Cooperative Program Archives - Page 2 of 12

SIXTEEN REASONS FOR TITHING TO THE CHURCH

November 5, 2018

Editor’s Note: Share these 16 reasons to tithe with your congregation on two Sundays this year by requesting two tithing inserts that can be placed in your Sunday worship bulletins. E-mail us at mtullos@tnbaptist.org and let us know how many you need. We will ship them directly to your church for free.

By Matt Tullos
Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB

So, your pastor preaches on giving? Thank him. A pastor who invites members to tithe is inviting them into a life-changing, soul-transforming experience that affects every area of their life. In truth, it’s unfair to you if he’s not teaching you about this principle that has changed history in ways we’ll never completely know until we get to heaven!

Here’s the short list of reasons you should be giving a tithe (10 percent of your income) to your local church.

(1) It’s worship. Whether you’re in a church with electric guitars or pipe organs, everybody should have an opportunity to give because from Genesis to Revelation, giving is true worship. Think about what you are doing when you illogically say goodbye to a large slice of your income that you could be using somewhere else, doing something else. You are saying, “Lord, above everything, I believe in You. It all belongs to You! This is a symbol of my complete belief, trust, and dependence on You to be my everything.” [Read more…]

TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP

October 11, 2018

By Matt Tullos
Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB

In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable realities.

Without the Cooperative Program, we would be saying: [Read more…]

NEW SPECIALISTS JOIN TBMB STAFF

October 9, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

Cole Campbell

FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has announced the addition of three new specialists to its staff.

Cole Campbell has been promoted to manager of the Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center. Campbell began working part-time at the conference center in 2008 and began serving full time with the facility in 2014.

In his new role, Campbell will manage all facilities, activities, employees and functions of Linden Valley. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Campbell lives in Linden with his wife Kazeray. [Read more…]

TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP

October 1, 2018

By Matt Tullos
Stewardship development specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board

In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that the make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable realities. [Read more…]

TBMB DIRECTORS ADOPT NO-INCREASE BUDGET AT ANNUAL MEETING

September 25, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Clay Hallmark, center, was elected as an officer of the TBMB directors. With him is current chair-elect Mike Kemper, left, and chair Cal Hampton. Kemper will become chair in November and Hallmark will serve as chair-elect.

FRANKLIN — The directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board voted without opposition Sept. 11 to recommend a Cooperative Program budget goal of $34,500,000 for 2018-19.

The amount is the same as the 2017-18 budget, observed Steve Marcum of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, chair of the Budget and Ministry Committee.

While the amount remains the same, the percentage that will be forwarded to the Southern Baptist Convention for national causes will increase from 46.64 percent in the current budget to 47.12 percent for 2018-19, Marcum said. The amount remaining in Tennessee will decrease from 53.36 percent to 52.88 percent. [Read more…]

COUPLE’S COMMITMENT TO CP COMES FROM HEART

September 17, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Tom and Rachel Roddy hold their then infant daughter, Vivian, who is now 16 months old. The Roddys lost a second child earlier this year. They are honoring the memory of their son, Elijah David, with memorial gifts through the Cooperative Program.

CONCORD, N.C. — Tennessee natives Tom and Rachel Roddy have experienced the deep joy of having a child and also the excruciating pain of losing a baby at birth. [Read more…]

TBC CP GIFTS STILL ON TARGET FOR FISCAL YEAR

September 17, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,047,051 through the Cooperative Program in August. [Read more…]

TENNESSEE BAPTISTS INDICATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OPTIMISM

September 12, 2018

By Chris Turner
Director of Communications, TBMB

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists indicated their strong support of the Cooperative Program in a recent survey conducted by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, with more than 26 percent of those surveyed saying they anticipated their churches would increase Cooperative Program giving in 2019.

The survey conducted between July 26 and Aug. 9, 2018, was designed to better understand how strongly Tennessee Baptists felt about the Cooperative Program and the future of Cooperative Program giving. More than 1,000 people responded to the survey which was comprised of both quantitative and qualitative questions. [Read more…]

KNOXVILLE CHURCH CONTINUES MISSION LEGACY WITH GIVING THROUGH CP

August 21, 2018

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

Photo: Wallace Memorial Baptist Church

KNOXVILLE — John Green, pastor of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church in Knoxville, is proud of his church’s missions-giving legacy. But he has no intention of parking beside it.

Green believes his church should always be moving forward, and should constantly be seeking ways to make an even bigger impact in the future — and he believes giving through the Cooperative Program is the most effective and efficient way to reach those goals.

“As Southern Baptists, there’s no greater thing we can give to than the Cooperative Program,” he said. “If we say we’re really serious about taking the gospel to the ends of the earth, if we say we’re really about training our pastors in theological education, if we say we’re really about starting churches all across our country, if we’re really about ministering to the needy, and the helpless, and the poor, and the disadvantaged. If we say these things are who we are and what we’re about, then the Cooperative Program is the best way for us to put our money where our mouth is. [Read more…]

THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM BEGINS WITH GRANNY TATE

August 21, 2018

By Randy C. Davis
TBMB President & Executive Director

Randy C. Davis

Everybody has their love language. Granny Tate expressed hers by twisting your ear.

Hard.

Granny Tate was a tiny lady, but she was a giant to me. She really did twist your ear as an expression of love. I wouldn’t have minded if she had been a hugger. She was my Sunday School teacher at Shiloh Baptist Church, Saraland, Ala., when I was 11 years old. Even as a 6-foot plus senior in high school, I’d bend down so she could twist my ear. If Granny wasn’t twisting your ear, you weren’t cool. We loved that woman. [Read more…]

Recent Posts

Tags

Categories