2022 South Carolina Baptist Convention Ministry Plan Recommendations
Recommendation 1: That the Convention commend to the churches the Cooperative Program as the wisest, most effective and efficient plan of giving. The South Carolina Baptist Convention recommends that we continue to honor and affirm the Cooperative Program as the most effective means of mobilizing our churches and extending our outreach and that designated giving to special causes is to be given as a supplement to the Cooperative Program and not as a substitute for Cooperative Program giving.
Recommendation 2: That special offerings for the benevolent institutions be continued, where it is consistent with the financial policy of the local churches, as follows: 1) first Sunday in each month for Connie Maxwell Children’s Home; 2) annually on Mother’s Day for the South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging.
Recommendation 3: That the Executive Director-Treasurer report on a timely basis, cumulative gifts received from the churches and the allocation of the gifts as follows: 1) Total gifts to the South Carolina Baptist Convention Cooperative Program at the end of each quarter; 2) Designations for Southern Baptist Convention and South Carolina Baptist Convention ministries after the conclusion of the calendar year; 3) Weeks of Prayer offering gifts for home and state missions after the conclusion of the calendar year; 4) Lottie Moon offering gifts for international missions at the conclusion of the fiscal year for the offering. All gifts will be processed in accordance with the instructions of the contributor without any deduction for expenses.
Recommendation 4: That the Executive Director-Treasurer forward all Southern Baptist Convention funds on a monthly basis to the Executive Committee of the SBC in Nashville, Tennessee.
Recommendation 5: That the 2022 Cooperative Program Ministry Plan be $26,500,000.
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