WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention has long been a strong missions force among world Christians; and
WHEREAS, Its strength in missions giving and planning are inseparably linked with the Cooperative Program; and
WHEREAS, Woman’s Missionary Union, Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, seeks to undergird the Southern Baptist Convention in its missions tasks and to give unreserved support to the Cooperative Program as the lifeline of Southern Baptist missions work; and
WHEREAS, Woman’s Missionary Union is in the midst of a year of concentration on its task of mission support; and
WHEREAS, The Cooperative Program will mark fifty years of effective service in 1975;
Therefore be it RESOLVED, That Woman’s Missionary Union express to the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in annual session June 11-13, 1974, its appreciation for the Cooperative Program and its continued support of the Cooperative Program; and
Be it further RESOLVED, That Woman’s Missionary Union (1) proclaim June 8-9, 1975, a special time of recognition of the Cooperative Program; (2) make the Cooperative Program a focal point of its Annual Meeting for 1975; and
Be it further RESOLVED, That Woman’s Missionary Union encourage its members to participate in the National Cooperative Program Creative Arts Contests to be held during the Woman’s Missionary Union Conferences, Glorieta July 20-26, 1974, and Ridgecrest August 3-9, 1974, and
Be it further RESOLVED, That Woman’s Missionary Union urge local Woman’s Missionary Unions (1) to work in their churches to educate all members concerning the Cooperative Program and its role in mission support; (2) to encourage their churches to increase Cooperative Program giving by 1 percent of their total church budgets in the 1974-75 church year, in keeping with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Operation One plan.