Celebrating the Cooperative Program Episode One: “CP100 Pastor Darrell Deer”

CP100: How the Cooperative Program Fuels the Great Commission in Ohio

In 2025, Southern Baptists are celebrating the 100th anniversary 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, statewide, nationally, and globally. It allows churches everywhere to participate in a collective mission.

Churches support the Cooperative Program by submitting 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 established by their churches.

Each state Baptist convention then forwards a percentage 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 impact of the Cooperative Program on churches and individuals in each of Ohio’s six regions.
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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 interviews highlighting the impact of the Cooperative Program on churches and individuals in each of Ohio’s six regions.

Our series kicks off in the Northeast Region of Ohio.
Pastor Darrell Deer, College Heights BC, Elyria, is an Ohio Baptist through and through. His salvation, 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 Convention and the Cooperative Program. Hear why in the first episode of our celebration of the Cooperative Program, “CP100: Pastor Darrell Deer.”

Watch the video here: scbo.org/cp100