Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsOKC, Quail Springs Capital No Pastor 910,287.00

OKC, Southern Hills Capital Douglas Melton 566,402.00

Ardmore, First Enon Alton Fannin 524,938.00

Broken Arrow, First Tulsa Metro Nick Garland 484,608.00

Moore, First Union Kevin Clarkson 446,049.00

Tulsa, South Tulsa Tulsa Metro Eric Costanzo 369,562.00

Tulsa, First Tulsa Metro Deron Spoo 336,714.00

Bartlesville, First Washington-Osage James Biesiadecki 310,872.00

Altus, First Great Plains Jeff Moore 279,934.00

Marlow, First Mullins Joe Ligon 259,246.00

Jenks, First Tulsa Metro Rick Frie 247,168.00

Claremore, First Rogers Keith Wiginton 246,291.00

Mustang, Chisholm Heights Capital Dave Bryan 240,816.00

Shawnee, Immanuel Pottawatomie-Lincoln Todd Fisher 239,659.00

Edmond, First Capital Blake Gideon 215,536.00

Bixby, Evergreen Tulsa Metro Michael Gabbert 215,199.00

Weatherford, First Concord-Kiowa Earl Stephenson 206,907.00

Elk City, First Great Plains Russell Duck 200,000.00

Owasso, First Tulsa Metro Chris Wall 180,881.00

Duncan, New Hope West Mullins Randy Southerland 177,105.00

Newcastle, First Union Jeremy Freeman 173,062.00

Choctaw, Choctaw Road Capital Richard Sowell 171,652.00

Mustang, First Capital Michael Staton 157,403.00

Sapulpa, First Tulsa Metro Darrick Hurst 152,873.00

Muskogee, First Muskogee Johnny Derouen 149,911.00

Congregation Association PastorCalculated Percents*

Madill, Grantham Johnston-Marshall Claud Williams 26%

Red Oak, Cedar Choctaw-Chickasaw Melvin Palmer 24%

Crawford, Magnolia Great Plains Charles Wyatt 23%

Hinton, First Caddo Keith Gillham 22%

Lamar, Carson South Canadian Ron Black 22%

Albany Bryan Clark Harp 21%

Minco, First Grady James White 21%

Moore, First Indian Union Victor Cope 20%

Cyril, Midway Caddo Robert Bohn 20%

Fletcher, First Comanche-Cotton Rodney Campbell 20%

Hickory, First Arbuckle Terry Neal 20%

Pocasset, First Missionary Grady David Treadaway 19%

Felt, First Panhandle Orden Hartley 19%

Prague, First Pottawatomie-Lincoln Tim Emmons 19%

Ardmore, First Enon Alton Fannin 18%

Sand Springs, Angus Acres Tulsa Metro Paul Taylor 18%

Ninnekah, First Grady Richard Kerr 18%

Indiahoma Comanche-Cotton Les Banks 18%

Ramona, First Washington-Osage Kevin Baker 18%

Velma Mullins Jeremy Higle 18%

Bartlesville, New Harmony Washington-Osage Lonnie Hoelscher 17%

OKC, Casa de Dios Capital Vicente Reyes 17%

Apache, First Caddo Kerry Glasgow 17%

Prague, Pleasant Home Pottawatomie-Lincoln Nathan Howard 17%

Krebs, Richville Pittsburg No Pastor 17%

Willow, First Great Plains Alvin Funkhouser 17%

Wilburton, Bowers Sans Bois Randy Waldrop 17%Guymon, Sunset Lane Panhandle David Moore 17%

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*% Given To CP Calculating Using 2017 ACP Data

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2017

More than 50,000 attend Falls Creek Youth Camps each summer.

Rusty Gunn, pastor of Sand Springs, Church That Matters, baptizes a new church member.

Established in 1917, Falls Creek hosts summer youth camps eight weeks each year for students 6th grade through high school.

Edmond, Grove Community is one of the many successful church plants that is funded by Cooperative Program dollars.

Participants run a 5K during the Rewired Men’s Conference weekend.

Disaster Relief workers prepare thousands of meals each year.

