FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) – The Cooperative Program helped St. Joe Community Church get its footing 23 years ago. It’s one reason Pastor Greg Byman and the congregation pay it forward by giving through CP, but certainly not the only one.
“The Cooperative Program enabled us to have enough resources in the early days for me to be here full-time,” Byman said. “Once that support went away, we continued giving to CP, knowing that we wanted to pay those benefits along to other churches.”
St. Joe Community Church consistently marks 7 percent of its budget for CP…