by Dave Roberts » Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:42 am
Jon, two things are happening in CBF, one in my part of the world and one nationally. First, younger leaders are being encouraged to share in CBF at the regional and state level. I was the last of the founding generation of CBF to serve on the CBFVA Coordinating Council. Most of those now serving have no memory of the old days of the SBC and are going in new routes. The second thing is national. CBF is taking a group of the most promising future leaders and involving them in a 2-year program called CBF Fellows that helps them make the transition into churches and into serving in ministry. Almost half of the younger ministers today, without regard for denomination or theology, never make it to their second place of service and often leave ministry. This is often because they are not heard or accepted. This cultivation of younger leaders is helping them to negotiate the waters of church life and letting their voices be heard. BTW, there are people on some of the national councils of CBF who are under 30.