Southern Baptist Convention

1. Southern Baptist Convention • 44,223 churches • 16.3 million members • United in two main areas: 1. Doctrine 2. Missions – the churches voluntarily work together to accomplish more than each church could do alone.

2. Southern Baptist Missions • 3 levels of cooperation: • Association – Brevard Baptist (53 churches in Brevard County) • State – Florida Baptist Convention (2759 churches in Florida) • Southern Baptist Convention (44,223 churches in the United States)

3. Southern Baptist Missions • The Southern Baptist Convention has two mission agencies: • International Mission Board (IMB) – sends missionaries and starts churches around the world • North American Mission Board (NAMB) – sends missionaries and starts churches in North America

4. International Mission Board • 5260 missionaries serving in 153 nations. • 609,968 international baptisms in 2007 • 25,497 new churches in 2007

5. North American Mission Board • 5153 missionaries serving in North America • 2671 chaplains in North America • 1458 new churches in 2007

6. Southern Baptists’ Unique Missions Approach • Instead of working alone, 44,000+ churches combine resources. • Instead of supporting a few individual missionaries from FBCMI, your giving supports 13,000+ missionaries. • Missionaries focus entirely on ministry, because the churches provide the funds. • In other mission agencies, missionaries must divide their time between ministry and fund raising.

7. Southern Baptist Missions The SBC also has 6 seminaries in the United States for educating pastors and missionaries: • Southern (KY) • Southwestern (TX) • Southeastern (NC) • New Orleans (LA) • Golden Gate (CA) • Midwestern (MO)

8. Southern Baptist Giving • So, there are five major areas to which Southern Baptists give: • International Mission Board • North American Mission Board • Seminaries • State Conventions • Associations

9. The Cooperative Program • To simplify the giving process and maximize our resources, the SBC formed the Cooperative Program. • Southern Baptist churches combine their resources by voluntarily giving money to the Cooperative Program. • Each individual church decides how much to give to the Cooperative Program. • The Cooperative Program money is used to support state conventions, NAMB, IMB, and the 6 seminaries.

10. Additional Missions Offerings • Southern Baptists also have three annual offerings to support missions: • Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions • Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions • State Offerings (Maguire State Missions Offering in Florida)

11. Month of Missions at FBCMI • At FBCMI, instead of asking you to give to three different mission offerings each year, we combine them into one offering during our Month of Missions. • Our Month of Missions offering is the ONE missions offering we take.

12. Month of Missions at FBCMI • Our Month of Missions offering covers: • Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions • Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions • Maguire Offering for Florida Missions • FBCMI’s mission work

13. How FBCMI Gives to Missions • We give to Southern Baptist mission efforts in two ways: • 5% of our budget receipts is distributed through the Cooperative Program. • 54% of our Month of Missions money goes to Southern Baptist mission agencies. • The remaining 46% supports FBCMI’s mission work.

14. Cooperative Program Money

15. Month of Missions Money

16. FBCMI Total Missions Giving - 2007 • Florida Baptist Convention – $119,139 • International Mission Board - $77,425 • North American Mission Board - $29,657 • Seminaries - $16,105 • Brevard Baptist Association - $25,000 • FBCMI Missions - $79,653 • Total Missions Giving – $346,979

17. FBCMI Missions Work • 230 church members went on mission trips in 2007. • 250+ signed up for 2008. • 3 mission trips to Guatemala; building a church for new believers. • 4 mission trips to Mississippi with continued Hurricane Katrina relief. • Jubilation – 108 students and chaperones to Vancouver to help plant a church.

18. FBCMI Missions Work • Give to local jail ministry, Seafarers ministry, Teen Missions • House of Hope Food Ministry • Mission House maintenance and care • 2009 mission trip to China to work with IMB missionaries • 2010 mission trip to Italy

19. 2007 FBCMI Missions Giving – What We Do Well • We gave $346,979 to missions in 2007. • In 2005, we gave $202,750. • We supported 5260 international missionaries. • We supported 7824 missionaries and chaplains in North America. • We supported 230 church members on mission trips. • We had 367 people and families give to missions in 2007.

20. 2007 FBCMI Missions Giving – What We Can Do Better • We had 1607 “giving units” (individuals or families) in 2007. • 367 of those “giving units” gave to Month of Missions. • That means: • 1240 of our givers gave nothing to Month of Missions in 2007. • 77% of our givers gave nothing to Month of Missions in 2007.

21. 2007 FBCMI Missions Giving – What We Can Do Better • 189 of our givers gave over $100 in 2007. • That means 1418 gave less than $100 to Month of Missions for the year. • If you give $100 per year to missions, that’s less than $9 per month. • That means 88% of our givers gave less than $9 per month directly to missions in 2007.

22. Some Perspective on Missions Giving • Here is what our giving reveals about our priorities: • Cell Phone: $75/month • Television: $50/month • Gym Membership: $40/month • Internet: $25/month • Florida Today: $16.30/month • Missions: $8.33/month

23. Why Give to Missions? When you give to missions, you invest in: • The work of Jesus (Matt 16:18). • The culmination of all world history (Matt 24:14). • Something that has eternal significance (Matt 6:19-20). • Something that’s good for your heart (Matt 6:21).

24. 2008 Goals • $200,000 to Month of Missions • Last year: $130,000 • 800 givers to missions • Last year: 367 • 400 who give more than $100 • Last year: 189

25. If you will sacrifice… One $5 trip to Starbucks per week One $40 meal out per month One Diet Pepsi per work day All of the above You could give… $260 to missions this year. $480 to missions this year. $130 to missions this year. $870 to missions this year. Sacrificial Missions Giving