Church Strengthening & Revitalization, Church Planting, Pastor Health & Care, Training and Development for Ministry Leaders, Counseling Services, Training and Resourcing for Compassion Ministries, Evangelistic Events (The Big 5), Ministry Consulting, Ministry Grants

• It presents a unified and comprehensive budget, throwing a funding blanket over statewide, national and international missions and ministries.
• It provides long term sustainability for our entities. When a church makes their missions giving as a percentage of their church’s budget, it provides consistency and stability.
• It adheres to our long term Baptist principle that “we can do more together than alone.”
• The Cooperative Program mitigates competition between entities thereby allowing a balanced Acts 1:8 strategy.
• It levels the playing field, and makes a place at the table for small and ethnic churches. Every church can stand hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, on level ground, as partners in the gospel (large churches, small churches, new churches, growing churches, graying churches, and ethnic churches).

LOCALLY — BCM/D
Your CP gift stays here first — strengthening churches, planting Maryland/Delaware churches, equipping pastors, funding ministry grants, and caring for church leaders across MD & DE.

NATIONALLY — NAMB, SBC, & Seminaries
NAMB, the Executive Committee & SBC Operating, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and the SBC seminaries training the next generation of pastors and missionaries — through tuition your church makes possible.

GLOBALLY — International Mission Board
Over 3,500 missionaries in 100+ countries. Your CP dollars send them, sustain them, and keep them on the field — so they can focus on the gospel.

It begins with you!
You give yourself first to God (II Cor. 8:5). Next, out of gratitude and obedience to God for what He has done for you, you commit to give back to Him, through your church, a portion of what He provides. This is commonly called a tithe and represents ten percent of your income (Lev. 27:30, Mal. 3:10)

Your Church decides the next step. Every year your church prayerfully decides how much of its undesignated gifts will be committed to reaching people in Maryland, Delaware, and around the world through The Cooperative Program. This amount is then sent to the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

Messengers at the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware Annual Meetings from your church and other churches across our two-state convention decide what percentage of Cooperative Program gifts contributed by local congregations stay in the BCM/D to support local missions and ministries. The percentage to be forwarded to the SBC for North American and international missions and ministries is also determined at this time.

Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting from across the country decide how the gifts received from the states will be distributed among SBC entities. These gifts are used by SBC entities to send and support missionaries, train pastors, and other ministry leaders; provide relief for retired ministers and widows; and address social, moral, and ethical concerns relating to our faith and families.

The bottom line – people around the world hear the gospel and receive Christ!

The average SBC church gives 2–3% of undesignated receipts. What could God do through your church at 5%? At 10%? Faithful, percentage-based giving is the fuel of the Great Commission.