The Cooperative Program is an agreement among Southern Baptists churches, Baptist state conventions and fellowships, and the Southern Baptist Convention to work together in Great Commission ministries.
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It is a way of working together and a financial channel of cooperation through which mission dollars are combined into a unified budget supporting the Southern Baptist missionary, education, and benevolent ministries in each state, the nation, and throughout the world.
Through the Cooperative Program, the mission of a single church is extended to ministries for the needy, the sick, the aged, and the lost, as well as the support of about 10,000 North American and International missionaries.
| How Does the Cooperative Program Work? |
- Church congregation members give their tithes and offerings through their church.
- Kentucky Baptist Convention churches designate a portion of their church budgets for the Cooperative Program.
- Money is forwarded to the Kentucky Baptist Convention, where a portion of the funds is used for missions and ministries throughout Kentucky. A portion of the money is also forwarded to the
- Southern Baptist Convention for missions and ministries in the nation and around the world.
In Kentucky, CP gifts may be sent to the following address:
Kentucky Baptist Convention
Dept. 5088
P.O. Box 740041
Louisville, KY 40201-9976
| How Should I Give and How Much Should I Give? |
The best way to support the Cooperative Program is by giving through your church. This way you are strengthening the work to reach your neighbors and support God's work right where you live.
The Bible tells us to tithe at least 10% of our income as an act of worship and to acknowledge that all we have is a gift from God. Once you give to your church, the church then sends a portion of its undesignated gifts to the Kentucky Baptist Convention, which distributes these gifts for use n missions an ministry across the globe. Every church is encouraged to budget a minimum of 10% of its undesignated receipts to support the Cooperative Program. Those churches that give an even greater percentage -- some even to the point of sacrificial giving -- are tremendously vital and deeply appreciated by all of the ministries that receive Cooperative Program funding.
Kentucky Baptist are also encouraged to make gifts to other church-approved offerings, including the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions, and the Eliza Broadus Offering for Kentucky State Missions. Because the Cooperative Program undergirds the day-to-day work of the organization that put those offerings to work, 100% of the funds collected through these offerings can be sent directly to the mission field. |