Transcript Poll • Each year California Southern Baptists focus specifically on praying for and giving to mission causes in California.

Poll
• Each year California Southern Baptists focus
specifically on praying for and giving to
mission causes in California. What is the
name of that offering?
• California State Mission Offering
• State Mission Offering
• California Mission Offering
www.calmissions.com
What is the Purpose of CMO?
• To educate California Southern Baptists
about mission and ministry projects funded
through their gifts to this special offering and
to create an awareness of the urgent need to
reach California for Christ. About 87 percent,
or 33 million, of the more than 38 million
residents of the Golden State are considered
unchurched.
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What is the Purpose of CMO?
• To encourage California Southern Baptists to
pray for California missions and missionaries.
• To encourage California Southern Baptists to
go and share their faith daily and through
short- and long-term missions projects.
• To encourage California Southern Baptist
churches to participate in giving to missions
through the California Mission Offering.
www.calmissions.com
Poll
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What percentage of California Mission
Offering gifts remain in California?
50%
75%
95%
100%
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The Planning Guide-The Key
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Sermon to Assist the Pastor
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Sermon PowerPoint
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Poll
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The California Southern Baptist Convention
was organized to assist churches to reach
California for Christ. What was the first year
an offering was taken for state missions?
1940
1941
1942
1951
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CMO Videos
Available Videos:
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“1 of 1,000”
Theme Interpretation
Church Starting – Epic Church, San Francisco
Church Starting – New Love Ministries, Citrus
Heights
• Church Starting – Iglesia Evangelio en Marcha,
Mojave
• Evangelism – Orangecrest Community Church,
Riverside
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Age-Graded Guides
Mission Action
Guides for:
•Adults
•Youth
•Children
•Preschoolers
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Clip Art
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Order Your Materials Online
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Poll
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During what month of the year is this
missions offering and emphasis usually
celebrated?
August
September
October
November
*The offering can be taken any time during the year!
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The IMPACT
• All gifts received stay in the state to reach the
33 million unchurched Californians
• 14% of the gifts your church gives is returned
to your association for local mission projects
• Your association decides which projects are
funded
• Your gifts start congregations to reach the
people of the world who live in your area
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The IMPACT
• Evangelism projects (such as block party
trailers) are funded throughout the state
• Ministry projects (such Feeding Those Who
Feed Us) are possible because of CMO gifts
• Summer missionaries help reach
communities like yours across the state
• Disaster Relief efforts in California and
around the world are funded through your
gifts
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Poll
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Which of the following ministries in
California are supported by CMO?
Church Starting
Evangelism Projects
Disaster Relief
Missions Discipleship
Baptist Associations
All the Above
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How Can You Be Involved?
• PRAY-You can order the free bulletin insert
and prayer guide so your congregation can
pray specifically for California mission efforts
• GO-You can be involved in the Great
Commission where you live, work and play
• GIVE-Your sacrificial gifts combined with the
sacrificial gifts of others can accomplish much
for the Kingdom of God
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