SBC CP percentages are listed first with state percentages following.
ALABAMA
• President: Leon Ballard, pastor; York Baptist Church; York, Ala.
• CP percentages: 42.3% / 57.7%
• Resolutions: Opposition to religious persecution; NEA; affirmation on display of Ten Commandments; religious expression in public schools
ALASKA
• President: Wally Smith, pastor; Faith Baptist Church; Fairbanks, Alaska
• CP percentages: 33% / 67%
• Resolutions: Re-affirming 1996 resolution to boycott Disney Corporation; commended senators for bills banning "partial birth abortion" and requiring parental consent for abortion on a minor in Alaska; recognizing home-schooling as a legitimate form of education and allowing home-schooled children the use of publicly funded facilities; setting aside first Thursday of May each year as Day of Prayer in Alaska, in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer
• Noteworthy: Voted to establish partnership between Alaska Baptists and Far East Russia in 1998
ARIZONA
• President: David Johnson, pastor; First Southern Baptist Church; Phoenix, Ariz.
• CP percentages: 20 / 80%
• Preferred items: Portraits (first $120,000 under the advance budget)
• Resolutions: Noted the rapid population growth in the state and expressed "our hearts desire" for every person to have opportunity to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and have a God honoring, biblically based, local church family within driving distance of their residence
ARKANSAS
• President: Greg Kirksey, pastor; First Baptist Church; Benton, Ark.
• CP percentages: 41.77% / 58.23%
• Resolutions: On sanctity of human life; affirming the ministry of the Baptist World Alliance; on aiding the poor
CALIFORNIA
• President: Roger Spradlin, pastor; Valley Baptist Church; Bakersfield, Calif.
• CP percentages: 29% / 71%
• Noteworthy: Voted to accept Strategy Planning Team Report for restructure of CSBC
COLORADO
• President: James Vaughn, DOM; Grand Valley Baptist Association; Grand Junction, Colo.
• CP percentages: 29% / 71%
• Resolutions: Appreciation to CBGC Executive Director and staff for leadership, direction, and vision; appreciation to volunteers providing disaster relief in the Ft. Collins flood; appreciation for those who supported Proposition 11
DAKOTA
• President: Garvon Golden, pastor; First Baptist Church; Williston, N.D.
• CP percentages: 14% / 86%
• Resolutions: Appreciation for the funds and work provided by the Florida Baptist Convention; appreciation to DSBF staff for disaster relief in Grand Forks and Fargo
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
• President: John Munson, layman; First Baptist Church; Silver Spring, Md.
• CP percentages: 33% / 67%*
• Noteworthy: Voted to affiliate also with the Progressive National Baptist Convention
FLORIDA
• President: Jerry B. Garrard, pastor; Celebration Baptist Church; Tallahassee, Fla.
• CP percentages: 40% / 60%
• Noteworthy: Brought bylaws and constitution into compliance with Florida Non-Profit law
GEORGIA
• President: Frank Cox, pastor; North Metro First Baptist Church; Lawrenceville, Ga.
• CP percentages: 50% / 50%
• Preferred items: 12.12% as "Shared Responsibilities" planned and funded by GBC
• Resolutions: Against Georgia lottery; against legalized gambling; appreciation to state government leadership enactment of legislation making partial-birth abortion illegal in Georgia; opposing state legislation abolishing the Georgia laws prohibiting adultery and sodomy; against religious persecution
HAWAII
• President: George Moyer, layman; Hawaii Kai Baptist Church; Honolulu, Hawaii
• CP percentages: 31.5% / 68.5%
• Resolutions: Opposing legalized gambling; supporting efforts to call attention to and support the persecuted church around the world
• Noteworthy: Voted to change the name of the Hawaii Baptist Convention to the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
ILLINOIS
• President: Eugene Gibson, pastor; Mission of Faith Baptist Church; Chicago, Ill.
• CP percentages: 40.75% / 59.25%
• Resolutions: Opposing gambling; concerning ministry to the poor in light of welfare reform
• Noteworthy: Established the Baptist Foundation of Illinois Board of Trustees and a Baptist Children's Home Board of Trustees separate from the IBSA Board of Directors
INDIANA
• President: John Rogers, pastor; Eastlake Baptist Church; Crown Point, Ind.
