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Applied Theology: The Local Church and The Cooperative Program Since we now have a Biblical foundation for unified giving and the local Church’s role in God’s redemptive mission, it is important that we consider how to apply our theology to everyday life in ways that are both faithful and practical. The Cooperative Program is not […]

Throughout Scripture, we see that the local church is the primary means by which God’s providential mission is carried out in the world. In 1 Timothy 3:15, the Apostle Paul refers to the church of the living God as “a pillar and buttress of the truth.” In Ephesians 3:10, he explains that it is “through

Years ago, Belinda Stroud began to have a burden. “I kept thinking about how the next generation doesn’t understand the Cooperative Program,” said Stroud, a children’s ministry specialist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. “I just wanted to educate them, and I felt like by educating children we could also educate their parents.”

Two are better than one! In those five words from Ecclesiastes 4:9, we learn a great Biblical truth. Think about it: In Genesis 2:18, we read, for the very first time recorded in Scripture, that God said something wasn’t good. Of all the beautiful and majestic beings and worlds God created, He also declared how

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”(Isaiah 52:7, NIV) Taking the good news of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth, whether that be across the street or thousands of

1. Stays true to the original vision. The Cooperative Program is an agreement among churches, state conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention to cooperate to conduct mission ministries in the United States and around the world. It is a channel through which our offerings flow to underwrite missions and ministries performed by more than 6,400

Major is an 11-year-old boy who listens to the needs of a lost world and begins to despair. “What could I possibly do that would impact a lost world, feed masses of hungry people, help orphans and abandoned children, and make serious efforts to reach lost people here in Alabama?” Major’s head spins as he

“On the line!” Those words struck fear in me when I was in high school playing basketball. The last part of practice – conditioning – always started with those dreaded words. Sometimes we would run until our coach got tired of blowing his whistle. Other times he would tell us how many sprints we had

“Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while” –Mark 6:31 (NKJV). There’s a story that’s made the rounds through the years among preachers that goes like this: There was once a lumberjack who was looking for work. The man approached the manager of a wood supplier, asked if he needed any help,

One of my all-time favorite movies is the Michael J. Fox classic, Back to the Future. I was mesmerized by the concept and plot of the movie and, like many, was thrilled when Marty made his leap back to the future. When Marty first learns that his eccentric friend, Emmett “Doc” Brown, has invented a time