PHOTO GALLERY: Centennial celebration of Cooperative Program in Memphis

PHOTO GALLERY: Centennial celebration of Cooperative Program in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KT) - Dozens of Southern Baptist pastors and leaders gathered to sign a Declaration of Cooperation, just as SBC leaders did to mark the 50th anniversary in 1975.

Plenty of chances for SBC25 messengers to celebrate CP’s 100th birthday • Biblical Recorder

DALLAS (BP) — As early as 1884, Southern Baptist mission leaders sensed a need for something other than “spasmodic” giving to fund denominational work at home and abroad. “Our people must be taught to give by system,” Home Mission Board Secretary (now North American Mission Board) I.T. Tichenor put it at the time. “They must [...]Read More...

As Southern Baptists gather to celebrate milestone, SBTC embraces 'a profound responsibility'

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—It was not only a commemoration, but a renewed call to action.Southern Baptist Convention leaders from across the country gathered Tuesday, May 13, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 SBC Annual Meeting. Messengers at that meeting adopted two foundational structures that have defined Southern Baptists since—the Baptist Faith & Message and the Cooperative Program, the latter of which funds worldwide missions.Seventy-three pas…

SBC leaders gather for a ‘Declaration of Cooperation’ to mark the Cooperative Program’s 100th anniversary

This article was originally written by Brandon Porter and published to BaptistPress.com. Some additions have been made to by the Baptist Messenger Staff. Feature photo taken by Jim Veneman MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Precisely 100 years later, on May 13, though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a jus…