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Southern Baptist Convention
Formed in 1845, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) organized for missions, ministry, evangelism, and benevolence. Composed of messengers from cooperating churches, the SBC is voluntarily organized into agencies, boards, and programs. Their mission is accomplished through associations and state conventions. The executive committee of the SBC acts as fiscal agent, and as the convention, when it is not in session.

Supported Boards and Ministries:

WORLD MISSION
SBC supports national and international mission efforts.

International Mission Board

Located in Richmond, Virginia, the board provides financial support for world mission efforts through cooperative program funds and offerings.

North American Mission Board

Located near Atlanta, Georgia, the board supports missionaries in the United States, American Samoa, and the Caribbean.

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

SBC appoints board members and contributes toward the operating budgets of six seminaries.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southeastern Baptist Seminary

Midwestern Theological Seminary

CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
SBC has the task of helping Southern Baptists interpret biblical moral principles to every area and relationship of life.

CHURCH ENRICHMENT

Sunday School Board
The board receives no Cooperative Program funds. They contribute funds to the SBC operating budget and channel money to state conventions for promotion of its programs through literature, books, music, films, recordings, Bibles, and other church supplies.

FACILITATING MINISTRIES

Annuity Board
The board ‘s mission is to provide retirement, insurance, and financial programs to church and denominational staff.

SBC OPERATING BUDGET

The executive committee acts as the convention except when the convention is in session for a week each June. It also manages the funds of the Baptist Foundation and relates to other Baptist organizations.

SBC Mission Offerings

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING
of the Southern Baptist Convention

The annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is named after the Southern Baptist missionary, Lottie Moon, who served in China for 39 years (from 1873 - 1912). Each December this offering is received through Southern Baptist churches and sent to the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention where the funds represent nearly 50 percent of the IMB’s budget income. Four thousand two hundred missionaries in 127 countries are supported by the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

About 75 percent of the offering goes to fund missionary support:

missionary salaries
medical/dental
housing life
insurance
transportation
retirement
language study
college expenses for children

About 25 percent of the offering goes to fund missionary operating and capital needs.

For more information: www.imb.org
To hear missionary prayer requests: PrayerLine 800-395-PRAY

ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING
of the Southern Baptist Convention

In a tradition that dates back to 1895, Southern Baptists have supported a national offering for home missions. The offering is named the "Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for Home Missions" in honor of Miss Armstrong because of her leadership in focusing attention to the needs of Southern Baptist missionaries in the United States. Nearly $700 million has been given to the offering during its 100 year history.

Now, more than 5,000 North American missions personnel, most of whom are appointed and supported in cooperation with state Baptist conventions, receive help from the AAEO. The offering presently makes up 38 percent of the North American Mission Board’s annual budget, and all of the offering is committed to supporting missionaries serving on the field and to cooperative work with state conventions.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering assists in funding:

Mission personnel working in 50 states, Puerto Rico, America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Canada

Evangelism
Church starts
Church growth
Ministry to human needs

For more information: www.namb.net.

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Last Updated: April 1, 2005

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