Cooperative Program

MOVEMENT & MILESTONES

January 8, 2019

Five Objectives progress, anniversaries top news of 2018 By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Statistics indicating that the convention-adopted Five Objectives are having an impact in Tennessee, along with significant anniversaries of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board ministries, were among the top stories in the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2018. In addition, two TBC entities underwent changes in leadership in 2018.- Baptisms in 2017 increased by slightly

SMALL CHURCH, GENEROUS HEART

December 26, 2018

FBC, Andersonville, supports both CP and a missionary couple Editor’s Note: Churches all across Tennessee and around the nation are in the process of collecting the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. Read how a Tennessee church meets the needs of a missionary couple while continuing to give more than 10 percent of its undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program. Baptist Press ANDERSONVILLE — A Tennessee Baptist church

REMEMBERING THE LORD OUR GOD IN 2018

December 23, 2018

By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director You may be overrun with Christmas activities and see a busy 2019 blowing in like a thunderstorm racing across a Kansas prairie. Last minute gifts, parties, travel to be with loved ones, and on it goes. We get to this point of the year and it seems we try to squeeze about six months of activity through the funnel of a

WHAT THE INCREASE IN CP GIFTS REALLY MEANS

November 26, 2018

By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board The ovation lasted longer than most at the October monthly staff meeting as Randy C. Davis shared the news that churches gave 2.2 percent more through the Cooperative Program than they did last year. Tennessee Baptists are the heroes in the narrative of Cooperative Program giving. While many state conventions struggle to fund ministries and missions, we’re experiencing growth. This increase

SIXTEEN REASONS FOR TITHING TO THE CHURCH

November 5, 2018

Editor’s Note: Share these 16 reasons to tithe with your congregation on two Sundays this year by requesting two tithing inserts that can be placed in your Sunday worship bulletins. E-mail us at [email protected] and let us know how many you need. We will ship them directly to your church for free. By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB So, your pastor preaches on giving? Thank him. A pastor who

TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP

October 11, 2018

By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable

TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP

October 11, 2018

NEW SPECIALISTS JOIN TBMB STAFF

October 9, 2018

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has announced the addition of three new specialists to its staff. Cole Campbell has been promoted to manager of the Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center. Campbell began working part-time at the conference center in 2008 and began serving full time with the facility in 2014. In his new role, Campbell will manage all facilities, activities, employees and functions of Linden

TBMB DIRECTORS ADOPT NO-INCREASE BUDGET AT ANNUAL MEETING

September 25, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board voted without opposition Sept. 11 to recommend a Cooperative Program budget goal of $34,500,000 for 2018-19. The amount is the same as the 2017-18 budget, observed Steve Marcum of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, chair of the Budget and Ministry Committee. While the amount remains the same, the percentage that will be forwarded

COUPLE’S COMMITMENT TO CP COMES FROM HEART

September 17, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] CONCORD, N.C. — Tennessee natives Tom and Rachel Roddy have experienced the deep joy of having a child and also the excruciating pain of losing a baby at birth.