Ministerial Services Resources

 

Church Ministry Assistance

All grants of money are made for the purpose of assisting the local church become more effective in reaching their community. This application must be completed and approved by the local church.

Ministry Assistance

 The purpose of church ministry assistance is to enable the receiving church to become more effective in fulfilling their mission.

 Guidelines for Procurement of Assistance

 The applying church should approve the project request in a business meeting. You are encouraged to contact your associational Director of Missions to let him know about your request from the Missouri Baptist Convention.

 Project requests should indicate a commitment on the part of the applying church to participate in a planning process which will include, but not be limited to, the proposed project and/or event.

 Applying churches agree to support the Cooperative Program. Individual churches are encouraged to give at least ten percent of undesignated funds to the Cooperative Program and five percent to associational missions.

 

To download the Church Ministry Application click here

 

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