Cooperative Program

2 January by Jeremy Parks

5 Questions with….an IMBer in Contemplation of Past and Future

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Hey folks, it’s time for a new installment of our award-winning “5 Questions with…” series.  We’ve been taking a brief hiatus, one that was not foreknown but was indeed predestined by my fall workload. Today’s subject is Fuzzy Goldenblister, an IMB worker for somewhere between 10 and 15 years.  He’s roguishly handsome, erudite, and cooks [...]

17 October by Anthony Russo

Get To’s and Got To’s

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For twenty years I did computer support in corporate America.  I was privileged to work at some of the best companies in the world.  I was getting paid to do what I loved.  Not only that, I can think of dozens of opportunities I had to experience insanely fun things.  Early in my career I [...]

11 May by Mike Bergman

It Ain’t About the Benjamins

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The nation’s economy is in a crunch.  Unemployment rates are high, gas is high, utilities are high, the dollar is falling…translate this to church and the SBC: giving is down and the Cooperative Program is down.  Many churches are having to slash budgets (including mine—our budget year ends the last day of June and it [...]

9 April by Jared Moore

(Sarcasm) 10 Reasons Why Kevin Ezell Stinks!

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Based on these 10 reasons, do you think Kevin Ezell stinks? I sure do!

18 March by SelahV

What Must We Do To Be Relevant

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With all the problems in the world, we often question who to help and how to help them.  We worry about giving and having our hard-earned money being mis-spent. As a child I learned that the money Baptists give to missions is one of the best ways to give and be assured the assistance we give makes all [...]

12 November by Dave Miller

What Is Good about the SBC?

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I think there is a lot wrong with the current SBC. I’ve been vocal about the culture of secrecy, the mega-church mentality, the legalism and so many other things.  On blogs, we tend to focus on what is wrong, what is bad, what needs to be fixed. But, aren’t there some good things as well? [...]

4 June by Josh Collins

Dr. Morris Chapman weighs in on GCR Report

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Over at Baptist Press, soon-to-retire SBC Executive Committee President and C.E.O. Dr. Morris Chapman has posted a lengthy almost 9,000 word response to the final report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. I highly encourage people to read it as it provides the perspective of someone who knows the ins-and-outs of SBC convention life [...]

13 May by Jason Smathers

Liberty University, SBC of Virginia and Ergun Caner

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In Ergun Caner is a real ex-Muslim, I challenged the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia to be wise stewards of God’s cooperative program resources and prayerfully consider if Liberty University is bringing God glory.  I did this because I assumed that the SBC of Virginia was supporting Liberty University financially.  I was wrong.  Brandon Picket, Director of [...]

11 May by Josh Collins

Megachurch Missionaries and “Unnecessary Duplication”

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This post is more of a question than a rant.  Actually, it’s not even close to a rant, so if you were wanting something like that, disappointment awaits you.  I know that one of the major aims of the GCR movement is to eliminate what many feel are unnecessary duplications and everyone’s favorite pinata, “bureaucracy.”  [...]

9 March by Dave Miller

Dr. Chapman, Dr. Rankin: Clash of the Titans

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On February 10, Dr. Morris Chapman addressed the state executive directors in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho and made some comments that were critical of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force interim report. On March 8, Dr. Jerry Rankin wrote a blog which was very critical of Dr. Chapman’s report. Let me say a couple of things [...]

3 September by Mark Lamprecht

What Percentage Should Churches Give the Cooperative Program?

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Southern Baptist Convention churches exist as a Convention because they cooperate with each other. These churches agree with the larger picture under which conditions they will cooperate with each other. However, it is the nuts and bolts of these conditions and how it all actually works out that is not always agreed upon. Obviously, the [...]

21 June by Mark Lamprecht

SBC Church Planting Questions

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My pastor has asked some good questions over at the 9Marks blog.  I encourage you to read his entire post Coming Up . . . The SBC.  I’ve taken some excerpts from it so we can discuss it here.  Yes, he knows.  However, he doesn’t know exactly what I’m going to say in between. <grin>  [...]

12 June by Tony K

Denominational Reform The Odysseus Way (Why I’m Undecided About The GCR)

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Undecided. That is as much as I can say about the GCR. I’ve read the blogs, heard the podcasts, and asked around – but I still don’t really get it. Let’s just say I’m coming to Louisville with a lot of questions marks. At face value, the GCR statement says some good things. About 90% [...]

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