19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
-Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
-Acts 1:8 (ESV)
19 poreuqevteV ou‹n maqhteuvsate pavnta ta; e[qnh, baptivzonteV auJtou;V eijV to; o[noma tou: patro;V cai; tou: niJou: cai; tou: aJgi;ou pneuvmatoV, 20 didavsconteV aujtou;V threi:n pavnta o{sa ejneteilavmhn uJmi:n` cai; ijdouv ejgw; meq= uJmw:n eijmi pavsaVta;V hJmevraV e{wV th:V sunteleivaV tou: aijw:noV.
-KATA MAQQAION 28 19-20 (GNT)
8 ajlla; lhvmyesqe duvnamin ejpelqovntoV tou: aJgivou pneuvmatoV ejf j uJma:V cai; e[sesqev mou mavrtureV e[n te jIerousalh;m cai; (ejn) pavsh/ th:/ jIoudaiva/ cai; Samareiva/ cai; e{wV ejscavtou th:V gh:V.
-PRAXEIS APOSTOLWN 1 8 (GNT)
The Cooperative Program started in 1925 as Southern Baptists recognized the need for a system that enabled Southern Baptist churches to combine their resources to provide support for missionaries and ministries. Each church decides what portion (percentage) is sent to the State Baptist Convention, who then sends a portion to the Southern Baptist Convention. This supports work in our state, country, and around the world.