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It is my honor to welcome you to our website as well as to our great association. The Transylvania Baptist Association (TBA) is an association that values fellowship, the Word of God, the proclamation of that Word, the Gospel Message of that Word, and the practice of making new disciples who will in turn make other disciples as a matter of routine. Additionally, and based on the above-mentioned values, it is the mission of the TBA to assist our 32 member churches to realize these values and to reach the world with the Gospel by any means possible. While we may be small in number, we are giants when it comes to advancing His Gospel. To sum up who we are and what we are about can best be said with the following statement, "We exist to help our member churches to ACCEPT God's will always, ADJUST our plan to meet His, and ADVANCE with that plan for the sake of the Gospel." Our prayer is that you will consider partnering with us on our journey of advancing Jesus to a world in such need of a Savior! To find a local church where you and your family can find hope, love, and an opportunity to experience Christ, as never before, please check out the contact information of each church in order to find a church home where you can grow and apply the truths of God's Word as you move forward in God's plan for your life. If you ever have a need, please don't hesitate to contact our office or me directly.

In His Grip,

Terry Stockman - ASM

What is the Cooperative Program

The Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists’ unified plan of giving through which cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of their respective state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries.

How does the Cooperative Program Work?

It begins with you! – You give yourself first to God (II Cor. 8:5). Next, out of gratitude and obedience to God for what He has done for you, you commit to give back to Him, through your church, a portion of what He provides. This is commonly called a tithe and represents ten percent of your income (Lev. 27:30, Mal. 3:10).

Your Church… decides the next step. Every year your church prayerfully decides how much of its undesignated gifts will be committed to reaching people in your state and around the world through The Cooperative Program. This amount is then forwarded to your State Baptist Convention.

Messengers at the State Convention Annual Meetings… from your church and other churches across the state decide what percentage of Cooperative Program gifts contributed by local congregations stay in your state to support local missions and ministries. The percentage to be forwarded to the SBC for North American and international missions and ministries is also determined at this time.

Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting… from across the country decide how the gifts received from the states will be distributed among SBC entities. These gifts are used by SBC entities to send and support missionaries, train pastors, and other ministry leaders; provide relief for retired ministers and widows; and address social, moral, and ethical concerns relating to our faith and families.

The bottom line – people around the world hear the gospel and receive Christ!

Why Southern Baptists Embrace the Cooperative Program

1. It presents a unified and comprehensive budget, throwing a funding blanket over statewide, national and international missions and ministries.
2. It provides a long‐term sustainability for our entities. When a church makes their missions giving as a percentage of their church budgets, it provide consistency and stability.
3. It adheres to our long term Baptist principle that “we can do more together than alone.”
4. The Cooperative Program mitigates competition between entities thereby allowing a balanced Acts 1:8 Strategy.
5. It levels the playing field, and makes a place at the table for small and ethnic churches. Every church can stand hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, on level ground, as partners in the gospel (large churches, small churches, new churches, growing churches, graying churches, and ethnic churches).

The History of the Cooperative Program

Since its inception in 1845, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has always had one mission —the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20). To fulfill its assigned part of this divine mandate, each SBC entity made special offering appeals to the churches. This method was referred to as the “societal” approach to missions and resulted in severe financial deficits, competition among entities, overlapping pledge campaigns, and frequent emergency appeals which greatly hampered the expanding ministry opportunities God was giving Southern Baptist. Some entities took out loans to cover operating costs until pledges or special offerings were received.

In 1919, the leaders of the SBC proposed the 75 Million Campaign, a five‐year pledge campaign that, for the first time, included everything – the missions and ministries of all the state conventions as well as that of the Southern Baptist Convention. Though falling short of its goals, a God‐given partnership of missions support was conceived – The Cooperative Program. Since its launch in 1925, the effectiveness of the Cooperative Program has been dependent upon individuals, churches, state conventions, and SBC entities cooperating, working toward a common goal of sharing the gospel with every person on the planet.

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Brevard First Baptist is seeking a teacher and an assistant for the 2024-25 school year. Applicants must be 18 years of age, a high school graduate, and a Christian. For more information, please contact Joy Guffey at 828-883-9839 or email firstbaptistweeschool@gmail.com.

Enon is seeking a pianist/music leader fluent with all worship styles. For more information, please contact the church at 828-877-4418 or queries@enonbaptistpisgahforest.com.

Little River is seeking a music minister and a youth minister. Please send resumes to employment@rbchurch.org.

Pisgah Forest is seeking a part-time music director/leader. For more information, please contact Gene Parker at 828-508-9142.

Rocky Hill is seeking a worship leader. For more information, please contact Clint Owings at 828-883-9707 or cbowings@me.com.