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1 PAGE 9 WINTER 2013/2014 SBCLIFE The Changing face of The cooperative program Doing More with Less by Roger S. Oldham The Cooperative Program has always been about three things. It is about people training ministers, planting, deploying missionaries, serving the needs of others. It is about the Gospel announcing the Good News of redemption through Jesus Christ to those in our neighborhoods and nations. It is about cooperation believing we can accomplish more by working together than any of us can accomplish alone... and building mutual trust to work together around our common tasks of evangelism, service, and missions. These themes are captured in the Convention s purpose statement It is the purpose of the Convention to provide a general organization for Baptists in the United States and its territories for the promotion of Christian missions at home and abroad and any other objects such as Christian education, benevolent enterprises, and social services which it may deem proper and advisable for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Dakota D. C. Florida Georgia Hawaii Pacific Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas-Nebraska Kentucky Louisiana Maryland-Delaware Michigan Minnesota-Wisconsin Mississippi Missouri Montana Nevada New England New Mexico New York North Carolina Northwest Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania-South Jersey Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands South Carolina Tennessee Texas - BGCT Texas - SBTC Utah - Idaho Virginia - BGAV Virginia - SBCV West Virginia Wyoming Subtotal 17,452, , , ,822, ,082, , , , ,416, ,250, , ,502, , , , ,485, ,898, ,835, , , ,657, ,424, , , , , , ,342, , ,718, ,692, , , ,342, ,023, ,980, ,009, , ,395, ,928, , , $183,419, Cooperative Program Allocation Budget Over the next several pages, SBC LIFE presents a pictorial collage that shows the changing face of the Convention 1925, when the Cooperative Program was instituted, present. All of the images have one thing in common they are pictures of people. Hair styles and dress have changed dramatically; but so has the ethnic and racial diversity of the Convention. What has not changed is the overarching purpose the CP is and always has been about people sharing the Gospel, preparing for ministry, baptizing believers, planting, serving others, and evangelizing the world. Each page also has a chart showing some of the challenges we face. Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research, is fond of saying facts are our friends. These charts are intended to be diagnostic tools to show us where we are in order to encourage us to return to our first love of cooperating for the Gospel. Through cooperation, Southern Baptists built two bold, vibrant missions sending agencies and six cutting-edge seminaries spread across the continent. Cooperative Program Allocation Budget/Designated Contributions Received State Baptist Conventions and Other Sources October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee 17,719, , , ,711, ,007, , , , ,878, ,871, , ,405, , , , ,850, ,713, ,811, , , ,465, ,535, , , , , , ,392, , ,767, ,195, , , ,646, ,730, ,392, ,625, , ,730, ,009, , , $186,640, ,497, , , ,725, ,341, , , , ,701, ,401, , ,314, , , , ,171, ,715, ,555, , , ,079, ,007, , , , ,469, , ,872, , ,462, ,864, , , ,732, ,429, ,887, ,047, , ,924, ,282, , , $189,503, Designated Gifts Contribution Sources ,273, , , ,546, ,338, , , , ,350, ,474, , ,130, , , , ,948, ,708, ,499, , , ,849, ,012, , , , ,343, , ,523, , ,392, ,350, , , ,849, ,805, ,356, ,108, , ,051, ,934, , , $186,629, These charts show that our state Baptist conventions are doing more with less. Our missions organizations are doing more with less. Our seminaries are doing more with less. The CP Allocation Budget report below reveals that our other entities are also doing more with less, whether GuideStone, ERLC, or Executive