Gregory Tomlin & David Roach

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Nearly 1,500 registered participants at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly appointed two emissaries to the Baptist World Alliance during their annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., June 25, signaling closer ties between the CBF and the world Baptist body. The group also voted to become a founding member of “Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A.,” an ecumenical organization.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP)--More than 4,300 participants at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's general assembly in Charlotte, N.C., June 26-28 discussed the organization's financial difficulties and listened to speakers who consistently criticized the doctrinal stands of the Southern Baptist Convention.