8 | May 2025
Pastor Darrell Deer and Buzz Kocher, SCBO director of strategic initiatives
CP100: How the Cooperative Program Fuels the Great Commission in Ohio
In 2025, Southern Baptists are celebrating the 100th an - niversary of the Cooperative Program (CP) which was formulated in 1925 as a unified giving plan for Southern Baptists. CP was designed to be the financial fuel that funds the advancement of the Gospel regionally, state - wide, nationally, and globally. It allows churches every - where to participate in a collective mission. Churches support the Cooperative Program by submit - ting contributions through a network of state and regional Baptist conventions. Those conventions use a portion of these funds to fuel the ministry and mission goals estab- lished by their churches. Each state Baptist convention then forwards a percent - age of those funds to the Southern Baptist Convention, providing financial support for Convention entities to send missionaries, train pastors and ministry leaders, plant churches and address ethical and religious liberty concerns related to our faith. Cooperative Program funds forwarded from the states also provide support for the SBC operating budget. SCBO is celebrating this Cooperative Program milestone with “CP100,” a series of interviews highlighting the im - pact of the Cooperative Program on churches and indi - viduals in each of Ohio’s six regions. Cooperative Program information courtesy of https:// www.sbc.net/about/
Celebrating the Cooperative Program Episode One: “CP100 Pastor Darrell Deer”
SCBO is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cooperative Program with “CP100,” a series of in - terviews highlighting the impact of the Cooperative Program on churches and individuals in each of Ohio’s six regions. Our series kicks off in the Northwest Region of Ohio. Pastor Darrell Deer, College Heights BC, Elyria, is an Ohio Baptist through and through. His salva - tion, ministry calling, and 35 years in the pastorate have been in SCBO churches. Through the triumphs and the challenges of ministry, he
remains an ardent supporter of the Southern Baptist Conven - tion and the Cooperative Program. Don’t miss the first episode of our cele - bration of the Cooperative Program, “CP100: Pastor Darrell Deer.”
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