The
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (
CBF) is a
Christian fellowship of
Baptist churches formed in 1991. Theologically moderate, the CBF withdrew from the
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over philosophical and theological differences, such as the SBC prohibition of women serving as pastors. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship claims approximately 1,900 partner churches. The CBF is involved with the Baptist Center for Ethics,
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the
Baptist World Alliance and 15 Baptist seminaries and divinity school programs which have emerged in the wake of the conservative direction taken by the six SBC seminaries. The CBF headquarters are located in
Decatur, Georgia.