2013 Missionary Moments Prayer Guide

THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM,WE CAN DO MORE TOGETHER THANWE CAN DO ALONE.If you look at the SBC Cooperative Program (CP)Web site (www.sbc.net), it explains:• Churches in your state work together through your state convention to support a wide array of ministries and missionsincluding: evangelism efforts, children’s homes, volunteer missions, missions education, new churches, colleges anduniversities, collegiate ministries, camps, and much more.• Through the International Mission Board (www.imb.org), Southern Baptists support approximately 5,000 missionaries whoare engaging 655 people groups, of populations greater than 100,000, around the world.”• More than 1,000 new churches were planted through Southern Baptists efforts in North America. Missions personnelserving through appointment or approval of the North American Mission Board (www.namb.net) total more than 2,600units, with an additional 3,650 endorsed chaplains.. Working together, Southern Baptists saw 333,341 new believersbaptized in 2011 in North America alone.• Six Southern Baptist seminaries (Golden Gate, Midwestern, New Orleans, Southeastern, Southern, and Southwestern)educate more than 16,000 pastors, missionaries, and future church leaders each year.• The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is dedicated to addressing social, moral, and ethical concerns, with particularattention to their impact on American families and their faith.So, simply put, through the CP, we can do more together than we can do alone!_____________________________________________________________