Cooperative Program

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING HITS CUMULATIVE $5 BILLION

April 12, 2021

By Myriah Snyder IMB senior writer/editor International Mission Board leaders are celebrating a monumental milestone in Southern Baptist life: On March 31, 2021, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® surpassed $5 billion total gifts since collection to send missionaries to China began in 1888. The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is an annual offering collected by believers around the world to support international missions. The offering is unique because 100 percent of

TBC CP GIVING REMAINS CONSTANT

March 11, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,766,834 through the Cooperative Program in February. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $11,612,365 through the Cooperative Program to fund missions and ministries in Tennessee and around the world. After the first quarter of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, CP gifts are $545,624 or 4.5 percent below what was given for the first quarter last year, but are on $54,302

CHURCH DISPLAYS TRUE ‘GIVING SPIRIT’

February 12, 2021

Despite pandemic, Hilldale Baptist surpasses budget, mission goals By David Dawson [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — “In good times and in bad; in sickness and in health.” Those words, commonly heard at weddings, also describe the commitment displayed by the members of Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, in 2020. Amid all the devastating details of last year, including economic hardships brought on by the pandemic, Hilldale had a record setting year in

TBC CP GIVING ON TARGET TO MEET BUDGET

February 9, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — During the first month of the year after the start of a worldwide pandemic, Tennessee Baptists continue to give faithfully through the Cooperative Program. Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,322,496 through the CP giving channel in January. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $8,845,531. The amount is $654,465 or 6.9 percent below what was given after three months last year, but is $95,531 or

TBC CP GIFTS AHEAD FOR YEAR

January 12, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches ended 2020 by giving $2,977,864 through the Cooperative Program in December. After two months of the 2020-21 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $5,523,036. The amount is $106,938 or 2.0 percent above the amount given at the same time last year. The amount, however, is $310,298 or 5.32 percent below budget needs.

2020: A YEAR TO REMEMBER

December 31, 2020

Ministry created by tornadoes, pandemic dominate year’s top stories By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The year 2020 began on a positive note with giving through the Cooperative Program at a high level for the first four months of the fiscal year and after a record-breaking year for gifts through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions in 2019. Then came March — and life turned upside

TBC CP GIFTS INCREASE FROM A YEAR AGO

December 15, 2020

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,545,172 through the Cooperative Program in November, the first month of the 2020-21 fiscal year. The amount was $99,598 or 4.1 percent more than was given in November of 2019. The year-to-date total, however is $371,495 or 12.74 percent below budget needs after one month.

A NEW TAKE ON AN OLD, OLD CHRISTMAS STORY

December 4, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Everyone knows the story told in “The Christmas Carol” about an elderly man named Scrooge who thought Christmas was a waste of time and money. Now, thanks to the creative talents of Matt Tullos, assistant to the executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and Cooperative Program/stewardship specialist, Tennessee Baptists have the opportunity to meet Mr. Finch (just happens

NOW DEBT FREE, MARYVILLE CHURCH DOUBLES CP GIVING TO 10 PERCENT

November 3, 2020

By Diana Chandler Senior Writer, Baptist Press MARYVILLE — Pastor Scott Linginfelter had just preached the opening night of a tent revival on a farm field in rural Greenback when he told Baptist Press of his commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program. “Somebody found treasure in a field,” he said of his sermon based on Matthew 13:44. “To find treasure, it means you don’t just get saved, but

TBC CP GIFTS END YEAR NEAR GOAL

November 2, 2020

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In a year when most churches across Tennessee could not meet in person for several months, Tennessee Baptists continued to faithfully meet missions and ministry needs in the state and around the world. Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,824,225 through the Cooperative Program in October. Tennessee Baptists gave a total of $34,203,543 through the Cooperative Program during the 2019-20 budget year which ended Oct. 31.