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The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), now known simply as Oklahoma Baptists, is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] The convention is made up of 41 Baptist associations and around 1,750 churches as of 2020.
The Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptist participates in the Cooperative Program (CP). CP is described as a tool used by God to empower the witness of Baptists in Kansas and Nebraska. Every Southern Baptist Church in these two states is challenged to give 10% of all her tithes and offerings through the Cooperative Program.
The Utah–Idaho Southern Baptist Convention participates in the Cooperative Program (CP). CP is described as a tool used by God to empower the witness of Baptists in Utah and Idaho. Every Southern Baptist Church in the state is challenged to give 10% of all tithes and offerings to the Cooperative Program.
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) is the domestic missions agency of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It is involved in Southern Baptist church planting and revitalization, coordinating one of the United States's largest disaster relief agencies through the cooperation of state Baptist relief agencies, creating evangelism resources and other programs such as chaplaincy support and ...
The State Convention of Baptists in Indiana participates in the Cooperative Program (CP). CP is described as a tool used by God to empower the witness of Baptists in Indiana. Every Southern Baptist Church in Indiana is challenged to give 10% of all her tithes and offerings to the Cooperative Program.
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
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CSBC was founded in 1940 as the Southern Baptist General Convention of California. [9] The convention changed its name to its current name in 1988. [ 9 ] Several times in recent decades efforts to change the name of the convention to remove "Southern" have failed.