Despite a down economy, Shiloh Baptist Church in southeast Illinois chose to increase giving through the Cooperative Program by 1 percentage point in 2012, bringing its total to 15.5 percent of undesignated receipts.
Daily Archives: April 20, 2012
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Practicing a religious belief in nearly one-third of the world’s countries is increasingly difficult due to government restrictions and public hostilities, according to new data from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Nigeria has become a case in point, due to the Islamic extremist sect Boko Haram which […]
A highly anticipated conference sponsored by moderate Baptists on the topic of sexuality kicked off its first day on Thursday (April 19) with conference attendees hearing speakers discuss the issue of sexual identity and how to discern “new understandings” of authority. Guy Sayles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Asheville, […]
Southern Baptists’ Cooperative Program is remarkably simple: 1) individuals give their tithes and offerings to their local churches; 2) the churches forward a percentage of their contributions to their state Baptist convention for ministry in the state; and 3) the state convention then forwards a percentage of its funds to […]
As the Southern Baptist Convention seeks to penetrate lostness in North America, a map showing the ratio of congregations to population in a particular area is helpful, says columnist and NAMB President Kevin Ezell.
A rural Kentucky church already was giving 25 percent of its undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program but wanted to do more for Christ, setting several missions goals.
A North Carolina church that was named for missionary William Carey is a strong supporter of the Cooperative Program, and its pastor is a former missionary and current seminary professor.