This is a mission offering usually collected during December. All the money raised is used to go towards International Missions Board missionaries worldwide. This offering allows 47k Baptist churches across the country to do more for the gospel together than they ever could on their own.

This mission's offering supports the work of our North American Missions Board, composed of the United States, Canada, and territories of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. This includes over two thousand missionaries to these regions. Again, this is an opportunity for 47k churches to do more together than they can apart.

Missouri has 1,800 different Southern Baptist Churches. We are one of them; this is our opportunity to partner to make disciples, do collegiate ministry, multiply churches, and develop leaders. We are helping to further the kingdom mission in our state. This includes our support of disaster relief.

We also give to our local association. Our association is made up of other churches in our region. Funding our association ensures that we continue to have partnerships with them. It also makes it possible for us to come together and do great kingdom work, partner on mission trips, help to serve other congregations, and keep a gospel presence in all of central Missouri.

The cooperative program is the primary funding for our seminaries, colleges and universities, missionaries, Women’s Missionary Union, church planting, and church revitalization. The cooperative program makes Southern Baptist who we are and why we have the impact that we do.