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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Cooperative Program is a masterpiece of cooperation

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Cooperative Program is a masterpiece of cooperation

September 22, 2023

By Rick BlytheCorrespondent Each year, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) sets aside a Sunday to promote the Cooperative Program (CP) across the convention. They do…

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Encourage One Another

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Encourage One Another

September 14, 2023

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A well-deserved welcome to Heaven

MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST HERITAGE – Ruby Husbands Arehart proudly displays a portrait of her ancestor Richard Curtis Jr., the first Baptist preacher in the Mississippi territory of that day. She went to be with the Lord on August 23.

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A well-deserved welcome to Heaven

August 30, 2023

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Secret Places of Our Will — A Dance with God’s Purpose

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Secret Places of Our Will — A Dance with God’s Purpose

August 25, 2023

MAGNOLIA MINDS: You can always choose your quality of life

MAGNOLIA MINDS: You can always choose your quality of life

August 8, 2023

Messengers celebrate 100 years
of Cooperative Program giving
DALLAS (BP) — During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Referencing Joshua 4, he shared the story of God instructing His people to gather 12 commemorative stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God, who stopped the river so the Israelites could cross on dry ground. The memorial had two purposes, Iorg said. First, it was a reminder in verses 6-9 to celebrate a historic event when the river stopped flowing, and they walked on dry ground. Second, in verses 6-7, it was an object lesson for future generations. In a similar way, throughout this convention, Southern Baptists are erecting memorial stones of 100 years of cooperation demonstrated through the Cooperative Program, Iorg said. “We point to missionaries sent, churches started, students educated, institutions built and most of all, people saved because Southern Baptists have contributed more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program in the past 100 years.”