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsButler, First Concord-Kiowa Terry Beals 19,088.00

Kaw City, Oak Grove Kay Baptist Gary Wilburn 13,201.00

Avant Washington-Osage Ricky Casillas 11,700.00

Hammon, First Great Plains Scott Showers 10,460.00

Enid, Bethlehem Cherokee Strip Tom Donaldson 10,179.00

Mcloud, Emmanuel Pottawatomie-Lincoln Mike Taylor 9,789.00

Big Cabin Craig-Mayes Shane Culp 9,640.00

Hydro, Pleasant Valley Caddo Baptist Terry Flansburg 9,311.00

Atwood, First South Canadian Darrell Brown 9,029.00

Ada, Oak Avenue Banner No Pastor 8,750.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsHollis, First Great Plains No Pastor 56,695.00

Ardmore, Mary Niblack Enon Derek Crawford 39,295.00

Durant, Silo Bryan Scott Hamilton 39,050.00

Anadarko, Bethel Caddo Glenn Alley 31,061.00

Sand Springs, Angus Acres Tulsa Metro Paul Taylor 29,087.00

Marlow, Central Mullins Darrell Blaine 27,853.00

Lone Grove, First Enon Bill Black 27,719.00

Davenport, First Pottawatomie-Lincoln Michael Mitchell 27,285.00

Thomas, First Concord-Kiowa Tim Billy 27,176.00

Valliant, First Frisco Micheal Mings 27,140.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsDurham Great Plains Darryl Moore 32,801.00

Wilburton, Bowers Sans Bois Randy Waldrop 32,435.00

Bartlesville, New Harmony Washington-Osage Lonnie Hoelscher 28,084.00

Healdton, First Enon Bob Cloyde 24,814.00

Felt, First Panhandle Orden Hartley 24,229.00

Crawford, Magnolia Great Plains Charles Wyatt 20,945.00

Tulsa, Skelly Drive Tulsa Metro No Pastor 20,268.00

Wilson, Rexroat Enon Ben Wise 20,181.00

Cushing, Park Place Cimarron No Pastor 18,890.00

Elk City, Main Street Great Plains Larry Parvin 17,534.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsNinnekah, First Grady Richard Kerr 55,386.00

Bartlesville, Highland Park Washington-Osage Mike Scrivani 32,979.00

Poteau, First LeFlore Gentry Hill 31,687.00

Arcadia, First Southern Capital Larry Breeden 31,106.00

Pauls Valley, Beaty Arbuckle Gerald Biswell 30,592.00

McAlester, Victory Park Pittsburg Jody Domingue 26,198.00

Guymon, Sunset Lane Panhandle David Moore 26,129.00

Meeker, Mammoth Pottawatomie-Lincoln Mike Hazelwood 25,284.00

Watonga, First Central Jim Westmoreland 24,497.00

Norman, Blue Lakes Union Mat McIntosh 24,368.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsHinton, First Caddo Keith Gillham 144,779.00

Washington, First Union Marvin Kehl 78,826.00

Anadarko, First Caddo Lynn Bellamy 76,922.00

Velma Mullins Jeremy Higle 76,528.00

Cherokee, First Cherokee Strip Garry McNeill 75,093.00

Fletcher, First Comanche-Cotton Rodney Campbell 71,460.00

Shawnee, Rock Creek Pottawatomie-Lincoln Danny Napier 61,956.00

Walters, First Comanche-Cotton Jack Jacob 57,739.00

Fitzhugh, First Banner Steve Wilburn 56,309.00

Cheyenne, First Great Plains Dennis Hooper 54,728.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsPrague, First Pottawatomie-Lincoln Tim Emmons 108,363.00

Duncan, First Mullins Bryan Pain 88,539.00

Minco, First Grady James White 86,881.00

Tulsa, Woodland Acres Tulsa Metro Kriss Haymes 80,799.00

Hugo, First Frisco Doug McClure 75,815.00

Pryor, Life Fellowship Craig-Mayes Redacted 75,133.00

Tuttle, First Grady Fred King 74,429.00

Broken Bow, First Frisco No Pastor 72,952.00

Edmond, Oakdale Capital Justin Ford 69,972.00

Pauls Valley, Trinity Arbuckle Dwayne Johnson 66,203.00

2017 LEADERS IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIVING BY SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

SS Attendance less than 25

SS Attendance 25-49

SS Attendance 50-74

SS Attendance 75-99

SS Attendance 150-199

SS Attendance 100-149

The 2018 Women’s Retreat will be held April 20-21 at Falls Creek.

Ministry Wives’ Weekend is made possible through your donations to the Cooperative Program.

Students and young adults, 18 to 24, gather in the Mathena Event Center at Spring Retreat thanks to the generous donations of Oklahoma Baptists.

Thanks to the Cooperative Program, local churches are able to partner with pastors in Latvia and Guerrero, Mexico.

