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West Florida Baptist Association is a voluntary fellowship of Southern Baptist Churches in the Washington County area working together to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We assist in proclaiming the Gospel to the lost, discipling Christians, and ministering to the needs of our community in the name of Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to promote fellowship among the Churches and to encourage missionary and evangelism work in every Church of the Association. We also carry out community ministries throughout the Association that would not be possible by any one Church. We keep an open line of communication between the Churches and both the Florida and Southern Baptist Conventions. Jesus said, "In as much as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me." (The Holy Bible, Matthew 25:40)

The Association exists to serve you. If we may be of service to you please contact us through the information listed at the right. You are invited to explore our website for more information on our Churches and mission ministries. We also invite you to visit us at the Associational office located at 1641 Brickyard Road in Chipley, Florida (west of Chipley High School). Our Director of Missions will be glad to visit with you and answer any questions you may have.

How does the Cooperative Program work?
Each congregation determines what percentage of their budget should be allocated to the Cooperative Program. That percentage is sent to the Florida Baptist Convention, which retains a portion and sends the remainder to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville for distribution.
The 40.5 percent sent by Florida Baptists to the Southern Baptist Convention is ivided primarily among the International Mission Board, 50.2 percent; North American Mission Board, 22.79 percent; and six SBC seminaries, 21.92 percent. A little less than five percent is distributed among SBC Historical Archives, Ethic and Religious Liberty Commission and the SBC operating budget.
It is through this money that Florida Southern Baptists support 5,300 international missionaries among nearly 2,000 people groups; 5,271 North American Missionaries; and educate more than 15,500 future missionaries, pastors and church leaders through the work of six seminaries.
Without Cooperative Program giving, missionaries would be spending time enlisting financial support instead of on the mission field sharing the gospel. Others would be forced to work secular jobs for support.
Cooperative Program gifts retained in the state are divided among Florida Baptist Convention programs of missions and ministry, 41 percent, and Florida Baptist institutions and agencies, 11.8 percent. Four percent is earmarked for church planting assistance, which provides pastoral salaries and start-up funds for the 140 new churches started by Florida Baptist each year. And, another three percent is sent directly to the SBC Annuity Board to underwrite annuity for pastors and staffs of Florida Baptist congregations. -- excerpt from the Florida Baptist Convention website, www.flbaptist.org

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