Cooperative Program

CHURCH’S MISSIONS MINDSET ROOTED IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

August 31, 2019

By Karen Willoughby Baptist Press ARRINGTON — “We have a choir. We have an organ and piano,” pastor Reed Buntin said. “We’re just your traditional Southern Baptist church.” For Triune Baptist Church, “traditional” also includes a missions mindset rooted in the Cooperative Program and discipleship rooted in Sunday School. Located amid rolling hills and gated communities 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Triune Baptist has found a niche in a region

COOPERATION IS ALWAYS IN STYLE

August 26, 2019

By Roc Collins Director of Strategic Objectives, TBMB Before the inception of the digital age, before the first plane lifted from the sandy straights of Kitty Hawk, before the technologies of steam, coal, and fossil fuel, an ancient crowd heard an astounding challenge, “Go into all the world. … Teach all nations. … Go to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the world!” In a world where

UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ENABLES TENNESSEE BAPTISTS TO REACH MONUMENTAL PLATEAU

August 26, 2019

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The oversized check was just a prop. The significance of the moment, however, was very real. During a recent ceremony at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s Church Support Center in Franklin, TBMB president and executive director Randy C. Davis presented a Goliath-sized check to Augie Boto of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. The amount was for $500,000,000, which represents the

TBC CP GIFTS ON TARGET TO MEET 2018-19 BUDGET

August 20, 2019

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $3,130,467 through the Cooperative Program in July. The July gifts brought the year-to-date total to $26,127,112. The amount is $97,667 or 0.4 percent over the amount given over the same time frame last year. With three months to go in the 2018-19 fiscal year, gifts are $252,112 or 0.97 percent above budget needs.

TBC CP GIVING DIPS SLIGHTLY

July 9, 2019

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,487,569 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have contributed $22,996,645 through the Cooperative Program missions giving channel.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CP WENT ON VACATION?

May 31, 2019

By Matt Tullos Stewardship development specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It’s that time again when the sun bids us to flee from the status quo and frolic with the family in favorite locations. Whether you are a one-week mountain man or a four-day beach bum, we all need a week to unwind, recalibrate and reconnect with family. If you’re like me, you begin to wonder who’s minding the store in

TBC CP GIFTS ON TRACK TO REACH BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR

May 16, 2019

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — After six months of the 2018-19 fiscal year, gifts from Tennessee Baptist churches are on track to meet the Cooperative Program budget. TBC churches gave $3,216,841 through the Cooperative Program in April.

THE PARABLE OF THE THREE TENNESSEE FARMERS

April 3, 2019

By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB Three farmers in Tennessee went out to farm. All three farmers made the most of their field and their fields produced a great harvest. But the first farmer was a bit shortsighted. He kept all his harvest as well as the seeds for the coming years at home. So, while he kept the farm going, the impact he had was limited. Very limited.

SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABORTION BILLS TOP FEBRUARY HEADLINES

March 6, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — Sexual abuse instances, as reported by The Houston Chronicle in February, “needed a bright light to be shined on it,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In his monthly podcast reflecting on what happened in convention life the previous month (Episode 25 of Radio B&R), Davis said the silver lining of the horrible news is that

TBC CP GIVING STABLE

March 5, 2019

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists gave $2,683,061 through the Cooperative Program in February. After four months of the current fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts total $11,864,790. Receipts are $33,879 or 0.3 percent what was given at the same time last year, but the amount is $364,790 or 3.17 percent above budget needs.