The Rewired Men’s Conference, which will be held April 27-28 at Falls Creek, focuses on transforming the lives of men through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Blake Gideon, pastor of Edmond, First, baptizes a new church member.

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsPonca City, Northeast Kay Larry Nigh 147,169.00

Bartlesville, Southern Washington-Osage Gregg Fort 93,486.00

Midwc, First Capital Mike Tignor 79,107.00

Grove, First Northeastern Jim Paslay 77,553.00

Purcell, First Union James Wilder 76,927.00

Edmond, North Pointe Capital Mark Sinor 75,548.00

Tulsa, Memorial Tulsa Metro Jacob Bice 73,478.00

Ardmore, Emmanuel Enon Donny Custar 70,115.00

Yukon, First Capital Clark Wrather 69,127.00

Inola, First Rogers Justin Sampler 63,833.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsBartlesville, First Washington-Osage James Biesiadecki 310,872.00

Mustang, Chisholm Heights Capital Dave Bryan 240,816.00

Bixby, Evergreen Tulsa Metro Michael Gabbert 215,199.00

Midwc, Meadowood Capital Bob Rutherford 149,702.00

Edmond, Waterloo Road Capital Griff Henderson 142,909.00

Norman, Bethel Union Matthew Brown 141,595.00

Del City, First Southern Capital No Pastor 135,696.00

Lawton, First East Comanche-Cotton Doug Passmore 135,581.00

OKC, Emmaus Union Owen Nease 116,329.00

Tulsa, Olivet Tulsa Metro David Palmer 85,554.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsSapulpa, First Tulsa Metro Darrick Hurst 152,873.00

Chickasha, First Grady Michael Butler 142,805.00

Collinsville, First Tulsa Metro Tim Prock 132,327.00

Kingfisher, First Central Scott Watkins 109,185.00

OKC, Village Capital James Swain 84,832.00

Skiatook, First Washington-Osage Heath Tucker 81,863.00

Seminole, First South Canadian Nick Atyia 74,606.00

Blanchard, First Union Travis Markes 71,557.00

Tulsa, Southwood Tulsa Metro Darrin McKnight 63,697.00

Muskogee, Southeast Muskogee Mike Murray 59,967.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsDuncan, New Hope West Mullins Randy Southerland 177,105.00

Ada, First Banner Brad Graves 133,884.00

Tulsa, Parkview Tulsa Metro Steve Lewis 132,852.00

Broken Arrow, Arrow Heights Tulsa Metro Roger Taylor 128,076.00

Ponca City, First Kay Michael Taylor 125,578.00

Lawton, First Comanche-Cotton Patrick Latham 116,798.00

OKC, Brookwood Capital Bryan Gilbert 101,157.00

Durant, First Bryan James Robinson 95,660.00

Enid, First Cherokee Strip Kelly Russell 94,796.00

OKC, Capitol Hill Capital Mark DeMoss 93,412.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsArdmore, First Enon Alton Fannin 524,938.00

Tulsa, South Tulsa Tulsa Metro Eric Costanzo 369,562.00

Marlow, First Mullins Joe Ligon 259,246.00

Claremore, First Rogers Keith Wiginton 246,291.00

Shawnee, Immanuel Pottawatomie-Lincoln Todd Fisher 239,659.00

Edmond, First Capital William Gideon 215,536.00

Weatherford, First Concord-Kiowa Earl Stephenson 206,907.00

Newcastle, First Union Jeremy Freeman 173,062.00

Muskogee, First Muskogee Johnny Derouen 149,911.00

Ada, Trinity Banner Rusty Fuller 95,540.00

Congregation Association Pastor CP GiftsOKC, Quail Springs Capital No Pastor 910,287.00

OKC, Southern Hills Capital Douglas Melton 566,402.00

Broken Arrow, First Tulsa Metro Nick Garland 484,608.00

Moore, First Union Kevin Clarkson 446,049.00

Tulsa, First Tulsa Metro Deron Spoo 336,714.00

Altus, First Great Plains Jeff Moore 279,934.00

Jenks, First Tulsa Metro Rick Frie 247,168.00

Owasso, First Tulsa Metro Chris Wall 180,881.00

Choctaw, Choctaw Road Capital Richard Sowell 171,652.00

Mustang, First Capital Michael Staton 157,403.00

2017 LEADERS IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIVING BY SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

SS Attendance 200-249

SS Attendance 250-299

SS Attendance 300-399

SS Attendance 400-599

SS Attendance 600-799

SS Attendance 800 and above

*Sunday School Attendance Taken From 2017 ACP

Each day through the CooperativeProgram, we impact lostness bybringing the Gospel to people allover the world. Through yourchurch’s generous giving, heartsare transformed for eternity. Together we are pushing back thedarkness and changing lives withthe light of the Gospel.

