THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM — ARE WE ALL-IN?

By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB We’ve seen this scene played out in countless westerns. The weather-beaten cowboy in the dusty western saloon looks across the table and pushes all his chips to the center. For better or for worse, he’s all-in. John the Baptist was all-in, too. He couldn’t be categorized as anything […]

TBC CP GIVING AHEAD OF BUDGET

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,657,992 through the Cooperative Program in February. After the first quarter of the 2019-20 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $12,157,989. The amount is $293,198 or 2.5 percent over the amount given after the first four months of last year and is $491,322 or 4.2 […]

TBC CP GIFTS TOP $4 MILLION

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $4,083,899 through the Cooperative Program in January. It is the largest single monthly amount ever and the first time CP gifts have exceeded $4 million in a month for more than a decade. It is the largest monthly amount since Tennessee Baptists gave $4,019,171 in […]

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: WHEN MISSIONARIES CRY

By Art Toalston Contributing writer, B&R Maybe you’ve seen a missionary cry. Interviewing a missionary in Ecuador some years back, my heart was gripped when he spoke through tears of the persecution experienced by the indigenous people he worked among in the Andean mountains. It was midday, we were in a cold, dark room. All […]

TBC CP GIVING OFF TO SLOW START

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Cooperative Program gifts from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches got off to a slow start in November, the first month of the new 2019-2020 fiscal year. TBC churches gave $2,445,574 through the Cooperative Program in November. The amount is $213,173 or 8 percent below what was given during the first month […]

SUMMIT SUMMARY: EVANGELISM AT FOREFRONT

TBC leaders, messengers focus on how to ‘Win TN, by all means’ during 145th annual meeting Editor’s Note: See stories from the 2019 Summit in Knoxville throughout this issue. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] KNOXVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers gathered at First Baptist Concord, Nov. 17-20 for four days of inspirational […]

TENNESSEE BAPTISTS EXCEED CP BUDGET

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected]  FRANKLIN — When the books closed Oct. 31 on the 2018-19 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists had given $34,719,604 through the Cooperative Program. The amount is $115,032 or 0.3 percent more than was given for 2017-18 and $219,604 or 0.64 percent above budget. Tennessee Baptist Convention churches finished […]

IT’S A FACT: EVERY GREAT TEAM WORKS TOGETHER

By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB The Evangels were a football team with a legendary record of wins. They had a storied history of some of the best players in the country who went on to win championships and drape banners and retired jerseys all over their stadium. It was the golden age of […]

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: A MISSIONARY’S GRATITUDE

By Paul Chitwood International Mission Board President EDITOR’S NOTE FROM BAPTIST PRESS: Paul Chitwood is president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. October is Cooperative Program Emphasis month in the Southern Baptist Convention. Learn more about CP here. RICHMOND, Va. — As I near the first anniversary of being elected president of the International […]

TBC CP GIFTS ON TARGET TO REACH 2018-19 BUDGET

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists gave $2,940,444 through the Cooperative Program in August. After 10 months of the current fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $29,067,556 through the CP giving channel. The amount is just short ($8,940) over what was given over the same time frame last year. Receipts remain, however, $317,556 or […]