Members of the Georgia Baptist Executive Committee hear about Mission Board staff reductions at a meeting in Snellville on Tuesday. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index DULUTH, Ga. – A prolonged decline in Cooperative Program giving is forcing the Georgia Baptist Mission Board to further reduce staffing levels in order to right-size the organization to meet […]
Gateway Seminary President Jeff Iorg meets online with trustees during the group’s fall 2020 meeting. GATEWAY By Tyler Sanders ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) – Gateway Seminary’s board of trustees approved a revised budget of $12,000,000 for the 2020-2021 fiscal year during the fall 2020 meeting. Due to stronger than anticipated revenue, trustees approved a return to […]
Seated at left, Executive Committee member Scott Parrish, who also serves as pastor of Emmaus Baptist Church in Resaca, makes a point during a breakout group’s discussion of strategic church planting as Larry Wynn, Georgia Baptist assistant executive director, looks on. The addition of breakout groups during the quarterly meeting model a shift in the […]
“Zero-based budgets take more time but provide a better method of stewarding God’s resources.”
“Part of discipling people in the local church is to teach a biblical view of personal finances.”
“It is my prayer that we will continue to prioritize, elevate, and accelerate our giving through the Cooperative Program.
“…we ask; and the people give; and some people give more than a dollar.”
The official number of registered messengers at the Savannah meeting came in at 1,083.
No further International Mission Board missionaries will be required to leave the field as the agency enters its second and final chapter of getting the agency back on financial track.