MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Today (May 13), though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a just few yards away from the original location to recommit to cooperative partnership.

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SBC leaders gather for a Declaration of Cooperation to mark the Cooperative Program’s 100th anniversary

Dozens of pastors, SBC officers, state Baptist convention leaders, SBC ethnic leaders and others gathered to commemorate Southern Baptists' adoption of the Cooperative Program 100 years ago in Memphis. Photo by Jim Veneman

MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Today (May 13), though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a just few yards away from the original location to recommit to cooperative partnership.

Small Tennessee church sees missions offering boom after connecting with missionaries

Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Kingston, Tennessee, has always given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering but last year, they decided they could do more. Photo provided

KINGSTON, Tenn. – Eight women sat around a table, their laughter filling Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Flour flew in all directions as Janice Poland instructed the group of 70- to 82-year-old women on how to make fried apple and peach pies. They have a hefty goal of making 2,000.



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