Meet the players (key organizations)
- Overview
- Meet the players (key organizations)
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
When you step into the Southern Baptist world, you meet a wall of names and acronyms: SBC, NAMB, Send Network, IMB, the Cooperative Program, the BF&M. It can feel like a maze. ...
North American Mission Board (NAMB)
TRACK A · PLANT IN THE U.S.North American Mission BoardThe SBC’s agency for missions here at home — and your primary partner if you plant in the United States.What it isThe South ...
Send Network
TRACK A · PLANT IN THE U.S.Send NetworkNAMB’s church-planting arm — the practical pathway that assesses, trains, and walks alongside you and your sending church.What it isThe chu ...
State Conventions & Local Associations
State Conventions & Local AssociationsThe two layers of Baptist life closest to a church planter — and why a Slavic planter should join both.Orientation · Applies to both tra ...
The Cooperative Program
The shared funding engine behind every SBC ministry — how it works, why churches give, and how giving earns a real voice and vote.What it isThe SBC’s unified plan for funding missi ...