SBC Resources
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is"a body of like-minded local churches
cooperating together to reach the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ."
Likewise, state and local Baptist associations willingly and eagerly cooperate together
to spread the gospel and make disciples because we can accomplish more together than we can apart.
Find resources below to assist your church in taking the gospel to others.
Baptist Faith & Message (BFM 2000)
The BFM 2000 is the statement of faith of the SBC. Baptists have always been a confessional people, adopting statements of faith as a witness to our beliefs and a pledge of our faithfulness to the doctrines revealed in Holy Scripture.
Cooperative Program
The CP is Southern Baptists’ unified plan of giving through which cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of their respective state convention and SBC missions and ministries.
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Tennessee Baptist
Mission Board (TBMB)
The TBMB is a Christ-centered, field-focused, Great Commission organization created by Tennessee Baptists to serve Tennessee Baptist churches through ministry support, mission opportunities, church partnerships, and ministry resources.
International Mission Board (IMB)
The IMB exists to serve Southern Baptists in carrying out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations. The IMB provides short, mid, and long-term mission opportunities for Southern Baptists of all seasons of life.
North American Mission Board (NAMB)
NAMB equips churches to be on mission in their communities and across the continent. Through compassion ministry, church planting, chaplaincy and disaster relief, NAMB helps congregations go to the lost and hurting.
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Woman's Missionary Union (WMU)
Since 1888, the WMU is committed to making disciples of Jesus who live on mission. The WMU comes alongside churches by providing missions discipleship resources, compassion ministry opportunities, and leadership development experiences.
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Theological Seminaries
A call to ministry is a call to prepare. Ministerial preparation and continuing education are provided through Gateway, Midwestern, New Orleans, Southeastern, Southern, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaries.
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Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC)
The ERLC aims to bring the teaching of God’s Word and principles of wisdom to bear on the public policy issues of our day.
Lifeway Christian Resources
Lifeway Christian Resources exists to honor God and serve churches by designing trustworthy experiences that fuel ministry. As one of the world’s leading nonprofit resource providers, Lifeway supplies ministry resources for the local church.
Guidestone Financial Resources
GuideStone Financial Resources manages ministerial retirement and insurance needs and administers Mission:Dignity, an assistance ministry for retired ministers and their families.
SBC Executive Committee
The SBC Executive Committee is charged to conduct the work of the Convention between annual meetings in all areas not otherwise assigned to one of the ministry entities.
Baptist Press
As the official news service of the Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Press (BP) provides regular news releases about Southern Baptists, serves as the Convention’s press representative, and coordinates news operations for the SBC annual meetings. Baptist Press also provides news service to state Baptist papers.
Send Network
Send Network is a partnership of churches and church planters who are planting churches all around North America, committed to reaching communities with the gospel.
Send Relief
Send Relief offers resources, training experiences, and events to help you and your church engage in relief work and support those in crisis through prayer, gifts and volunteer efforts.
Send Relief is a collaboration between the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board.
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Southern Baptist
Disaster Relief
As the third-largest disaster response group in the nation, this network (SBDR) of state-based volunteer teams brings Christ's healing to those whose lives have been shattered. Southern Baptists are faithfully the first on the scene in times of disaster, from initial damage assessment to welcoming residents back into their homes.