CP Budget Goals and Allocations


CP Budget Goals and Allocations

The Cooperative Program is the plan Southern Baptists use to fund missions causes at the state, national and international levels. CP provides the foundational support for international and North American missionaries; state convention mission work; training and other help for local churches; Baptist organizations; and more! Here's how:

2008-2009 Budget

Total CP Budget
$24,000,000
CP Challenge Goal
1,300,000
Total CP Goal
$25,300,000
Other Estimated Income (includes Restricted Kentucky Only gifts, Eliza Broadus State Missions Offering allocations, SBC board allocations and any other income.)
$2,735,460
TOTAL KBC BUDGET GOAL
$28,035,460
Detailed CP Budget
Allocation (% of Total Budget)
SBC Causes
$8,890,184 (37.04%)
International Mission Board
$4,445,093
North American Mission Board
$2,026,073
Southern Baptist Seminaries
$1,948,728
SBC Operating Budget
$302,266
Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission
$146,688
Historical Library and Archives
$21,336
Kentucky Baptist Mission Board
$8,770,537 (36.54%)
Leadership Development*
  • Funds Church Retirement Plan for ministers and staff, leadership development training and consultation for churches, support for ministers in need, couples and seniors events, worship and music training events and more.
$1,702,449
Evangelism Growth
  • Funds evangelism training events, on-site consultations for churches and associations. Baptist Campus Ministry on college campuses statewide, evangelism conference, Cross Over activities, creative ministries training events and more.
$1,538,951
Missions Growth
  • Funds disaster relief, construction, ex-offender mentoring and other ministries; ethnic and language ministries; new church starts; association support; partnership mission projects and more.
$1,344,980
Church Development
  • Funds training events for churches, youth leader training and youth events, on-site training and strategy consultations for churches and associations, support for Sunday school and discipleship training efforts, church building efforts, stewardship training and more.
$1,252,837
Executive Office
  • Funds Cooperative Program promotion; communications services such as printed material, Web site management and video production; research; special convention projects; KBC committee work; and more.
$1,260,220
Business Services
  • Funds distribution of CP and other funds, accounting and budget services, collection of Annual Church Profile data, human resource management, convention computer systems and more.
$1,144,809
General Items
  • Funds KBC scholarships, church building grants, maintenance of the Kentucky Baptist Archives, expenses of the Kentucky Baptist annual meeting, etc.
$526,291
Kentucky Baptist Entities and Christian Education
$6,339,279 (26.42%)
Kentucky Baptist Entities
  • Kentucky Baptist Assemblies
  • Kentucky Baptist Healthcare System
  • Sunrise Children's Services
  • Kentucky Baptist Foundation
  • Kentucky WMU
  • Western Recorder
$1,951,707
Christian Education
  • Campbellsville University
  • Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
  • Georgetown College (last year of funding)
  • Oneida Baptist Institute
  • University of the Cumberlands
$4,387,572
TOTAL
$24,000,000 (100%)

In Kentucky, CP gifts may be sent to the following address:
Kentucky Baptist Convention
Dept. 5088
P.O. Box 740041
Louisville, KY 40201-9976