WHEREAS, these are
unprecedented times of globalization, communication, declining Western
Civilization, and a great opportunity for sharing the saving grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ and shining the light of the Gospel; and
WHEREAS, these times call
for an unprecedented level of cooperation to accomplish the goal of bringing
the Great Commission message to every people group in North Carolina, North
America and the world; and
WHEREAS, the Southern
Baptist Convention meeting in Orlando, June 15, 2010 voted to adopt the Great
Commission Resurgence Task Force Report that refined the strategies of the
convention but only after the report was amended by a nearly unanimous vote to
state unequivocally that Cooperative Program giving is the preferred method for
funding the Southern Baptist Convention’s ministries and that designated giving
is not a substitute for Cooperative Program giving,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina meeting in annual session
in Greensboro, NC, November 8-10, 2010 acknowledges the value of
concerted, cooperative ministries of our churches to reach the peoples of our
state, the nation and the world; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
we are concerned that the strength and vitality of our coordinated strategies,
ministries and institutions would be diminished by an independent/societal
model; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
we encourage the Baptist State Convention of NC to select leaders who have demonstrated strong support for
our cooperative missions model; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
we are grateful to Rev. Milton Hollifield and his staff for their public and
private advocacy toward simultaneously reaching the lost in our local areas,
the state, the nation and the world through the Cooperative Program; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that
we embrace the Cooperative Program model as the most accountable, effective,
efficient and compelling method for fulfilling the Great Commission of our Lord
Jesus Christ.