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he eternal significance of a soul saved cannot be valued in dollars and cents. However, your cooperative giving is a valuable part of the equation because it provides the training and opportunities for missionaries to reach out to people all over Arkansas, as well as in North America and around the world. Touching the world from Pocahontas
It is interesting to think that when Jesus spoke the words “to the ends of the earth,” the place I call home would be in the “ends of the earth” column. As the gospel spread through the known world in the early days of the Church, the place that would many years later be known as Pocahontas was completely unknown. Often when we think about that wonderful passage in Acts 1, we consider our home to be the center of the universe. The truth is, though, that we are at the ends of the earth! At First Baptist Church, Pocahontas, it is this perspective that helps us remember the power of the Cooperative Program (CP). Each month, we give a portion of what God has given us to the Cooperative Program because we believe we are able to touch the world from Pocahontas. The CP forces us to remember that we are part of something much greater than ourselves. I am excited about what God is doing here at First Baptist, Pocahontas, but I am even more excited to see that what God is doing here is a part of what God is doing all over the world. We are a part of this great movement of God, in part, because of the Cooperative Program. Here at First Baptist Church, our Cooperative Program giving is one of the best investments we could ever make!
We may not be able to support a new missionary family in Botswana on our own, but through the Cooperative Program, we partner with thousands of other Southern Baptists in order to make that happen. We may not be able to support a Baptist collegiate minister on our own, but through the Cooperative Program, we partner with other Arkansas Baptists in order to make that happen. We may not be able to support a new church plant in the Arkansas Delta on our own, but through Cooperative Program partnership, we are a part of what God is doing. The Cooperate Program is the vehicle that alMoffett lows us to be a part of what God is doing all across Arkansas, across America and across the world. We can do so much more together than we can by ourselves. That is the power of the Cooperative Program – the power to be used by the Lord to touch the world from Pocahontas – from the ends of the earth! – Eric Moffett, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pocahontas
Collegiate and young leaders
The Cooperative Program has come full-circle in the life of Tarvoris “Tee” Uzoigwe, campus minister at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Uzoigwe grew up in southwest Little Rock where the pastor from a local Arkansas Baptist church in his neighborhood was doing outreach and evangelism. The result of that effort was that Uzoigwe gave his heart and life to Christ and began to be discipled by this pastor and his wife. Uzoigwe enrolled in Henderson State University (HSU) in
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