February 24th, 2026
by Rod Zwemke
by Rod Zwemke
The CBA Strengthening Churches Foundation exists to help SBC churches in Northeast Georgia fulfill the Great Commission. Our primary function is providing funds to support ministry initiatives arising from local churches.
One such example is in the area of leadership development. Crossroads Church in Jackson County recognized a calling on the lives of two young men and in response, proposed a grant to Foundation for developing an internship and residency program to train the next generation of leaders and church planters.
The Foundation was able to help fund a Residency for Cristian Ramos, who is planting Crossroads Español on Easter this year to reach the growing Spanish-speaking community in Jefferson. With their help, Cristian has been able to receive training, coaching, and begin the church planting process with preview services of 40+ people in attendance.
The Foundation also provided funds for an internship for Brody Wooten, a student who is exploring God’s calling to ministry for his life. The Summer Internship at Crossroads allowed Brody to participate in student ministry leadership, evangelism, mission trips, discipleship training. Since then, Brody has gone on to establish an outreach ministry at his local high school and assist his friend JC Acevdo (pictured to the right of Brody) in another Bible study at another high school.
The Foundation is actively taking proposals to help our CBA churches to move forward in ministry effectiveness in a variety of ways. You can submit your proposal application below. The deadline for proposals is April 2nd, 2026.
One such example is in the area of leadership development. Crossroads Church in Jackson County recognized a calling on the lives of two young men and in response, proposed a grant to Foundation for developing an internship and residency program to train the next generation of leaders and church planters.
The Foundation was able to help fund a Residency for Cristian Ramos, who is planting Crossroads Español on Easter this year to reach the growing Spanish-speaking community in Jefferson. With their help, Cristian has been able to receive training, coaching, and begin the church planting process with preview services of 40+ people in attendance.
The Foundation also provided funds for an internship for Brody Wooten, a student who is exploring God’s calling to ministry for his life. The Summer Internship at Crossroads allowed Brody to participate in student ministry leadership, evangelism, mission trips, discipleship training. Since then, Brody has gone on to establish an outreach ministry at his local high school and assist his friend JC Acevdo (pictured to the right of Brody) in another Bible study at another high school.
The Foundation is actively taking proposals to help our CBA churches to move forward in ministry effectiveness in a variety of ways. You can submit your proposal application below. The deadline for proposals is April 2nd, 2026.
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