Cooperative Program
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Since 1925 Southern Baptists have partnered together to do missions through the Cooperative Program. Today the partnership continues as over 45,000 Baptist churches across the United States channel their mission dollars through 41 state conventions to do missions locally, across the United States, and around the world.
Our staff is available to share the Cooperative Program vision with your church and encourage your members as Baptists partner together to make disciples here and around the world.
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How is all this possible?
Simply put, it begins with you. You give yourself first to God (2 Cor. 5:8). Next, out of gratitude and obedience to God for what He has done for you, you commit to give back to Him, through your church, a portion of what He provides. This is commonly called a tithe and represents ten percent of your income (Lev. 27:30, Mal. 3:10).
Your church decides the next step. Every year your church prayerfully decides how much of its undesignated gifts will be committed to reaching people in your state and around the world through Cooperative Program (CP) Missions. This amount is then forwarded to your state Baptist convention.
During the annual meeting of your BCM/D, messengers from your church and other churches across the state decide what percentage of CP Missions gifts contributed by local congregations stays in your state to support state and local missions and ministries and how much is given to the SBC.
At the SBC Annual Meeting, messengers from across the country decide how the gifts received from the states will be distributed among SBC entities. These gifts are used by Southern Baptist entities to train, send and support missionaries, train pastors and other ministry leaders; provide relief for retired ministers and widows; and address social, moral, and ethical concerns relating to our faith and families.
More specifically, the Cooperative Program money you give not only supports local initiatives but also supports the International Mission Board, which supports approximately 5,375 missionaries around the world; and the North American Mission Board, which supports nearly 5,200 national missionaries. According to recent research, the two mission groups currently assist in 22,448 new church plants worldwide.
The Cooperative Program also supports the six Southern Baptist seminaries, which are training our next generation of leaders; and the Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, which gives a “voice” for Southern Baptists in political arenas.
The bottom line is – people around the world hear the gospel and receive Christ because of your generosity.
Want to learn more? You can watch a video put together by some of our missionaries by clicking here.