Cooperative Program

3 February by Tony K

CP Comeback In January 2009

Good news from Nashville today, the Cooperative Program giving has made up ground and is now close to budget (99.53 percent) after 4 months of this fischal year. The BP story is cautiously optomistic.  Month-to-month swings reflect a number of factors, but largely result from the timing of receipts from state conventions. The end-of-month total [...]

8 January by Tony K

Does Cooperative Program = Missions?

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This is the one question that kept coming up in yesterday’s conversation. One commentator even asked, “When did the CP start describing itself as mission work?” Here are a few observations: The domain www.cpmissions.net definitely gives that idea. The title of the website is “Cooperative Program (CP) Missions” The about page states, “a God-given partnership [...]

7 January by Tony K

How Much CP Even Gets To The IMB?

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Lately, we have been looking into the best way to use our missions money as a local congregation. The more I learn, the less satisfied I become with the Cooperative Program as a “missions” funding tool. Attention LifeWay Research, I’m moving to the minority on this one. Here is the way the math works for [...]

6 January by Tony K

CP At 91.88% Of Budget After 3 Months

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Baptist Press issued some figures about the pace of Cooperative Program giving over the last few months. We have seen hints that it was coming and today we get confirmation. The news wasn’t good and we’re 5% behind the 2008 pace. But the real headline was buried in the article. For the (2008-2009) SBC Cooperative [...]

6 January by Tony K

2008-2009 Cooperative Program Budget Allocation

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Earlier today I was looking for the breakdown of CP monies used by the SBC. I had to look through a 1300+ page PDF, but I found it at last. Since I had such trouble finding this data online, I thought it would be good to post it here in a usable format. This information [...]

25 June by Tony K

Southern Baptist Convention 2007 Annual Meeting – Resolution No. 2 – ON THE COOPERATIVE GIVING BY SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

This resolution was passed by the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. June 12-13, 2007. You can view and search past resolutions from the Southern Baptist Convention at the Annual Meeting Website. Southern Baptist Convention 2007 Annual Meeting – Resolution No. 2 – ON THE COOPERATIVE GIVING BY SOUTHERN BAPTISTS WHEREAS, The [...]

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