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CBF to commission five new field personnel at General Assembly
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will commission five new Global Missions personnel on June 30 as part of the closing Friday worship service of the 2023 General Assembly in Atlanta.
Jana Lee is being commissioned as a career CBF field personnel to work closely with a local entity, addressing the health needs of refugees in Larnaca, Cyprus. Stella Perrin will also serve as a career CBF field personnel in Larnaca, Cyprus, working as a mental health educator. Beverly Baker, William Baker and Delores Stimpson are commissioned to serve through the Global Service Corps (GSC) program. The Bakers are currently serving alongside CBF field personnel Anna Anderson in Ahoskie, N.C., and Stimpson is ministering alongside CBF field personnel Kim and Marc Wyatt in Durham, N.C.
Meet our new CBF field personnel
Jana Lee
Jana Lee is a long-term Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel appointed to serve in Larnaca, Cyprus, where she will work closely with All4Aid, a CBF Global Missions collaborator organization, and be part of the Africa/Middle East Team. Lee has roots in South Dakota and Texas and earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Texas and Master of Public Health in Global/International Health from the University of Arizona. She has previously worked with global organizations such as UNICEF and the Peace Corps.
After living in Madagascar for three years, Lee felt a shift in her passion and goals and was drawn to CBF Global Missions. She has deep expertise in health education, HIV prevention and water and sanitation health (WASH). She will serve as a health educator in Larnaca, where she will strengthen the capacity of a local organization and work with local leaders to address the health needs of refugees.
Stella Perrin
Stella Perrin is a long-term Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel appointed to serve in Larnaca, Cyprus, as a mental health educator and as part of CBF’s Europe Team. A native of North Carolina, she is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University, where she earned degrees in psychology and counseling and a Master of Divinity.
While serving as the associate pastor at Emerald Isle Baptist Church (N.C.) from 2018-2020, Perrin began a journey of discernment with CBF Global Missions. She has previously served in short-term mission experiences in Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Belize, Guatemala and Moldova. Perrin brings a wealth of experience in education as a school counselor and as a minister of spiritual formation. As a mental health educator in Cyprus, she will be working to build relationships with those in need and helping them to know their loving Creator through the person of Christ.