Where Does the God’s Plan for Sharing in Alaska (GPS-A) involves Missions Money Go? stewardship, a spiritual matter that encompasses Alaska Baptist 100% of ones Among Alaska Baptist churches, mission work is resources and not supported by your congregation’s mission giving just 10%. If every through the Alaska Baptist Convention’s Coopera- person in Alaska Convention tive Mission giving and special designated mission is going to hear offerings, such as: Lottie Moon Offering for Inter- the Gospel by national Missions, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2020, it is going for North American Missions, Valeria Sherard State to involve praying, engaging, sowing, harvesting Ethics and Religious Liberty Missions Offering, Disaster Relief and offerings for and stewardship. This is a cooperative effort to tell your regional association. The Alaska Baptist “2000 Alaska, North America and the world about Jesus. SBC Operating Budget Club” and World Hunger Funds are also promoted and received. The administrative costs for these designated offerings are all covered through the Co- Honor the LORD with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; then your operative Mission Offering. The Cooperative Mission Seminaries Offering is not something given to...but through. barns will be completely filled, and your vats will When churches send their Cooperative Mission gifts overflow with new wine. to the Alaska Baptist Convention, 64 percent of that Proverbs 3:9-10 (HCSB) money stays in Alaska, and 36 percent of the money “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” is forwarded to the Southern Baptist Convention You ask: “How do we rob You?” “[By not making (SBC) Executive Committee in Nashville, Tennessee the payments] of 10 percent and the contributions. Missions for distribution to causes listed in the budget. (The You are suffering under a curse, yet you--the whole SBC budget is approved by the SBC during its annual nation-- are [still] robbing Me. Bring the full 10 meeting.) percent into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the The Cooperative Mission funds remaining in Alaska Lord of Hosts. “See if I will not open the floodgates help to pay the administrative and operational of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without expenses for the Alaska Baptist Convention office measure. I will rebuke the devourer for you.” and programs. It provides funds so Alaska Baptists Malachi 3:8-11a (HCSB) can partner with the North American Mission Board partnering with to fund 6 career missionary positions, support over 25 other mission ministries, and help provide vari- ous other training opportunities. Everything that comes in contact with the Alaska Baptist Convention Alaska has been touched in some way by the Cooperative Mission Offering. That is why Cooperative Mission giving is so important. It impacts every mission and Baptist Churches ministry in Alaska Baptist work.

The Alaska Baptist Convention belongs to the Alaska Baptist Convention through churches, missions, and preaching points in Alaska 1750 O’Malley Road that are affiliated with the Alaska Baptist Conven- Anchorage, AK 99507 tion. Yet, we help to support over 10,000 missionar- ies in North America and the world. 907.344.9627 Cooperative 1.800.883.9627 “You make a living by what you get; fax: 907.344.7044 you make a life by what you give.” e-mail: [email protected] Missions Giving Winston Churchill www.alaskabaptistconvention.com God’s tithes and our offerings given to Alaska Baptist churches

Each church sends a percentage or fixed amount of its undesignated offerings to the Alaska Baptist Convention.

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64 percent of undesignated receipts remain in Alaska. 36 percent of undesignated receipts are forwarded to the SBC.

50% International Missions Administration/Operations Missions Church Development 22.79% North American Missions Executive Director/Treasurer: Appointed Career Missionaries: Director: 21.92% Seminaries (six) • Salary/Housing • Salary/Housing • Salary/Housing 3.64% SBC Operating Budget, Annual Meeting, • Annuity/Insurance • Annuity/Insurance • Annuity/Insurance and, Archives • Travel/Reimbursements • Travel/Reimbursements • Travel/Reimbursements 1.65% Ethics and Religious Liberties • Hosting/Contingency Mission Assistance to new congregations Sunday School Commission Executive Board Expenses/Insurance Training Events Discipleship Annual Convention Meetings Mission Promotion Church Music LifeWay Christian Resources and Woman’s Student Ministries Workman’s Compensation Ministers and Spouses Conference Missionary Union receive no direct Cooperative Support Programs Bookkeeper and Secretaries Native Work Program monies. Support comes from the sale of Orientation of new pastors Insurance and Annuity for Support Staff Church/Community Missions materials. LifeWay contributes $67,000 annually Equipment Maintenance Summer Missionaries and Volunteers Vacation Bible School Training toward the Alaska Baptist Convention budget. Office Expenses and Acknowledgements 2000 Club Training Teens Today (T3) Support from wMu is for designated projects. Building Maintenance Disaster Relief Equip.net Utilities, Building Insurance, and Security Woman’s Missionary Union Snow Removal/Grass Mowing Men’s Ministries Evangelism The Cooperative Mission Program Janitorial Supplemental Annuity for Pastors Director: helps Acts 1:8 and Matthew 28:19-20 Gifts and Honoraria Annuity for General Missionaries • Salary/Housing become a reality. Alaska Baptist Messenger Partnership Missions • Annuity/Insurance Alaska Baptist Family Services • Travel/Reimbursements Alaska Baptist Foundation Evangelism Conference Alaska Seminary Partnership Evangelism Materials Missionary Benefits Evangelism Programs