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June 13, 2008
Johnny Hunt talks about the Cooperative Program
I was pleased to read that one of Johnny Hunt's priorities is the Cooperative Program.
In Hunt Elected SBC President, he comments:
Hunt praised efforts at this year's convention to increase the participation of younger generations. Instead of "constantly saying, 'Give to the Cooperative Program,'" he said, "We ought to show the generation coming behind us all that the Cooperative Program is doing." When taking a special offering in his own church, Hunt said he first tells what is happening and then proposes how to respond, whereas in the SBC, "We try to take the offering before we tell the story."
I agree with Johnny. It's time to begin retelling the story. We know that giving is the result of an emotional, inward connection with the cause, person or project that benefits from the donation. We can't just skip to the giving part before we tell people why CP is important.
The problem is my generation is two generations removed from the one's who started CP. And my parents just did it because they heard and saw their parents do it. The story hasn't been consisently told for so long that my generation isn't even at the "what" of CP; we are still at "why."
What are you doing in your church to tell the story?
Posted by bstroup at June 13, 2008 3:37 PM
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