Category Archives: Cooperative Program

10 Reasons to stop giving through the Cooperative Program…and why they’re wrong

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 13, 2017

As I near a quarter of a century of ministry in and to churches cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention, I can reflect upon countless conversations about the cooperative missions offering known as the Cooperative Program. In my role as a pastor, those conversations took place in budget committee meetings, missions committee meetings, in church hallways […]

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Reaching our Judea

By wpengine | Published: February 21, 2017

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8) I was recently asked, “What does the Kentucky Baptist Convention do with its part of the Cooperative Program and […]

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Celebrating Kentucky Baptists’ cooperative mission work

By wpengine | Published: November 15, 2016

As Kentucky Baptists gather this week in Florence for the annual meeting, we celebrate all God is doing in our churches and in our cooperative mission work. The Kentucky Baptist Convention has a rich heritage and gospel legacy dating back to 1837, but I am convinced we have a greater opportunity today to reach Kentucky […]

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The role of cooperative missions and cooperative funding across the SBC

By wpengine | Published: September 20, 2016

How relevant is the Cooperative Program funding model in fueling SBC missions and ministries? At our dinner table last night, our 13-year-old guest turned to me and asked abruptly, “Do you know why I’m glad my sister is here?” Our guest comes to visit once a week. She is working her way through a residential […]

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Kentucky Baptists have much to celebrate at this year’s annual meeting

By wpengine | Published: September 6, 2016

The Kentucky Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, coming up Nov. 15, is only two months away. I hope you are making plans to attend. The annual “KBC family reunion” is a time of celebration, when the people known as Kentucky Baptists will offer praise and thanksgiving for the ways God has chosen to use us this […]

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