Committee in its management of operating budget. It also demonstrates that more than 95 cents out of every dollar received by through CP goes directly to help fund overseas missions, North American evangelism and church planting, and ministerial training and preparation. State Baptist Conventions Since the Cooperative Program was established in 1925 as a parternship between the and, state conventions have forwarded between 35 and 38 of the contributions they received the. At the turn of the century, that number had edged down to ; but since then, it has grown steadily to last year s During the same period, church contributions through the CP decreased an average of 7.68 of undesignated gifts in 2000 to last year s Our state conventions have been responsive Great Commission Task Force recommendations to begin moving toward a 50/50 split between state and national ministries; our have not kept pace with the. International Missions The backbone of our overseas missions efforts has always been and most likely will always be individuals who relocate American soil to plant their lives in the harvest fields of the world. They serve as the points of contact for the vast majority of local church overseas ministry ventures and are kept on the field through Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering gifts for international missions. As the combined buying power of these two funding streams has decreased, the number of personnel IMB has been able to keep on the field has also declined. If every church were to raise its CP contributions by one age point, IMB would receive an immediate infusion of more than $18 million, enough to keep its current force on the field and deploy hundreds of others who are ready to go. North American Evangelism With more than eight hundred closing their doors each year, NAMB s church planting initiative is an essential part of its overall evangelism strategy. Though we have seen a slow increase in the number of that cooperate with the Convention, many of these report no baptisms year after year. As a result our ratio of baptisms per church has been in a steady decline for several decades. Working in partnership with, associations, and state conventions, NAMB is focused on planting healthy, reproducing in the urban centers of America, assisting rural church planting initiatives, and revitalizing that are plateaued or declining. Seminary Training Last year, our seminaries enrolled more than 17,700 students for ministerial training. As adult higher education has changed, our seminaries have kept pace with cutting edge educational delivery methods, tailoring their programs to students needs without compromising the quality of theological education provided. Southern Baptists need pastors with minimal debt upon graduation. Support for these institutions is provided through Cooperative Program funding. Roger S. Oldham, executive editor of SBC LIFE, is a member of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Cooperative Program Allocation Budget/Designated Receipts Accumulative Distribution October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee CP Allocation Budget Designated Total International Mission Board $94,376, $134,255, $228,632, North American Mission Board 42,845, ,819, ,665, Total World Missions $137,222, $192,075, $329,297, Southwestern Seminary 9,007, , ,048, Southern Seminary 8,961, , ,018, New Orleans Seminary 7,287, , ,317, Southeastern Seminary 7,703, , ,734, Golden Gate Seminary 4,020, , ,044, Midwestern Seminary 4,228, , ,253, Historical Library and Archives 451, , Total Theological Education $41,661, $207, $41,868, Ethics & Religious Liberty Comm 3,102, , ,111, GuideStone Financial Resources , , SBC Operating 6,016, , ,800, Miscellaneous Churches & Individuals 4,581, ,038, ,603, ,115, Total Other Ministries $9,118, $823, $9,941, Grand Total $188,001, $191,678, $193,106, $190,744, Grand Totals $188,001, $193,106, $381,107,561.52

