Annual Church Profile Connects Churches to SCBO

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a fellowship of nearly 47,000 Baptist churches scattered across the United States and its territories.

These 47,000 churches have organized themselves to accomplish a specific set of missions and ministry initiatives all to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people everywhere.

The Annual Church Profile (ACP) is part of the organization of our SBC churches. It is a short set of questions to record the condition and activity of your church.

In Ohio, it is shared with your association, the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (SCBO), and SBC entities to identify the condition of our shared work.

"Just as our vital signs indicate our overall physical health, the ACP reveals in many ways our missional health,” said Dr. Jeremy Westbrook, SCBO executive director. “The annual completion of the ACP is critical towards our cooperative efforts to help reach the neighborhoods in Ohio and the nations around the world for Christ."

Completing the ACP connects Ohio Baptist churches with each other and SCBO in several ways:

Only related congregations are asked to participate
How your congregation became Southern Baptist may be something that many in the congregation were a part of or it may only be a distant memory. But that decision to voluntarily join with other Baptist churches in Great Commission work and fellowship makes your presence important. Your participation confirms that relationship still exists.

It provides a visual of how we are doing
The statistics collected with the ACP are about relationships. How many people have a relationship with your church (total members)? How many new relationships began this year (total baptisms)? What is the depth of those relationships (worship, Bible study, giving)? These statistics reveal a congregation’s relationships as well as those of the local associations, SCBO, and the Southern Baptist Convention.

It shows our willingness to connect
The ACP is for each congregation to personally participate and is about congregations that are investing in relationships with each other locally. Nothing that Southern Baptists want to accomplish can be obtained without first investing in loving one another. This is Jesus’ new command and exhortation in John 13:34. When a local leader asks you to participate in the ACP, they are asking if you are willing to connect.

It reveals our relationships
There are numerous opportunities to do things together as Southern Baptists. The ACP captures joint participation in the Cooperative Program and offerings that support international and North American missions. Congregations can share specific names of leaders to help create connections with others doing similar ministry across the SBC.
There’s still time for you to connect with other Ohio Baptist churches and SCBO by submitting your 2024 Annual Church Profile.

Please visit SCBO.org/ACP and take 1-2 minutes to complete your church’s profile today.

Original article courtesy of Lifeway Research

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a fellowship of nearly 47,000 Baptist churches scattered across the United States and its territories.

These 47,000 churches have organized themselves to accomplish a specific set of missions and ministry initiatives all to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people everywhere.

The Annual Church Profile (ACP) is part of the organization of our SBC churches. It is a short set of questions to record the condition and activity of your church.

In Ohio, it is shared with your association, the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (SCBO), and SBC entities to identify the condition of our shared work.

"Just as our vital signs indicate our overall physical health, the ACP reveals in many ways our missional health,” said Dr. Jeremy Westbrook, SCBO executive director. “The annual completion of the ACP is critical towards our cooperative efforts to help reach the neighborhoods in Ohio and the nations around the world for Christ."

Completing the ACP connects Ohio Baptist churches with each other and SCBO in several ways:

Only related congregations are asked to participate
How your congregation became Southern Baptist may be something that many in the congregation were a part of or it may only be a distant memory. But that decision to voluntarily join with other Baptist churches in Great Commission work and fellowship makes your presence important. Your participation confirms that relationship still exists.

It provides a visual of how we are doing
The statistics collected with the ACP are about relationships. How many people have a relationship with your church (total members)? How many new relationships began this year (total baptisms)? What is the depth of those relationships (worship, Bible study, giving)? These statistics reveal a congregation’s relationships as well as those of the local associations, SCBO, and the Southern Baptist Convention.

It shows our willingness to connect
The ACP is for each congregation to personally participate and is about congregations that are investing in relationships with each other locally. Nothing that Southern Baptists want to accomplish can be obtained without first investing in loving one another. This is Jesus’ new command and exhortation in John 13:34. When a local leader asks you to participate in the ACP, they are asking if you are willing to connect.

It reveals our relationships
There are numerous opportunities to do things together as Southern Baptists. The ACP captures joint participation in the Cooperative Program and offerings that support international and North American missions. Congregations can share specific names of leaders to help create connections with others doing similar ministry across the SBC.
There’s still time for you to connect with other Ohio Baptist churches and SCBO by submitting your 2024 Annual Church Profile.

Please visit SCBO.org/ACP and take 1-2 minutes to complete your church’s profile today.

Original article courtesy of Lifeway Research