• CP percentages: 32.25% / 67.75%
• Resolutions: On covenant marriages
IOWA
• President: John Shaull, pastor; First Baptist Church; Winterset, Iowa
• CP percentages: 24% / 76%
• Resolutions: Appreciation to Arkansas Baptists for their continued partnership and extravagant giving for the sake of the gospel ministry in Iowa; support for Bulgarian Mission Ministries of Arkansas Baptists; support of Southern Baptist Missions Ministries in the Gaza Strip
KANSAS/NEBRASKA
• President: Don Lacy, pastor; Calvary Baptist Church; Valley Center, Kan.
• CP percentages: 31% / 69%
KENTUCKY
• President: Gayle Toole, pastor; Edgewood Baptist Church; Nicholasville, Ky.
• CP percentages: 35% / 65%
• Preferred items: Any cost of the Church Annuity Plan in excess of its budget amount will be considered a priority item in the budget and funded by deducting the balance from the allocations to the institutions and agencies and the Executive Board appropriation in proportion to each one's approved share of the total distributable funds received for this budget year
• Resolutions: Supporting Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; against gambling
LOUISIANA
• President: Bob Anderson, layman; Parkview Baptist Church; Baton Rouge, La.
• CP percentages: 35% / 65%
• Resolutions: On Louisiana Moral & Civic Foundation; covenant marriage; partial-birth abortion; alcohol culture in Louisiana; genetic technology & cloning; HIV/AIDS; Christian persecution; gambling; Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Moral & Social Concerns Advisory Committees
MARYLAND/DELAWARE
• President: Gary Glanville, pastor; Northwest Baptist Church; Reisterstown, Md.
• CP percentages: 41% / 59%
• Preferred items: Expanded annuity
• Resolutions: Against homosexual behavior; same-sex marriages; domestic partner benefits; pornography; partial-birth abortion; gambling; condom distribution in schools; violence; teaching evolution in schools; zoning laws that hinder churches
MICHIGAN
• President: Ray Shelton, pastor; Friendship Baptist Church; Lincoln Park, Mich.
• CP percentages: 25% / 75%
• Resolutions: Support of the Disney boycott; support the repeal of state Proposal E which allows casino gambling; encourage every association, church, and church member to be involved in the Celebrate Jesus 2000 emphasis
• Noteworthy: Celebrated 40th anniversary
MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN
• President: Phil Smith, layman; Glen Lake Baptist Church; Minnetonka, Minn.
• CP percentages: 26% / 74%
• Resolutions: On International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church; persecution and religious freedom of Jews
MISSISSIPPI
• President: Dean Register, pastor; Temple Baptist Church; Hattiesburg, Miss.
• CP percentages: 37% / 63%
• Preferred items: Within SBC portion, $257,926 is retained by Mississippi for home mission work in Mississippi
• Resolutions: On persecuted Christians; 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade; encouraging worship above entertainment
MISSOURI
• President: Wendell Page, pastor; First Baptist Church; Lee's Summit, Mo.
• CP percentages: 35.75% / 58.25%
• Preferred items: 6% for joint SBC/MBC causes planned and funded by MBC
• Resolutions: Commended Missouri Baptists' four institutions of higher learning; support for the proposed Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act in Congress; opposition to religious persecution; support for Belarus partnership
MONTANA
• President: B. J. Hallmark, pastor; Crossroads Memorial Church; Great Falls, Mont.
• CP percentages: 22% / 78%
• Preferred items: Annuity and Stewardship Promotion
NEVADA
• President: Joe Taylor, pastor; South Reno Baptist Church; Reno, Nev.
• CP percentages: 26.75% / 73.25%
NEW ENGLAND
• President: Randy Fearon, pastor; Fellowship Baptist Church; Hanover, Mass.
• CP percentages: 21% / 79%
• Preferred items: Church Annuity Plan Allocation
• Resolutions: To pray for persecuted churches
NEW MEXICO
• President: Tim Marrow, pastor; Taylor Ranch Baptist Church; Albuquerque, N.M.
• CP percentages: 30.5% / 69.9%
• Preferred items: Insurance for retired administrative staff; convention portion of pastor's retirement
• Resolutions: Opposing all forms of gambling; advertising for beverage alcohol; abortion; assisted suicide; the negative influences of the entertainment industry; supporting "options regarding origins"
NEW YORK
• President: James Guenther, pastor; Trinity Baptist Church; Niskayuna, N.Y.
