Seminary scholarships

SC/CBF offers scholarships to students studying at CBF-related theology schools.

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond

Campbell University Divinity School

Candler School of Theology

Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School

M. Christopher White School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University

McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University

The Divinity School at Wake Forest University

Baptist Studies Program of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

Download an application. Go to the scholarships page.

Sermons

If you would like to submit a sermon to be linked to this site, please send it to the Webmaster. You must send it in Rich Text Format or as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.

To view the sermons listed below as PDF files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. RTF and TEXT files can be read with any word processing program.

Here I Stand by Randy Wright, former pastor of Fernwood Baptist Church, Spartanburg. RTF

The Big Rocks in the Church.  by John Roy, Pelham Road Baptist Church, Greenville RTF 

Along The Way. by Roy Flynn. Luke 24:13-33. Sermon for Easter.

Sermons for Advent and Christmas

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the FIRST Christmas by Jim Pitts. Text

"Disturbed by Joy" by Jim Pitts. Text

"The Wise Men Were Late" by Marion Aldridge. First Sunday of Advent. PDFser-ald-adv-1

"A Manger for a Crib" by Marion Aldridge. Second Sunday of Advent. PDF

"He Put Her Away Quietly" by Marion Aldridge. Third Sunday of Advent. PDF

"What to do with Jesus" by Marion Aldridge. Fourth Sunday of Advent. PDF

Resources

Contrasts between the centuries. Coordinator Marion Aldridge has contrasted the church of the 20th century with the church of the 21st century. Download his list of 107 areas of ministry.

Interim Pastors/Retreat Leaders/Bible Study Leaders. Contact the SC/CBF office for suggestions.

Resources on Baptist Principles: The Baptist Principles Committee of SC/CBF has compiled a curriculum, study guide and resource list on Baptist Principles. You can download the materials as PDF files by right clicking on these links:

Curriculum Study Guide Resources

Download a list of speakers available to speak on Baptist principles.

The Missions Committee has established a Speakers Bureau of qualified individuals who can speak about state missions. Go to the list.

Church History How-To. The Baptist History and Heritage Society released A How-to Kit for Your Church's History. The key item is a detailed, 120-page How-to Manual for Your Church's History -- a collection of suggestions for creating and maintaining a program of history in your church. Chapters focus on developing an efficient church history committee; celebrating the church anniversary; researching, writing, and publishing church history; locating and preserving church records; displaying, exhibiting and communicating church history; and dramatizing and photographing church history. The kit also contains a resource catalog, list of Baptist history programs and collections, description of the society's Web site, sample pamphlets, issue of the society's newsletter, a society membership brochure, a book publishing program flyer, and an order form for Baptist heritage videotapes. For price and ordering information, call 800-966-2278; email cdeweese@tnbaptist.org or log onto the website: www.baptisthistory.org

Bible Study. From Coordinating Council Retreat 2002. By Tom Guerry

Myths and Misperceptions about CBF. By SC/CBF Coordinator Marion Aldridge. Rich Text Format.

SC/CBF Strategic Plan. Adopted Sept. 13, 2001

Other

Read Randy Wright's account of teaching Gypsy pastors in September 2006.

Read about Randy Wright's week training Gypsy pastors in November 2004. A part of this article appeared in the February 2005 issue of Fellowship News.

First Baptist Church in Pendleton adopted a comprehensive plan to use $53,000 in missions funds. Download the church's proposal.

SC/CBF's coordinator, Marion Aldridge, has written two books and edited a third. He has authored two texts on worship that are used by pastors and in seminaries all over America:  The Pastor's Guidebook, a Manual for Worship and The Pastor's Guidebook, A Manual for Special Occasions.  These can be ordered through any Christian or secular bookstore.  Along with Kevin Lewis, Aldridge edited The Changing Shape of Protestantism in the South, published by Mercer University Press.