 Please Pray for Our Troops and Missionaries Around the World.
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"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
The Acts 1:8 Challenge for Southern Baptist Churches was officially launched in May 2004. This challenge is a call for Southern Baptist Churches to move to a new level of missions involvement by cooperating with their local Baptist associations, their state conventions, the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and International Mission Board (IMB).
As part of the Acts 1:8 Challenge, pastors or mission leaders are encouraged to make their formal commitment to implement a church-wide missions strategy by registering their church. These churches commit to eight "Kingdom-growing" responses as they work to intentionally carry the Acts 1:8 to prepare, learn, pray, give, go, tell, send and multiply.
Mount Olive Baptist Church has been a part of the Acts 1:8 Challenge for some time. During this program, there have been many mission trips, here and abroad, which has brought the life-saving Gospel to hungry ears. More trips are planned for next year.
Will you be a part of this mission effort? Will you be involved in Engaging our Culture for Christ?
Ever wondered where your missions money went? Mount Olive Baptist Church is a giving church and through tithes and offerings, we give toward the Cooperative Program in order to help other nations hear the Gospel.
Cooperative Program (CP) in a Nutshell
- Since 1925, Southern Baptists have been reaching people around the world through Cooperative Program (CP) Missions.
- CP unites all Southern Baptists into a missions team fulfilling the Great Commission. (Matthew 28:19-20)
- CP supports the missions and ministries of your state convention.
- The ministry of 5,100 international missionaries is under girded through CP Missions. Under the direction of the International Mission Board, over 1,193 different people groups are being engaged around the world.
- New churches numbering over 1,725 were planted through the efforts of 5,364 North American missionaries, whose efforts are coordinated by the North American Mission Board and individual state conventions.
- CP helped equip in excess of 16,000 future missionaries, pastors, and other church leaders through six Southern Baptists Associations.
- Thanks to your participation in CP Missions, 831,725 people were baptized worldwide.
- Cooperative Program (CP) Missions supports the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, GuideStone Financial Resources, an the Southern Baptist Foundation.
- CP Missions is the most expansive, efficient and effective way of reaching people and supporting missions.
www.sbc.net/cp
Statistics taken from the Southern Baptist Convention 2006 Book of Reports.
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