic call to care for the impoverished. As the body of Christ, we are incarnational, serving with and amongst and advocating on behalf of the billions of people who live on less than a dollar a day, and seeking to affect systemic change. Our practice of this call takes form in multiple ways including rural, urban, food and hunger ministries, clean water development, and ministry with orphans and neglected children.

• Rural and Urban ministries
• Food/ Hunger ministries
• Clean water development
• Orphans and Neglected children


Disaster Response Ministry
From tsunamis in Asia, hurricanes and tornadoes in North America, to earthquakes across the globe, Fellowship people serve those in distress out of our common humanity. As God entered in to suffering and pain through Christ, we enter into suffering and pain as the body of Christ. Our hope stems from Christ born, crucified, risen, ascended and present with us in his Spirit. As responders to these local and international disasters, we point to the hope we know in the midst of pain and suffering.

• US and International

Internationals Ministries
As a city on a hill shining for all to see, we are a people of refuge and community. Fellowship people embrace the diversity in Gods human creation and act as reconcilers in Christ. We welcome and love the stranger, give shelter to the alien and offer hospitality to those who are often lonely, overwhelmed and seeking better life. Ministries to refugees, immigrants and internationals in academic settings give feet to our witness.

• Refugee, Immigrant, and Internationals in Academic Settings

Church Starting/Faith Sharing
The church is the body of Christ in the world, and its purpose is to be the continuation of the reconciling mission of Christ. The purpose of reconciliation and redemption is new life in the kingdom of God. Fellowship people seek to build local congregations in the US and internationally that live as covenant communities of the king. Our practice of this takes form in multiple ways including church planting initiatives, pastoral and basic theological training.

• US, International
• Pastoral, Church Planting, Basic theological training

Medical Ministries
Christ’s service to the father was borne out in ministry as reconciliation and healing. Fellowship people seek to be the presence of Christ by offering spiritual and physical healing. Ministry with and among those with and affected by HIV and AIDS, Malaria, offering opportunity for basic medical care, and training for better maternal health include the practical methods by which we serve.

• HIV/AIDS
• Malaria
• Basic medical needs
• Maternal health

Education/Training Ministries
The Wisdom books of the Bible offer to educate us on the basics for living a good and wise life with God. “Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline” (Proverbs, 1:7).” Fellowship people educate and develop capacity in neglected people globally through efforts such as skills training, literacy, and ESL. We also seek to offer theological training that empowers local believers to be the presence of Christ in their community.

• Theological
• Skills training
• Literacy
• ESL and Basic education

Economic Development Ministries
God calls all that we are, all that we have and everything that we do into service. Our vocation is to Christ, and the way we earn our living through work is an expression of our life in Christ. Fellowship people educate and develop capacity in neglected people globally through efforts such as skills training, literacy, macro and micro economic and community development, and environmental sustainability so that the purpose of ones life work is centered in Christ, community and transformation.

• Economic/Community Development
• Environmental Sustainability/Agro forestry
• Micro and Macro Enterprise Development

Justice and Peacemaking Ministries
Fellowship people believe that we are ambassadors of Christ in the larger societal context. We are to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God, which is both present, and to come. Such witness points to the authority of God and the opportunity to be reconciled in Christ. As ambassadors of the kingdom, we are advocates for peace, justice, and systemic transformation in Christ through such ministries as ending human trafficking, war, genocide, and child labor, furthering women’s rights and religious freedom.

• Human trafficking
• War/Genocide
• Women's rights
• Child labor
• Religious Freedom
• Reconciliation