March 10, 1999

CBF again seeking new missionaries
___ATLANTA (ABP)--Reflecting optimism about financial growth, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's global missions office has ended a two-year slowdown on the appointment of missionaries.
___"We have specialized needs in missions overseas and in the U.S. and want to match up people with those needs," said Keith Parks, global missions coordinator.
___CBF leaders expect to reach a $5 million goal for the 1998-99 Global Missions Offering, setting the stage for growth in the group's missionary force.
___The Fellowship ended 1998 with 126 career and short-term missionaries--down from its peak of 151 in June 1997.
___The Fellowship's missionary force grew rapidly before an unexpected plateau in giving, combined with large numbers of new missionaries, forced the organization to cut back on missionary appointments.
___Since then, the 8-year-old missions operation has for the first time begun to feel the effects of attrition, as missionaries have resigned or retired, said Gary Baldridge, associate global-missions coordinator.

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