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ELK CITY, Okla. (BP) -- First Baptist Church in Elk City sets its sights on its Oklahoma oil field community and beyond.

First Baptist is heavily invested in missions and ministries locally, nationally and internationally. The congregation started a Hispanic church 10 years ago, its third church plant in Elk City; connected in Ovid, Colo., with a church they could come alongside seven years ago; and has had international missions commitments for several years in Canada with the North American Mission Board, Eastern Europe and South Asia with the International Mission Board, and Cambodia with a faith missionary from the church family.

All the while, the church has had a firm commitment to the Cooperative Program, pastor Russell Duck told Baptist Press. The church -- “for decades,” he said -- has given up to 15 percent of its undesignated offerings to Southern Baptist missions through the Cooperative Program, and another 3 percent to the Great Plains Baptist Association.

“We’re just a regular Southern Baptist church,” said Duck, now in his 17th year of leading the western Oklahoma congregation that began in 1899. “We’re touching the world through the Cooperative Program in addition to hands-on missions. It’s been a proven program since 1925.

“We consider our Cooperative Program giving our tithe to the Southern Baptist Convention,” the pastor continued. “We ask our members to tithe, and we tithe. We know we can do more linking with other churches than we could as one church.”

First Baptist -- and the 12,000-population Elk City -- is just beginning to come out of another downturn in the oil economy, Duck said. When the most recent “bust” happened some three years ago, perhaps 3,000 residents -- and 100 church members -- left town for employment elsewhere. Now with 50 others who have joined in recent months, First Baptist is back to 450 for its Sunday morning worship.

First Baptist’s budget is modified when its income is reduced, but giving its “tithe” through the Cooperative Program is a constant, Duck said.

“It’s just ingrained in us to put the Cooperative Program first,” he said.

First Baptist’s local initiatives include supporting -- again, “for decades” -- Baptist Collegiate Ministries in Weatherford and Sayre, Okla.; community ministries HELP INC. and the Western Oklahoma Family Centers; and the local pregnancy center. And the church has its own food pantry, open during regular office hours and staffed by volunteers.

A major interest of many in the church is Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. A large-scale storage building and three vehicles -- including a feeding unit -- are located at the church, and probably 100 men and women are trained as volunteers.

First Baptist gave five acres of its land to Baptist Village Communities, Inc., which opened an $8 million, 60-unit Elk City retirement location in December 2016. The church provides a Sunday School class at Baptist Village, the children’s choir performs there four times a year, and “we do a lot of ministry over there,” Duck said.

All the while, First Baptist focuses on meeting the spiritual needs of its members.

The six pastors on staff focus on First Kids, First Youth, First Seniors, Worship, Missions and the Hispanic church. As a result, nearly as many people participate on Wednesday evenings as Sunday mornings.

Children’s programming is an example of the planning that goes into every aspect of First Baptist’s ministries. Age-graded Sunday School classes use The Gospel Project curriculum from LifeWay Christian Resources, which sets the stage for a church-wide weeklong (or longer) theme. First Kids meet on Sunday morning for either preschool or children’s worship, with fifth- and sixth-graders doing the sound and lights and helping with worship. On Wednesdays, about 200 First Kids -- including some from other churches and no church -- learn a different aspect of the same lesson.

First Baptist will be 120 years old in 2019. “We’re a missions-minded church; it’s just the heart of the people,” Duck said. “The congregation just always had a heart for missions locally and globally. It’s in the DNA of the people and I can’t take any credit for it. They were missions-minded before I got here.”

What’s next for First Elk City? “We’re always trying to find new wineskins to reach more people,” Duck said. “We want to come up with new methods and new structures to reach new people. We’re trying to reach the younger generations because they’re the future of the church.”

We want to come up with new methods and new structures to reach new people. We’re trying to reach the younger generations because they’re the future of the church.

Karen L. Willoughby

BOOM-OR-BUST OILFIELDS DON’T IMPAIR CHURCH’S CP Written by Karen L. Willoughby

Through Cooperative Program gifts, Oklahoma Disaster Relief teams are able to serve those in crisis around the world.

We’re touching the world through the Cooperative Program in addition to hands-on missions. It’s been a proven program since 1925.