January 2026

The following is republished by permission of the author, Steve Dunn, associational missionary for Bethlehem Baptist Association, a family of churches in the area of Monroe County, Alabama. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONCooperating To Fulfill The Great Commission We Have One Mission: THE GREAT COMMISSION We Have Two Commitments: THEOLOGICAL UNITY and AUTONOMOUS COOPERATION We Have Many: […]

Few things reveal a church’s theological convictions more clearly than how it gives. Budgets, in a very real sense, are discipleship documents. They tell a story, by faith, about what a congregation values, what it believes about the mission of God and how seriously it takes the Great Commission. For Alabama Baptists, the Cooperative Program