SPRINGDALE, Ark. — First Baptist Church, Springdale, Ark., is suspending its national and international television broadcast to increase contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) by 25 percent.
Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of First, Springdale, and chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force that completed its work in June, made the announcement in worship services June 27.
“For a few months, God has really been working in my life about what actions I need to take and our church needs to take to get the gospel to the nations in a more effective manner,” Floyd wrote in a June 28 post on his website, www.ronniefloyd.com. “Serving as the chairman of Southern Baptists’ Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has so changed my life and ministry perspective.”
The reallocation will bring the congregation’s CP giving to $500,000 for the church fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, Floyd said. That represents a 25 percent increase over the 2009–10 budget and more than doubles the $243,000 the congregation gave just two years ago.
Using figures for 2009, the $500,000 CP contribution would have represented 3.7 percent of First, Springdale’s $13.37 million in undesignated receipts, as reported that year through the SBC’s Annual Church Profile.
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