The Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention (UISBC) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptist Convention

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 located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 and Idaho

Idaho

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. Headquartered in Draper, Utah

Draper, Utah

Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people . Its population in 1990 was 7,143 and had grown to 25,220 by the 2000 census...

, the convention is made up of 11 Baptist associations and more than 150 churches as of 2010.

Doctrinal Beliefs

The Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention believes that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God and is sufficient as the only infallible rule of faith and practice. The convention is also supportive of The Baptist Faith and Message 2000

The Baptist Faith and Message 2000

The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 is the current Statement of Faith used to define the theological beliefs of the Southern Baptist Convention. All missionaries supported by the convention must be in agreement with the statement to receive funding. Past statements of faith for Southern Baptists...

 which was adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention.

Cooperative Program

The Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention participates in the Cooperative Program (CP). CP is described as a tool used by God to empower the witness of Baptists in Utah and Idaho. Every Southern Baptist Church in the state is challenged to give 10% of all her tithes and offerings to the Cooperative Program. These funds are then pooled with other church gifts from Utah and Idaho. State convention staff collect the funds and distribute some for missions work in Utah and Idaho while the rest is forwarded on to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The SBC then uses gifts collected from all SBC state conventions to fund missions in the United States as well as send missionaries around the world. The Cooperative Program provides the opportunity for even the smallest church to be a part of fulfilling the Great Commission

Great Commission

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