Financing Programs
The National
Baptist Laymen’s Movement
has six (6) main programs to finance
its programs, ministries and activities
to help it meet its mission, goals,
objectives and purposes:
Discipleship
The discipleship
ministry is designed to identify
all the men and supporters of
the National Baptist Laymen. It
is an annual program that asks
for $30.00 once a year. The month
of January is Discipleship Drive
Month. Laymen are asked to sign
up all the men of their local
congregations, district associations
and state conventions. Discipleship
sign-ups should be reported during
the convention’s Mid-Winter
board meeting held in January.
Discipleship fees are welcome
throughout the year from persons
who are not able to bring or send
them in January.
Discipleship
to the National Baptist Laymen
means that persons will receive
the following benefits:
- Placed
on the laymen’s mailing
list.
- Receives
the laymen’s Quarterly
Newsletter.
- Receives
“The Baptist Layman”
magazine from S.S. Publishing
Board
- Receives
a Birthday card on your birthday.
- Receives
three major mail outs a year.
Housing forms included.
King Contest
The King Contest
is a fund raising competition
between laymen state conventions
to see which state convention
can raise the most money for national
laymen ministries. The contest
is held in September of each year
during the annual session of the
National Baptist Convention U.S.A.
Inc. The contest is designed for
laymen state conventions to have
King contests to raise monies
in their state and for the state
winner to be the state representative
at the national contest.
Each state convention
must contribute a minimum of $750.00
for their representative to participate
in the national contest. State
convention’s contributions
that are less than $750.00 are
welcome and are needed for laymen
ministries, however their contestant
will not be allowed to participate
in the contest.
Trophies are
awarded to each contestant. The
top three state conventions and
their contestant are awarded the
following designations: 1st
– Arch Duke
2nd – Duke
3rd – Count
The Arch Duke (King) will receive
certain benefits for being the
winner of the contest.
The Arch Duke
will represent the National Baptist
Laymen’s Movement at various
functions throughout the year
of his reign.
Registrations/Assessments
The National
Baptist Convention is comprised
of state conventions, district
associations, local churches and
individuals. When the convention
convenes at its three annual meetings,
it asks these various constituencies
to register and/or pay a predetermined
assessment to support the operations,
programs and ministries of the
convention. The laymen’s
auxiliary is the same.
A form has been
devised that contains the registrations
and assessments for the various
constituencies of the National
Baptist Laymen’s Movement
for each meeting. This form can
be obtained from the General Secretary,
Finance Chairman or Treasurer.
Pre-registrations are always desired
and welcomed.
Special
Projects Breakfast
The Special Projects
fund raising effort is held every
January during the convention’s
Mid-Winter Board meeting. The
fund raising effort concludes
on Thursday morning of the session
with a breakfast announcing the
amounts contributed by each state
convention.
Each state convention
is asked to contribute a minimum
of $2,500.00 to this effort. There
is a model for state convention’s
to use that will help them meet
this goal: Ask 100 persons to
give a consecrated gift of $25.00
each.
The funds raised
in this effort goes toward the
laymen’s projects that are
conducted domestically and internationally.
Missions
In Education & Evangelism
The Missions
In Education and Evangelism fund
raising effort is held every June
during the convention’s
Congress of Christian Education.
The effort concludes on Thursday
with a luncheon where the names
of the contributors are announced.
Financing Programs
Missions
In Education & Evangelism
(cont’d)
A committee of
District Laymen has been formed
to lead this effort that are:
·
Committed to soul
winning.
·
Committed to building
the character of young men.
·
Committed to helping
spread the Gospel in Jerusalem,
in Judea and the uttermost parts
of the earth.
This committee
will give monies and recruit all
District laymen Presidents to
contribute a minimum of $300.00.
The goals for
the use of the funds raised are:
1.
The operations of the
Baptist World Center
2.
The assistance in Foreign
Mission Work
3.
The assistance in Home
Mission Work
4.
To assist and promote
evangelism.
5.
Repair and Operations
of Seminaries and Bible Colleges
6.
Promotional Materials
7.
National Laymen Workshops
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