UISBCeNews NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 Focus on the Landscape… UISBC Cooperative Program Giving Report Across Utah and Idaho September/October 2019 Cooperative Program giving It’s hard to believe how fast 2019 has flown by! It seems just like a couple months ago we were greeting the New Year. It has been a year filled full of September $56,390.65 kingdom advance and challenges. As we head into the Christmas season and October $71,247.07 celebrate Jesus’ birth, may we be mindful of those around us that have Cooperative Program budget experienced the loss of loved ones this year. Take some extra time to encourage $59,326.67 those around us who need their day brightened. Jesus brought us all hope in Over/Under CP budget his birth. September -$3,112.02 We pray that you can also have some extra special time with family and friends October +$11,744.40 this Christmas and New Year. It was great to have both of our boys home from State Missions Offering given college over Thanksgiving and we are looking forward to a couple of weeks September $4,688.88 together later this month. It was fun having extended family over for October $10,433.47 Thanksgiving Day. Before Hunter flew out, we read the Christmas story in Luke as a family. As I January-October 2019 read the part of the shepherds I thought about the times angels appear in the Cooperative Program giving Bible. They tell those they have met to not be afraid. I’m sure my response would be the same as theirs. The shepherds got up to find the baby in the $643,480.19 manger as the angel had declared to them. Don’t let fear paralyze you this Cooperative Program budget Christmas season but share the good news that Jesus was born. Invite a friend $595,026.70 to attend a Christmas service at your church and invite them over to your Over/Under CP budget home for some Christmas treats. Christmas is on most people’s minds giving +$48,453.49 (+8.1%) us the opportunity to share the love of Jesus with them. State Missions Offering given Let’s end 2019 singing and sharing about all that Jesus has done! Merry $50,887.17 Christmas from the Lees! State Missions Offering 2019 Goal $95,000 U & I Praying Together Pastorless Churches Prayer & Praises • Sevier Valley Baptist Church, Richfield, David Payne, • Praise for a great Women’s Conference, Pastors’ Interim Conference and Utah-Idaho SBC 55th Annual meeting at Calvary Baptist Church, Idaho Falls. Calvary were awesome • First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant hosts! • First Baptist Church, Grantsville • Pray for our pastorless churches and their interim • Salt Lake Chinese Baptist Church pastors. • Stites Baptist Church • Prayers for the Jan Harding family as they grieve her home going in late October. Pray for Jim as his cancer has • First Baptist Church, Roy returned. • First Baptist Church, Moab • Prayers for the Marshall family as Teaching Pastor, • First Baptist Church, Centerfield, Emery Polelonema Robert Marshall, Risen Life Church, grieves the home going of his mom, Evelyn. filling pulpit • Pray for Debbie Chidester, her mom Donna (former • Central Valley Baptist Church, Cascade, Rod Moerer administrative assistant at the state convention) and family as filling pulpit they grieve the home going of Dennis over Thanksgiving weekend. Utah-Idaho exceeding goals, planting churches by Karen L. Willoughby "We have the responsibility for reaching -- Living and breathing Gospel urgency IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (BP) -- Fifty-six the people here," said Travis Best, churches have been started in the Utah- chairman of the UISBC Executive Board, -- Empowering all churches, generations, Idaho Southern Baptist Convention of the two states' nearly 5 million ethnicities and languages (UISBC) over the last 5 1/2 years, residents. "We're working on it. Since messengers and guests were told at the Vision 2020 started in 2014; we've -- Telling and celebrating what God is Oct. 18 annual meeting of the two-state baptized 2,600 people." doing convention. Globally, UISBC-affiliated churches have -- Loving others like Jesus loves About 200 congregations speaking in one given more than $22 million to missions of at least 13 languages identify with the through the Cooperative Program over the -- Prioritizing, elevating and accelerating UISBC, executive director Rob Lee said. state convention's history, plus more to generosity That's up from 48 churches when the two- seasonal missions offerings, Ashley state convention was organized in 1964, Clayton told messengers. Clayton is the In addition to good news, messengers also and includes 188 affiliated churches, SBC Executive Committee's vice president learned of hardship endured by pastors' church plants, pre-plant Bible studies and for the Cooperative Program and families, including an adopted 6-year-old core teams developed by planters for Bible stewardship. son's difficulties following a kidney studies. transplant and an 18-month-old suffering "For the first time