ATLANTA—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's 2012 task force implementation team meets in October for a two-day work retreat to begin developing a plan to put into practice the 2012 task force report.
"CBF is only two decades old, and during those years we have seen enormous changes in our culture and in our churches," said Pat Anderson, CBF interim executive coordinator.
"Those changes naturally bleed over into our organization and require a proactive response in order to remain effective and efficient. The implementation of the 2012 task force report is an exciting next step in a nimble fulfillment of the changes envisioned for the Fellowship's future."
Anderson and CBF Moderator Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., are setting the implementation process in motion.
Their first step was putting together the implementation team and asking Dave Odom, executive director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School, to provide leadership at the team meetings.
In addition to Anderson and Herron, other members of the 2012 task force implementation team include:
• Ruth Perkins Lee, minister of students at Auburn First Baptist Church in Auburn, Ala.
• Dave Odom, executive director of leadership education at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C.
• Bill McConnell, CBF moderator-elect and partner at Rogers & Morgan in Knoxville, Tenn.
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• Renée Bennett, CBF recorder and assistant to the coordinator for finance for CBF of Georgia in Macon, Ga.
• Colleen Burroughs, CBF im-mediate past moderator and vice president of Passport, Inc., in Birmingham, Ala.
• Susan Fendley, retired attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville, Tenn.
• Connie McNeill, CBF coordinator of administration, in Atlanta, Ga.
• Bo Prosser, CBF coordinator for missional congregations, in Atlanta, Ga.
• Jim Smith, CBF interim global missions coordinator, in Atlanta, Ga.
After its October work retreat, the implementation team will share its initial report with the CBF Coordinating Council, which meets Oct. 25-26.
With feedback from the council, the team will continue to work on a proposal for implementation, presenting to the council again in February and to the CBF Advisory Council in May.
The task force implementation team will present a summary report at the 2013 CBF General Assembly, next June 26-28 in Greensboro, N.C.
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