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Women On Mission - August 2022

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A Focus on Cooperative Program - Accomplishing More Together

English Baptist William Carey answered the call to carry the gospel to India in the late 1700s. He recognized that to be effective in his efforts, he needed partnership and cooperation. He challenged churches to “hold the ropes” by committing to pray for and give to mission efforts.

In 1845, the Southern Baptist Convention was formed and continued in the spirit of fulfilling the Great Commission. The initial approach was a societal method of giving. Missionaries had to raise their own financial support and devote significant time to cultivating churches and individuals for that support.  As missions efforts grew rapidly, so did the competition for funding. God led Southern Baptists in 1925 to launch a unified channel of giving called the Cooperative Program. It is a lifeline of support that
begins with individual believers in each Southern Baptist congregation. As believers respond in obedience to give to the Lord in the local church, churches, in turn, allocate a percentage of undesignated gifts through the Cooperative Program for state, national, and international missions.

The simple principle that more can be accomplished together than alone is the genius of the Cooperative Program. For almost 97 years, Southern Baptists have supported thousands of missionaries, planted multitudes of churches, and witnesses countless lives profess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

Can one local church support more than 4,000 missionaries as well as six seminaries and engage more than 3,000 unreached people groups around the world? By giving through the Cooperative Program, yes, it can. Our Hunger Offering to date is $661.16.

Here is a list of upcoming Women on Mission meetings.
Thursday, August 4th
Thursday, September 1st
Thursday, October 6th
Thursday, November 3rd
Thursday, December 1st
Each meeting begins at 1:00 pm in the Grace classroom across from the Fellowship Hall.  All ladies are invited to attend.

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