ever, last year the Utah- from spina bifida. But speakers affirmed In other news, "We ended the 2018 budget Idaho Southern Baptist Convention sent that such trials are negated by God's year above budget for the third straight more than $200,000 to the SBC for provision. year," Lee said, adding that it was 5.3 distribution to the International Mission percent over budget. Half of the overage Board, North American Mission Board, "You can suffer well," preached John was sent to the Southern Baptist seminaries and the ERLC Ethics & Avant of Life Action Ministries at the Convention Executive Committee for Religious Liberty Commission," Clayton Pastors' Conference that preceded the distribution to various SBC entities. continued. "Your influence is spreading UISBC annual meeting. "Don't you ever across the world." think God isn't at work. … When your Attendance, budget and reports illustrated load is heavy, remember: Jesus wants you the health of UISBC, which met at Calvary Clayton brought greetings from Ronnie with Him." Baptist Church in Idaho Falls, where Matt Floyd, president and CEO of the SBC's McGukin is pastor. McGukin also was Executive Committee, who, Clayton said, Business president during the annual meeting as has a passion for seeing people come into well as of the pastors' conference that a personal relationship with Jesus. Messengers approved a $1,809,764 budget preceded it. for 2020, up just $732 from the 2019 Floyd identified "Five Keys" to budget. Cooperative Program giving is to A total of 107 messengers from 46 transforming the culture in the SBC to increase by 1 percentage point to 30 churches -- 61 from Idaho and 46 from further the goal of "reaching the world for percent, which was one of the goals set for Utah -- and 38 guests participated in the Christ, whatever the cost, whatever the 2020. The budget includes an anticipated annual meeting that had "Let There Be risk," Clayton said. "This worldwide $740,081 from UISBC churches, of which Light" as its theme, with 2 Corinthians 4:6 mission thrust must be our priority." $222,024 is set for national CP as its scriptural reference. Those keys are: Annual meeting cont. on page 3 Annual meeting cont... distribution. The two-state convention plans to continue Chinese government designates sending 50 percent of over-budget giving to national and international CP causes. Lottie Moon’s church as Other income includes $914,683 from the North American historical site Mission Board, for church planting and evangelism; $60,000 from LifeWay Christian Resources for church health and by Catherine Finch strengthening; and $95,000 from the state convention's York -Dillman State Missions Offering. The name, “Lottie Moon,” is known by many in the Southern Baptist world. From the Woman’s Missionary New officers elected were president Bryan Catherman, pastor Union Lottie Moon Christmas Offering to movies, books of Redeeming Life Church; first vice president Corey Hodges and documentaries detailing her life of service, Lottie of The Point Church; second vice president Jared Jenkins, Moon is often hailed as a “missionary hero.” minister of discipleship and missions at Risen Life Church. Lottie Moon’s legacy will now be preserved beyond the All three minister in Salt Lake City. Roger Naylor, pastor of Southern Baptist realm. Wulin Shenghui Church of First Baptist Church of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was elected Penglai in Shandong province, where Lottie Moon was a recording secretary. member during her time in Dengzhou, China, has been designated as a nationally protected historical and cultural New president Bryan Catherman posted on social media, site by The State Council of the People’s Republic of China, "Kent Burchyett led wonderful worship, and the four sermons the China Christian daily reported Nov.14. from Second Corinthians preached by Rob Lee, Bobby Wood, Jared Jenkins and Matt McGukin were edifying, convicting Woman’s Missionary Union Executive Director and and refreshing to my soul." Treasurer Sandy Wisdom-Martin is thankful for the continuing impact of Lottie Moon’s legacy. The first of two resolutions was in appreciation to McGukin “We celebrate the decision to protect this location of and the members of Calvary Baptist Idaho Falls, who "made historical significance. More than a century later, we still everything possible" at the annual meeting. feel the impact of Lottie’s legacy that helped shape our global missionary enterprise. Her sacrifice for the sake of In the second, "We are resolved to speak out now on behalf of the Gospel continues to inspire new generations to fulfill our unborn neighbors," announced Resolutions Committee His Commission,” she said. chairman Paul Thompson, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. Built in 1872 by Southern Baptist missionaries Tarleton and Martha Crawford the church is still in use to this day, The resolution, with five "whereas" clauses -- including notice with a current church membership of about 4,000.