“Financial Responsibility, Missions Strategy” clarification

Officials of The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, shared that in addition to the $25,000 given through the Cooperative Program (CP) in 2014 as reported in the Sept. 24 editorial, the church also gave $175,000 from its $9.36 million budget to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) causes through the SBC Executive Committee. Officials said this was done to ensure more of the church’s dollars went to support the International Mission Board (IMB) than was possible through regular CP giving. The church made other contributions to IMB projects and needs generally categorized as designated giving.