Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting at Eastern Shore Baptist Church in Daphne approved a $37.5 million Cooperative Program allocation budget for 2025.
The budget is up $500,000 over the 2024 budget and was presented during the report of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions on Nov. 12.
It maintains the 50–50 percentage allocation between Southern Baptist Convention Great Commission ministries and state convention-related Great Commission missions.
Messengers also approved the following 2025 special offering goals, all of which are the same amount as last year:
- Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: $12 million
- Annie Armstrong Easter Offering: $6 million
- Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries: $3 million
- Myers-Mallory State Missions Offering: $1.2 million
- World Hunger Offering: $800,000
In other financial updates, Rick Lance, SBOM executive director, said Alabama Baptists will give Mission:Dignity recipients three extra checks in 2025 funded by interest income, similar to what was done in 2024.
Mission:Dignity helps retirement-age Southern Baptist ministers and widows who are struggling to pay for their basic needs, like housing, food and medication.
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This article was originally published at TheAlabamaBaptist.org.
