SBC’s 15-year journey to 51% to IMB
NASHVILLE (BP) – In 1917, Southern Baptists decided the Convention needed a central office to handle its business throughout the year. When the Cooperative Program was established a few years later, the SBC Executive Committee received a small portion of the budget each year.
Cooperative Program giving ahead of budget in May
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving for May was above the budget goal for the month. Total giving remains about 3 percent under budget for the year. In actual dollars, year-to-date giving ($126,641,680.27) is almost identical to the amount given through May of last year ($126,667,880.91) – a difference of .02 percent.
FIRST-PERSON: The Cooperative Program is worth recovery
How we will fund missions and ministries in the future is a crucial question for our time. Southern Baptists must recover the CP as our primary method for funding our cooperative missions and ministries.
New Mexico church’s Top 10 prayer requests show its priorities
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Eternity Baptist Church over the years has purchased all the land on its block. No. 8 of Eternity’s 10 prayer requests for 2026 is, “What should we do with it?”
Year-to-date CP totals close to last year’s at same point
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving for April was below the budget goal for the month and total giving remains about 3.5 percent under budget for the year. However, in actual dollars, year-to-date giving ($110,336,543,27) is almost identical to the amount given through April of last year ($110,474,314.95) – a difference of .12 percent.
Historic first: Crossings to host Deaf, hard-of-hearing students this summer
BAGDAD, Ky. — For the first time in the history of the Kentucky Baptist Convention and Crossings Camps, a summer camp is scheduled June 4-8 at Cedarmore for Deaf and hard-of-hearing (HOH) students.
SBC DIGEST: Positive trends among Mississippi, Kentucky Baptists
Annual Church Profile data indicates encouraging trends for Mississippi Baptists; Kentucky Baptists continue generous CP giving.
Baptisms, CP giving break records in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Record increases in baptisms and Cooperative Program giving in 2025 are being celebrated at the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (SCBO).
CP giving totals remain about 3% below budget through March
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving remained under budget in March, keeping year-to-date totals around 3 percent below goals.
Wyoming church changes its name but not its mission
POWELL, Wyo. – Bill Harvison was called as pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Powell (now Victory Baptist Church) two weeks before the COVID pandemic hit in 2020.