2 SBCLIFE WINTER 2013/2014 PAGE 10 The Changing face of The page 10 IMAgES courtesy of THE southern BAPTIST HISTorical LIBRARy and ARCHIvES INTernATionAL Total Receipts Received by Churches that Cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention Total Contributed to IMB through Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Gifts $9.6 $10.2 $10.7 $11.4 $11.8 $12.1 $11.9 $11.7 $11.8 $11.5 5,372 5,165 5,036 5,108 5,271 5,495 5,441 5,031 4,857 4, M $228M $229M $230M $250M $253M $243M $249M $242M $243M $245M 200M 160M 120M $150M $150M $131M $138M $141M $149M $146M $147M $149M $136M LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS 80M 40M $92M $95M $92M $100M $103M $102M $100M $96M $96M $96M IMB PORTION OF NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS All statistical data come SBC Annuals, 2003 through 2013.

3 PAGE 11 WINTER 2013/2014 SBCLIFE cooperative program Mission BOARD 10% Cooperative Program Contributions Southern Baptist Churches to State Conventions Cooperative Program Contributions State Conventions SBC 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% % 1% 0% to to to to to to to to to to All statistical data come SBC Annuals, 2003 through 2013.

4 SBCLIFE WINTER 2013/2014 PAGE 12 The Changing face of The page 12 IMAgES courtesy of THE southern BAPTIST HISTorical LIBRARy and ARCHIvES north american A Twenty Year Comparison of the Percentage Growth in Total Receipts and Undesignated Gifts Received by the Churches that Cooperate with and the Percentage Growth of Contributions Forwarded by the Churches through the Cooperative Program and the Convention s Missions Offerings. All statistical data come SBC Annuals, 1992 through Total Receipts Undesignated Gifts Cooperative Program Combined CP/Lottie Moon/Annie Armstrong % % % % 80.00% 60.00% 40.00% 20.00% 0.00%

5 PAGE 13 WINTER 2013/2014 SBCLIFE cooperative program Mission BOARD A Fifty Year Comparison of the Number of Baptisms per Church Number of Churches that Cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention. All statistical data come SBC Annuals, 1962 through ,000 46,000 44,000 42, baptisms baptisms baptisms 1982 Number of Churches 9.56 baptisms 1992 Number of Baptisms per Church ,000 38,000 36, baptisms ,000 32, baptisms ,000 4

6 SBCLIFE WINTER 2013/2014 PAGE 14 The Changing face of The page 14 images courtesy of THE southern BAPTIST HISTorical LIBRARy and ARCHIvES southern baptist A Thirty Year Analysis of the Percentage of Church Receipts Contributed to All Missions Causes, the Cooperative Program, and the Co 18.00% 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% Total Missions as a Percentage of Total Receipts CP as a Percentage of Undesignate 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% The total number of students enrolled in the six SBC seminaries in was 12, %

7 PAGE 15 WINTER 2013/2014 SBCLIFE cooperative program seminaries nvention s Two Missions Offerings as Reported through the Annual Church Profile. All statistical data come SBC Annuals, 1982 through d Gifts Combined CP/Lottie Moon/Annie Armstrong as a Percentage of Total Receipts The total number of students enrolled in the six SBC seminaries in was 17,793.

8 The Cooperative Program An Aggressive Global Vision with a Strong Home Base Individual Donors Associational Missions Fellowship Language Missions Music/Worship Partnership Missions Children s Ministries Discipleship Youth Ministries Recreation Single Adult Ministries Benevolence Local Ministries Staff Compensation Local Church (Illustrative Ministries) Median Adult Ministries Senior Adult Ministries Christian Education Cooperative Program Church Health Christian Higher Education Disaster Relief Collegiate Ministries Evangelism Resort Missions Language Missions State Convention (Illustrative Ministries) Children s Homes Ethnic Church Planting Anglo Church Planting Foundation Publications Convention Operations Cooperative Program Conference Centers Golden Gate Baptist Mill Valley, CA Campuses: Brea, CA Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ Vancouver, WA Midwestern Baptist Kansas City, MO Extensions: Bolivar, MO Des Moines, IA Overland Park, KS St. Louis, MO Tulsa, OK Wichita, KS Southwestern Baptist Fort Worth, TX Extensions: Houston, TX Jacksonville, TX Little Rock, AR Lubbock, TX Plano, TX San Antonio, TX Shawnee, OK Bonn, Germany Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention Nashville, TN Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Nashville, TN Washington, DC International Mission Board Richmond, VA North American Mission Board Alpharetta, GA Southern Baptist Convention GGBTS MBTS SWBTS GuideStone NOBTS SBTS LifeWay SBC EC ERLC WMU NAMB World IMB SEBTS Southern Baptist Louisville, KY Extensions: Auburn, AL Burlington, VT Chicago, IL Columbia, MD Broadview Hts., OH Knoxville, TN Fenton, MI Green Bay, WI Greenville, SC Jackson, TN Nashville, TN New York City, NY Northborough, MA Savannah, GA Springdale, AR Washington, DC Southeastern Baptist Wake Forest, NC Extensions: Anderson, SC Asheville, NC Charleston, SC Charlotte, NC Richmond, VA Tampa, FL New Orleans Baptist New Orleans, LA Extensions: Albany, GA Baton Rouge, LA Birmingham, AL Blue Mountain, MS Clinton, MS Graceville, FL Hialeah, FL Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL Lafayette, LA Marietta, GA Orlando, FL Pineville, LA Pensacola, FL Shreveport, LA Tampa, FL GuideStone Financial Resources Dallas, TX Non-CP Receiving SBC Entity LifeWay Christian Resources Nashville, TN Non-CP Receiving SBC Entity Woman s Missionary Union Birmingham, AL Non-CP Receiving SBC Auxillary Customized posters using the shape of each state or regional convention with a tailored list of its ministries can be downloaded at

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