2018 Cooperative Program Budget

$28,000,000.00 $11,480,000.00 Southern Baptist Convention South Carolina Baptist Convention $15,260,000.00 International Mission Board $1,260,000.00

$28,000,000.00 41% 54.5% International Mission Board 4.5% Southern Baptist Convention 41% South Carolina Baptist Convention 54.5% International Mission Board 4.5%

Southern Baptist Convention $11.480,000.00 International Mission Board $5,787,068.00 50.41% North American Mission Board $2,616,292.00 22.79% Theological Education $2,543,968.00 22.16% Ethics and Religious Liberties $189,420.00 1.65% SBC Operating $343,252.00 2.99%

International Mission Board $5,787,000.00 Total Field Personnel (11/2017) 3,506 Field personnel added 2016 299 Overseas baptisms 2015 93,922 Overseas churches 2015 42,704 Overseas church membership 2015 780,215 New churches 2015 6,138 People groups engaged by IMB (8/2017) 872 Unreached Groups not Engaged (6/2017) 3,203

Additional IMB $1,260,000.00 Total to IMB $7,047,068.00

North American Mission Board $2,616,292.00 Domestic Missionaries 5,262 New Churches Planted 732 Disaster Relief Volunteer Days 109,743 Gospel Presentations 3,581 Professions of Faith 549 Meals Served 1,910,985

Theological Education $2,543,968.00 Gateway 2,073 Midwestern 1,964 New Orleans 3,890 Southeastern 3,579 Southern 5,373 Southwestern 4,276 Total Students 21,155

South Carolina Baptist Convention $15,260,000.00

Executive Offices Executive Director-Treasurer $383,809.00 Convention, Exec. Brd., & Related $282,950.00 Office of Public Policy $12,000.00 CFO $146,036.00 Human Resources $522,763.00 Accounting $279,473.00

Prayer Strategist. $125,000. 00 Chief Strategist (AED). $286,111 Prayer Strategist $125,000.00 Chief Strategist (AED) $286,111.00 Associational Liaison $194,290.00 Communications $517,878.00

Church Strengthening and Discipleship Team Priority Office $188,659.00 Church Life $463,921.00 Church Strategies $464,000.00 Worship and Music $144,902.00 Generations $412,820.00

Evangelism Team Priority Office $514,687.00 Collegiate Ministry $1,156,070.00 Vocational Scholarships $70,067.00 Camp McCall $115,886.00

Missions Mobilization Team Priority Office $362,753.00 Disaster Relief $212,740.00

Church Planting Team Church Planting $557,050.00

Operations Team Operations Office $267,038.00 Print and Mail Services $115,948.00 Building Services $441,958.00 Technology Services $440,291.00 White Oak $188,500.00

Auxillary and Institutions WMU $490,000.00 Baptist Courier $170,800.00 Baptist Foundation $0.00 Connie Maxwell $896,000.00 Ministries for the Aging $884,800.00 Anderson $1,212,400.00 North Greenville $1,212,400.00 Charleston Southern $1,526,000.00

MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: January 14 _________________________________________________   Ron Shepard SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Today we’re going to the Pacific Northwest, specifically Seattle, Washington, where our missionary, Ron Shepard, serves. We support Ron through our Cooperative Program giving.   About 4.7 million people live in the Seattle area, and they are some of our country’s most highly educated people. More people there hold library cards, percentagewise, than any other city in America. But, sadly, they are not reading the Bible. Ron knows because he has studied the city and helps train church planters in how to serve there. Seattle has fewer than 200 Southern Baptist churches. Many more are needed. People there are friendly but bring up a spiritual topic and often they become skeptical, Ron says. You have to know people a while before they will listen to the gospel, and most will have to hear it presented seven times before they will respond.  Despite all this, Southern Baptists have started new churches all over the Seattle area. The work is slow, but it is happening. Ron thinks they will plant another 135 new churches over the next five years.  Today, let’s pray for Ron Shepard as he serves in Seattle. Let’s pray that hundreds of new churches can be started in the years ahead.