Cooperative Program

MOTION FOR SOUL-WINNING TASK FORCE AFFIRMED AT SBC

June 15, 2017

By Seth Brown Baptist Press PHOENIX — Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention proposed 11 motions during two 15-minute scheduled segments of the 2017 annual meeting in Phoenix. Messengers voted affirmatively on one of the motions, submitted by Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board and member of First Baptist Church in Alpharetta, Ga., to authorize the convention’s president to appoint a task force to study how Southern

COLLINS SEEKS ‘REAL TIME’ BAPTISMS

April 20, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Roc Collins joined the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board as director of evangelism in January with one purpose in mind — to see more Tennesseans come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Collins, director of evangelism for the TBMB, also had a strong desire to see the convention meet the evangelism/discipleship goal of seeing at least 50,000 Tennesseans

MISSIONS EDUCATION IS IMPERATIVE: PITTS

April 19, 2017

Editor’s note: You can listen to Martha Pitts discuss missions during Episode 7 of Radio B&R, the official news podcast of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union President Martha Pitts is a product of missions education. And she is a huge proponent of it today. “I started early. I grew up in Girls in Action (GAs). People

CELEBRATE, SUPPORT THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

April 6, 2017

Jason Allen President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. The Cooperative Program ought not be a sacred cow, but it is close to one for me. Begun by Southern Baptists nearly a century ago, it has proven to be a most effective and enduring way to support our collective ministry and missions work. I often visit with leaders of other evangelical denominations who are envious of the Cooperative Program.

TBC CP GIFTS HOLD STEADY

April 5, 2017

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,796,195 through the Cooperative Program in March. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,614,829. After five months of the current fiscal year, the total is $97,249 or 0.7 perecent below what was given during the same time frame last year. The amount is $31,496 or 0.22 percent over current budget needs. “I am so thankful for Tennessee Baptists’ faithful

PAGE & MOORE: ‘WE FULLY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER’

March 14, 2017

By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) — Despite a Washington Post article suggesting Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank S. Page could ask Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore to resign amid ongoing controversy, the two SBC entity leaders reported a collegial meeting today (March 13) and said they “fully support one another.” Earlier in the day, amid a social media flurry following the Post’s report,

FAMILY CHOOSES CP FOR MEMORIAL

March 8, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEWPORT – Levi Parish spent the better part of his ministry supporting and encouraging others to support the Cooperative Program. So when he passed away on Feb. 26, it was only natural that the family wanted to do something special in his memory. “He loved missions,” Sherry Parish said of her husband of 53 years. “In every church we served, he encouraged the

TBC GIFTS HOLD STEADY

March 8, 2017

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,789,097 through the Cooperative Program in February. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $11,818,634. The amount is $145,614 or 1.2 percent below what was given at the same time last year.

PRESTONWOOD ESCROWS CP FUNDS, CITES ERLC ACTIONS

February 22, 2017

By David Roach Baptist Press PLANO, Texas (BP) — A Dallas-area megachurch has decided to escrow Cooperative Program funds temporarily in order to evaluate future support of Southern Baptist Convention causes. At issue are what the congregation calls “various significant positions taken by the leadership of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission that do not reflect the beliefs and values of many in the Southern Baptist Convention,” according to a

CP, GOTM GIFTS INCREASE

February 7, 2017

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,870,821 through the Cooperative Program in January. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $9,029,537. The amount is $69,675 or 0.8 percent over the amount given during the same time frame last year. After the first quarter of the fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts are $279,537 or 3.19 percent over current budget needs.