State Missions Offering Allocations

As Oklahoma Baptists seek to embrace brokenness with the gospel, one of the key areas of need is in response to addiction. These funds provide grants for churches across our state to place people from their church family in a Christ-centered treatment program.

In an effort to advance the gospel, we host regional African American, Native American, and Hispanic Evangelism Conferences. We want to equip, encourage and inspire the work of evangelism in the hearts of our state’s affinity groups.

One of Oklahoma Baptists’ strategic patterns of work is to be Associational Partnered.  There are 40 associations across the state of Oklahoma that connect churches together in fellowship and strengthen them for their mission.  These funds provided through the State Missions Offering assist the associations across our state in encouraging the advance of the gospel in their ministry areas.

Camp Perfect Wings is a weekend camp for children and adults, ages 8 and up, with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The camp includes tailored games, activities, worship, and Bible teachings. Each camper is paired with a buddy to help them fully participate. Camp Perfect Wings creates an environment where campers experience the love of Christ. Funds are used to keep the camp affordable for campers and their families and to cover the camp fees for the buddies who make the camp possible.

Disaster Relief and Chaplaincy is a ministry that allows Oklahoma Baptists to come together to provide physical, emotional and spiritual support to those impacted by disasters here in Oklahoma, throughout the country and around the world.  Through the State Missions Offering, Disaster Relief is able to partner with Baptist Collegiate Ministries to remove barriers for college students to serve with relief efforts across the country.  Also through these funds, hungry people are feed. Hunger is a real issue across Oklahoma. You don’t have to look very hard or far to see hungry people or struggling families that could use some help with food supplies. The Oklahoma Hunger Funds provides resources for local churches to have a ministry to those in need in their communities. Through a hunger ministry, churches can meet a physical need which provides an avenue for them to meet spiritual needs and advance the gospel in their community. 

Ninety-eight percent of Deaf people do not know Jesus, making them one of the least-reached people groups in the world. This people group is relatively ignored by most of society. The church must begin by understanding Deaf culture to reach them for the gospel. Funding provides ASL training for church members to engage the Deaf community.

Indian Falls Creek is the largest Native Christian encampment in North America, hosting 25-40 tribes and over 250 churches. The gospel is presented throughout the week to impact lostness in our state. Besides Indian Falls Creek there are additional Native American camps held each year in other locations such as Kiamichi Baptist Encampment and other associational campgrounds.

The health and strength of a church depend on the health and strength of a pastor. Shepherding the flock of God is challenging work. Every pastor needs relational and family support. The off­ering will provide resources to strengthen our pastors and his family, so he can shepherd the flock of God in a way that advances the gospel.

Oklahoma Baptists have a great heritage of sending missionaries overseas with the International Mission Board. In an eff­ort to reach the nations, every church has the opportunity to connect with missionaries overseas through the State Missions Off­ering. From any town in our state, we can touch the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ through praying, giving, and going.

Oklahoma Baptists are impacting prisoners with the gospel. Through a ministry initiative in partnership with OBU, long term inmates have the opportunity to earn a theological education. Your giving will provide ministry training for inmates as they serve the Lord by sharing the hope of Jesus with their fellow inmates in the prison system.

As Oklahoma Baptists seek to advance the gospel across the state, there will be the opportunity for churches and associations to engage in projects and strategic plans to do so.  These funds will be available through the Regional Ministry Partners of the Church Relations Group to partner with church and associations as they engage in advancing the gospel in their communities and area.

The State Missions Offering was established to empower Oklahomans with missional efforts. The annual offering provides opportunities we would not have otherwise.  By promoting the offering, churches are able to rally together in making disciples and train up generations of believers with a heart for the lost.