To the Ends of the Earth
I spoke to the WMU ladies in Jackson, Alabama, recently. During my research, I found some details that I believe are encouraging to all of us in Clarke County. Of every dollar we give through the Cooperative Program, 25.1 cents goes to international missions. Collectively, Clarke Baptists gave $353,242.00 through the Cooperative Program in 2020. […]
COVID-19 Quarantine Leads To Salvation Experience For Student
Matt Bond puts it simply like this — before he met Jesus, he was lost. He was also sick. Matt, a freshman at the University of Alabama, was sent to live for two weeks in a quarantine dorm on campus after he learned he had COVID-19 in January. It was a lonely place to be. But […]
The Greatest Evangelism Initiative of the Modern Age
DULUTH, Ga. (BP) – The rapid fire of a gun broke the silence, and a vibrant Christian, bleeding from multiple wounds, took his last breath. Islamic militants, angry that the Gospel had taken hold in their village, had gone on a deadly shooting rampage to try to stamp it out. That’s not a scene from […]
Why I Believe in the Cooperative Program
Having grown up in Baptist churches, most might think that I would have known a lot about how Baptists fund their work. I am sure I had heard about the Cooperative Program before, but it wasn’t until I was a young man and sensed God’s call to vocational ministry that the Cooperative Program came into […]
The Cooperative Program and Its Many Ministries
As a young man, I first realized the value of the Cooperative Program as a funding mechanism to help educate men and women for the ministry to which God called them. Later, as a pastor, I found the Cooperative Program to be a non-intrusive vehicle by which my church could partner with other churches across […]
Three reasons why we give through the Cooperative Program
I believe in the Cooperative Program for three basic reasons. First, there is the PRACTICAL reason. Giving through the Cooperative Program is an efficient way to fund many Great Commission Ministries. Raising money from each church for each entity and ministry would absorb so much time and energy. In addition, our missionaries do not have to spend their […]
Giving Bread To The Hungry
Rick Nabors knows what it’s like to have someone meet you at your point of need. About 30 years ago, an evangelism team from Mount Zion Baptist Church, Alexandria, knocked on the door of his home, and his life has never been the same. “I knew them from the community and knew that they were […]
To Fulfill the Great Commission
The mission of the Southern Baptist Convention is to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). The Cooperative Program unified plan of giving has proven to be an excellent way of funding our missions and ministry on a state, national and international level for nearly 100 years. Our International Mission Board and North American Mission Board receive […]
Help with Church Safety and Security
When I think of the Cooperative Program, I think of the Great Commission because I see how they work in tandem. There are so many ways the Kingdom of God has been furthered through the generous gifts of Southern Baptists through the Cooperative Program. I’ve seen the CP at work firsthand in our seminaries and on […]
An Idea from the Very Heart of God
I believe in the Cooperative Program because I believe the Bible teaches us that the Christian life is intended to be lived in a community. Jesus instituted the church for the purpose of corporate worship (John 4:23-24), continuous fellowship (Acts 2:42) and cooperative missions (Acts 1:8). Jesus has not only given us a mission, He […]