Ill. adopts level budget, 43.25% for CP
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)–Nearly 600 Illinois Baptists gathered in Springfield Nov. 10-11 for the Illinois Baptist State Association annual meeting. Messengers re-elected statewide officers, adopted budgets for the three IBSA boards, approved five resolutions and 15 new affiliated churches, and conducted other business while focusing on the theme “Churches on Mission.” Messengers approved 2011 budgets for […]
Tenn. OK’s 50/50 CP, welcomes new exec
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers overwhelmingly adopted a recommendation from the TBC Executive Board to begin moving toward a 50/50 distribution of Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Ohio pares budget, maintains CP split
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (BP)--The State Convention of Baptists in Ohio lowered its budget by 8 percent and celebrated an 18 percent increase in baptisms when messengers gathered for their 57th annual meeting Nov. 3-4 in Cambridge.
SBCV ups CP to 50.5%, reduces budget
LYNCHBURG, VA (BP)–Messengers to the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia annual “homecoming” unanimously approved two resolutions calling for continued convention-wide support of the Cooperative Program, as well as increased CP commitment from their churches. Messengers also approved a $9 million “ministry investment plan” for 2011, which represented a 2 percent decrease over 2010 and will […]
Minn.-Wis. Baptists face their giants
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BP)–Messengers to the annual meeting of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention challenged each other to be like modern-day Israelites taking the land promised by God despite the giants that make the task look impossible. “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it!” from Numbers 13:30 was […]
W.Va. Baptists embrace CP, BF&M
RONCEVERTE, W.Va. (BP)–Messengers to the 40th annual meeting of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists embraced the Cooperative Program and the Baptist Faith and Message Nov. 5-6 at First Baptist Church Fairlea in Ronceverte. A total of 134 messengers and 51 guests were registered at the meeting, which included several historical flashbacks. Five men […]
N.C. Baptists shorten meeting, cut budget
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)–North Carolina Baptists, meeting Nov. 8-10 in Greensboro, decided to shorten their future annual meetings from three days to two. Messengers adopted a $32.7 million budget, 6 percent smaller than in 2010; re-elected their officers; passed motions that reopen controversial discussions related to alcohol and doctrinal positions; and passed resolutions affirming the Cooperative […]
N.C. exec supports 50/50 CP split
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)–North Carolina Baptists’ top administrator declared his support for moving the state convention to a 50-50 allocation of Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention “over a protracted period” in his address during the BSCNC annual meeting in Greensboro. At the same time, Milton Hollified, executive director of the Baptist State Convention […]
BGCT reduces budget, rejects HBU trustee change
McALLEN, Texas (BP)–Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting approved a 2011 convention budget of $38 million, voted down a motion that would have allowed Houston Baptist University to elect non-Baptist trustees and approved a motion that sought to dramatically alter the format of the annual meeting. More than 760 people made […]
Fla. adopts task force report, 50/50 goal
BRANDON, Fla. (BP)–Messengers to the Florida Baptist State Convention overwhelmingly approved the recommendations of the Imagine If Great Commission Resurgence Task Force which included a recommendation to move within to a 50/50 distribution of Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention within 4-7 years. The task force report, of which CP distribution was one […]
