upcoming events
The BNF Page Turners Book Club Two gatherings coming soon!
October 17, 2026 at the BNF Summit. Page Turners will enjoy lunch together, celebrate the excellent reads this past year, and select four new books for 2027. Come gather in person with fellow book lovers and readers. Bring suggested books you have read from the following book genres: missions, medical history, spiritual development, light reading.
November 10, 2027 at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 PM CT meeting on Zoom. Page Turners will meet to discuss the book "Everything Is Tuberculosis" by John Green. Linda Dillworth will lead us deeper into "The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection".
BNF Summit 2026
We welcome active missionaries to register without cost. If you currently serve as a missionary with a sending organization, please reach out to Marilyn Graves @ bnfexec@gmail to register for free for the Summit.
We are also offering a free registration to one BNF state leader from states that have current BNF members. To apply for the state leader scholarship, check the link below. We hope to see you there!
All the rooms we have blocked at the Courtyard Marriott are filled. Please try one of these hotels that are actually closer to the church where the Summit will be held (we do not have a group rate with any of these hotels) :
Summit participants will have the opportunity to make hygiene kits as a mission project. Items are needed for this activity.
BNF members may access the Amazon Wish List to donate items. https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/owner-view/3193JJ0X68HPW"
If you can’t attend the Summit, you can become a Summit Partner!
Bring or Send your items to participate in our BNF Summit Silent Auction!
Faith-Based Community Health Fairs: A Free Interactive Webinar
Are you interested in reaching out to a community to engage in a holistic approach to conducting a health/mission fair for them? Have you already been involved in health fairs and want to learn more about how to be the most effective? If so, then, please join us for our Faith-Based Community Health Fairs interactive educational webinar Participants will learn best practices for assessing community needs, organizing successful health fairs, coordinating partners and resources, engaging participants, and evaluating outcomes. Through practical tools and real-world examples, attendees will gain the knowledge and skills needed to create health fairs that effectively connect community members with health information, screenings, services, and resources while demonstrating measurable impact and supporting spirituality. We will also discuss practical tips for going on a mission trip, either domestic or international.
Speaker: Sherri Chatman, DNP, FNP-BC, Associate Professor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, Samford University and BNF Mission Team Leader
Moderator: Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN, Public Health Consultant and Educator and BNF Education Team Lead
BNF Virtual Education
John O. Gibson, M.D., FAAFP, DIMPH, CTropMed
Linda Gibson, MSN, BSN, RN
will present a webinar
“Travel Medicine 101: Implications for Nurses” February 12 at 6pm CT/7pmET
BNF Virtual Education: Interprofessional Collaboration:Equipped for Impact. Thursday, March 13, 2025 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST)
Speaker: Dr Sara Brown
Associate Professor of Nursing, Radford University; B.S.N., University of Southern Mississippi; M.S.W., M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary-Boyce College; M.S.N., Jefferson College of Health Sciences; D.N.P., Case Western Reserve University
BNF Continuing Education-Physical Activity – Profitable or not in your service to God?
Objectives
Discuss exercise and various responses people have related to committing to a program
Discuss scripture and how physical activity can restore/improve pain, sleep habits, cognitive function, relaxation etc.
Explain types of physical activity & examples of each– cardio, strengthening, and stretching.
Brainstorm ways to get in daily physical activity without additional cost
Describe benefits of exercise in service to our God, work, and families
Zoom link will be posted here on March 21, 2024
BNF Page Turners Book Club
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BNF Virtual Education "When I See You, I DO See Color". CANCELLED
This offering has been cancelled.
"The color-blind racial ideology can be defined as holding the belief that if the differences in race and ethnicity are ignored, then it can be pretended that race and racism will cease to exist. The presenter will focus on the challenges and effects of ?colorblindness? on the society, as well as the importance of being intentional in ?seeing? and ?celebrating? differences"
BNF Virtual Education ACE - Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACE - Adverse Childhood Experiences
Mental Health First Aid Course
Join us to learn more about how we can serve our community with mental health education.
“Weary, Worn and Overwhelmed”- an educational opportunity
As nurses, we not only are skilled to recognize when stress and compassion fatigue overwhelms a caregiver, but we are accountable to Christ to help ease the burden.
This contact hour will present assessment tools and a concrete plan to ease the burden of caregivers