The Advancing Mission pathway is designed with opportunities to give.
The Cooperative Program (CP) is our primary giving model. As churches give, 45% of undesignated receipts remain in Texas to mobilize SBTC churches, and 55% is forwarded to SBC entities for national and international ministry.
The in-state mission is further advanced by the annual Reach Texas Offering, your state missions offering, that funds missions and evangelism efforts. 100% of the offering is used for missions and evangelism in Texas.
Stories of CP
What a zebra taught me about cooperative work
Jason Earls, pastor of North Garland Baptist Fellowship, learned the power of cooperation long ago—in the most interesting of circumstances. Check out his testimony about why he leads his church to continue to give generously through the Cooperative Program.
Not just preaching generosity, but exemplifying it
Houston’s First knows every church isn’t the same size and does not have the same resources. But when churches of all sizes work together with a unified goal, God uses their cooperation to do amazing things.
Making a choice to reach the world
Working together helps even the smallest places have kingdom impact in a “very big world,” Pastor Steve McMeans says.
Southern Baptists gathered on May 13, 2025, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1925 SBC Annual Meeting.
Church’s commitment to Cooperative Program is ‘permanent,’ pastor says
“I cannot imagine a world without the Cooperative Program’s impact—from disaster relief to international mission work to church planting …”
We give so others can go
Our church gives through the Cooperative Program because of three couples serving worldwide with the International Mission Board. Yes, thousands serve with the IMB, but these three are special to us…
Hundreds of thousands in ‘Space Belt’ within reach of the gospel thanks to CP giving
The church plant Kade Pierce is leading is in its infancy, but already he knows the value of the collective support behind him—and it’s something Southern Baptists across the generations also have realized…
Panel discusses role of Cooperative Program during Southwestern Founder’s Day chapel
FORT WORTH—Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program and the seminary’s role in its beginning during a Founder’s Day chapel service March 13 on the Fort Worth campus.
Churches Give
