Stories tagged with: cooperative program

• Cooperative Program giving rebounds in July for highest monthly total since February

  by BP Staff, posted Monday, August 03, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Continued financial faithfulness of Southern Baptists has pushed monthly giving through the Cooperative Program to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 global pandemic. July's total giving through the national CP allocation budget totaled nearly $17 million -- the highest monthly total since February. Read More

• CP helps Washington church deal with its reality

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Monday, August 03, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Pastor Dan Panter's awareness of the effectiveness of the Cooperative Program dates to his 24 years in the U.S. Navy. An active Southern Baptist who rose from being an enlisted man to Lieutenant Commander, Panter would look up which missionaries were near where his deployments would be taking him. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A climate of change

  by Kie Bowman, posted Wednesday, July 08, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  Kie Bowman recounts how despite cultural upheaval, Southern Baptists came together to reach the world for Christ. "Southern Baptists have a history of choosing action," he says. Read More

• Cooperative Program giving highest in three months, down only 1.47% for year

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, July 01, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Gifts to the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for June 2020 were below budget by almost $1.3 million, but the deficit was much less than projections for the month as the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to impact churches financially. The $15,106,500.79 given through the Cooperative Program was 4.11 percent less than the same month last year. Read More

• Highland Avenue engages next generation in missions

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Wednesday, July 01, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  ROBINSON, Ill. -- The purpose of Highland Avenue Baptist Church is to spread the Gospel, Pastor Dwight McDaniel said.

  This starts with allocating 13 percent of its undesignated offerings to missions through the Cooperative Program, the way Southern Baptists work together worldwide in missions and ministries to advance God's kingdom work. Read More

• Economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic slows Cooperative Program giving

  by Staff, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Gifts to the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for May 2020 were below budget by more than $1.5 million as the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to impact churches financially. The $14,802,344.02 given through the Cooperative Program was 16.08 percent less than the same month last year. Read More

• Church reaches the world from small Alaska town

  by Karen L. Willoughby , posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  VALDEZ, Alaska (BP) -- David Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church of Valdez, isn't hard to find. That's because Valdez is a small town.

  Check the post office, grocery store, hardware store, senior center, or numerous eating establishments, and you'll find him. Bradley looks for people to talk with. Read More

• Missionaries strive to advance Gospel as IMB adapts to financial challenges

  by Ben Hawkins/Missouri Pathway , posted Thursday, May 14, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Like their fellow Southern Baptists in the United States, International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries are adjusting to government lockdowns and other difficulties caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

  Yet many of them continue to labor for the Gospel, even as IMB leaders adapt to new financial realities brought on by the coronavirus. Read More

• IMB, NAMB celebrate 175 years of helping Southern Baptists pursue the Great Commission

  by Tobin Perry, posted Friday, May 08, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  AUGUSTA, Ga. (BP) -- When 327 delegates met at First Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga., on May 8, 1845, they did more than start a new convention of Baptist churches in the South.

  They began a missionary movement that would in time start new Gospel-proclaiming churches throughout North America and the world. On Friday, Southern Baptists celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of what became the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board -- and the corresponding Gospel movement they launched. Read More

• COVID-19 impact on churches realized in CP giving drop

  by Staff, posted Monday, May 04, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Stay-at-home orders around the country due to the COVID-19 global pandemic continue to affect churches and church giving. As a result, all aspects of Southern Baptist life are beginning to feel the economic changes.

  While data points related to giving have been sparse in the initial phases of the pandemic, national Cooperative Program receipts are beginning to reflect the stalled global and national economy. National CP receipts in April dropped more than 8 percent compared to April 2019, and totaled $14,165,824.93, giving Southern Baptists their lowest monthly national CP total since December 2016. Read More