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PRESENCE
CBF field personnel are serving around the world in communities of all shapes and sizes. Through holistic ministries of presence, field personnel make connections and share the love of Christ. We invite you to take a look into their lives, work, families and friends.
By Aaron Weaver
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“I feel like a celebrity today, at least how I think it feels,” a friend told CBF field personnel Shane McNary at a Bible study in Jelsava, Slovakia. Shane was working to improve his photography skills and convinced his friends to let him take their photos. “What was unexpected was how many showed up in their Sunday best,” Shane said. “Image matters— both the image we bear and the image we and others see in us.” 2 In Southeast Asia, CBF field personnel Brooke and Mike, in partnership with a local Christian university, installed a solar-powered installation to provide lighting for a school and church without electricity. “Here, the church and the school, they are one,” the pastor said. “This light means that the church can worship in the evening 1
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and the students can come and learn and do their homework after dark.” 3 Students at the Center of Hope celebrate their graduation in Kampala, Uganda, after months of recurring lockdowns. CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker founded and operate Refuge and Hope International to serve the urban refugee community in Kampala. Each year, Refuge and Hope serves more than 1,000 refugees through the Center of Hope. 4 Volunteers from First Baptist Church, Kingston, Tenn., serve alongside CBF field personnel Anna Anderson at the Conetoe Family Life Center with a shelter addition for farm equipment. Anna and her husband, LaCount, focus on providing poverty relief as part of CBF’s rural development coalition, Together for Hope.
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