The Cooperative Program connects

churches to other churches. It connects

those called to ministry to the training they

need. CP helps connect the lost to Christ.

It empowers the missions and ministries of

your state convention and the Southern

Baptist Convention.

The love of Christ is displayed around

the world as the ministries of 10,571

missionaries are coordinated by the

International Mission Board, the North

American Mission Board, and individual

state conventions.

Through big churches and small churches,

rural churches and inner-city churches,

ethnic churches and more, the Cooperative

Program enables all of us to work together

to impact the 5.8 billion people who do

not have a relationship with Christ.

The Cooperative Program empowers us to

put feet to our prayers and actions behind

our words. It unites all Southern Baptists

into a missions team fulfilling God’s Great

Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).

in telling people about Jesus,

but 71% of the unchurched

people surveyed said

Christians they know don’t

talk about their faith.

of the people who will come

to Christ through the 800-plus

ethnic and African-American

churches that were planted

last year.

for the 5.8 billion people on

our planet who do not have

a relationship with Christ.

and through the ministry of other

summer missionaries

like me, 1,054 people prayed

to receive Christ across the U.S.

to the Lord through my church,

but in reality, only 5% of adults

in the U.S. tithe.

with other believers to minister

and spread the Gospel

because of what Jesus said

in John 13:35.

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