• CP percentages: 24% / 76%
NORTH CAROLINA
• President: Mac Brunson, pastor; Green Street Baptist Church; High Point, N.C.
• CP percentages: 32% / 68%*
• Resolutions: Supporting the North Carolina Initiative to reduce underage drinking
• Noteworthy: Election of new executive director-treasurer, James Royston
NORTHWEST
• President: Don Reeves, pastor; Grant Avenue Baptist Church; Corvallis, Ore.
• CP percentages: 31% / 69%
• Preferred items: State convention building debt reduction
• Resolutions: Promoting and strengthening biblical standards of moral and ethical health in communities by committing to live by these standards; voting for candidates and legislation that support the family and the sanctity of life
• Noteworthy: The 50th meeting for the regional convention, launching a Year of Jubilee that will culminate at the 1998 annual meeting with a NAMB-sponsored commissioning service for up to ninety new North American missionaries
OHIO
• President: Ron Mitchell, pastor; First Baptist Church; Huber Heights, Ohio
• CP percentages: 40% / 60%
• Resolutions: On partnership with Israel, West Bank, and Gaza; increased emphasis on evangelism and missions through Celebrate Jesus 2000
OKLAHOMA
• President: Ted Kersh, pastor; Village Baptist Church; Oklahoma City, Okla.
• CP percentages: 40% / 60%
• Resolutions: Opposing gambling in any form
• Noteworthy: Approval of three-year partnership with the Baptist Convention of Malawi
PENNSYLVANIA/SOUTH JERSEY
• President: Pat Colladay, pastor; Dallas Baptist Church; Dallas, Pa.
• CP percentages: 23.50% / 76.50%
• Resolutions: Urging prayer for persecuted Christians and calling on government to speak out for the cause of religious liberty
SOUTH CAROLINA
• President: David Gallamore, pastor; Rock Springs Baptist Church; Easley, S.C.
• CP percentages: 40% / 60%
• Preferred items: Expanded church annuity plan — cost shared between SBC and SCBC
• Resolutions: Opposing legalized gambling; saluting the seventy-five years of Baptist student ministry
• Noteworthy: Launched a three-year foreign missions partnership with Romania
TENNESSEE
• President: Doug Sager, pastor; First Baptist Church-Concord; Knoxville, Tenn.
• CP percentages: 37.5 % / 62.5%
• Preferred items: Expanded church annuity plan — cost shared between SBC and TBC
• Resolutions: Opposing gambling; religious persecution
TEXAS
• President: Russell H. Dilday, Jr., member; Travis Avenue Baptist Church; Ft. Worth, Texas
• CP percentages: 33% / 67%*
• Resolutions: Against Religious Persecution; protecting our missionaries by honoring the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; protection of financial contributions from bankruptcy judgment; supporting religious liberty; against gambling machines; supporting Hope for Home; supporting bivocational ministers
UTAH/IDAHO
• President: Steve Best, pastor; Calvary Baptist Church; Boise, Idaho
• CP percentages: 21% / 79%
• Noteworthy: Celebrated debt free status recently achieved; will enter two-year prayer covenant with the Baptist Society of Gaza and the West Bank
VIRGINIA (BGAV)
• President: Bill Wilson, pastor; First Baptist Church; Waynesboro, Va.
• CP percentages: 36% / 64%*
• Resolutions: Reaffirming the sanctity of human life, including fetal life; to pray for government leaders
VIRGINIA (SBCV)
• President: Terry Harper, pastor; Colonial Heights Baptist Church; Colonial Heights, Va.
• CP percentages: 50% / 50%
• Resolutions: On ordination and the role of women in ministry; opposition to religious persecution; support for Disney boycott
WEST VIRGINIA
• President: Mark McClung, pastor; Southern Baptist Fellowship; Summersville, W.Va.
• CP percentages: 35.5% / 64.5%
• Resolutions: Opposing further expansion of legalized gambling
WYOMING
• President: Jim Starr, layman; Emmanuel Baptist Church; Rock Springs, Wyo.
• CP percentages: 29% / 71%
The Cooperative Program percentages above reflect what the messengers of each state convention approved for 1998. In some cases, however, they may not reflect what the SBC Cooperative Program will actually receive due to adjustments for "Preferred Items."
* Represents one of multiple giving options, some of which may reduce or eliminate the SBC Cooperative Program percentage.
