Reasons Why we do ACPs

ACP articles recently seen in the news indicate . . .

• …. completing the ACP is important and informs the state convention of how many people congregation’s and association’s won to Christ in the past year.
• .... that if a congregation attempts to secure a building loan, the ACP report can be used to convince loan officers that the church can handle the financial encumbrance.
• …. the state convention uses ACP reports to plan church planting and church strengthening strategies.
• …. the congregation can use previous and current ACPs to plot trends and visually illustrate growth or decline.
• …. that when a new pastor or staff member comes to a church, it (ACP) gives the new pastor insight into the life of the church.
• …. that by completing the ACP you are serving all congregations across the Southern Baptist Convention in the sense that congregations can look at the ACP data for any congregation to aid them in calling a pastor.
• …. that in some state conventions, churches are required to complete an Annual Church Profile to be considered cooperating.