Jan 16, 2025 | Blog, Mark Snipes
Over the past two years, CBFVA has experienced a season of significant change and transition, largely due to staffing shifts and the ongoing changes in the world around us. These shifts have not only required us to be adaptable and resilient but also provided an...
Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, Mark Snipes
On this cold (snowy day in Virginia), we’re remembering warmer times in Puerto Rico. Here’s a brief recap and an invitation for continued partnership written by our Coordinator, Mark Snipes. In early November, a group of nine pastors from Virginia...
Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, Lastest News, Mark Snipes
Student.Church is CBF’s model for congregational internships to students who are interested in a deeper experience of church life or pursuing a call to ministry. Interns spend the summer exploring the breadth of congregational ministry through a variety of...
Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, Lastest News, Mark Snipes
In late January 2023, CBF Virginia’s Coordinating Council met in Charlottesville for an overnight retreat. As we met, prayed, and visioned together, one message came through loud and clear: CBFVA wants to connect and collaborate with your congregation.CBF Virginia...
Apr 19, 2021 | Blog, Lastest News, Mark Snipes
Ready to take a step of faith? Tired. Frustrated. Overwhelmed. Ashamed. Enraged. The events of last week have left many of us with a lot of emotions to unpack. Police brutality. Systematic Racism. Politicians pandering for power. It seems like we are stuck listening...
Feb 23, 2021 | Blog, Lastest News, Mark Snipes
I grew up in a small town in northwest Georgia. As a teenager, I went to church at a relatively large (for that area), conservative, Bapti-Costal Church where I was a faithful member. Though I am no longer in sync theologically with the church of my youth, I do...