Randy Bennett, director of missions, Kern County Baptist Association
The California Mission Offering gives us some flexible money to use for missions and evangelism. Most of our budgeted funds are clearly designated for particular tasks. The California Mission Offering allows us to help for special evangelistic projects otherwise not possible.

Andrew Chan, CSBC Language Church Starting Strategist
The California Mission Offering is vital to our church starting efforts because it will help us provide mission support for the new church workers and language materials such as Chinese Bibles, hymnals and praise team worship materials and equipment.

Ken Dean, CSBC Community Ministries Field Specialist, Los Angeles
Community ministry projects through the California Mission Offering allow witnesses to touch lives physically, emotionally and spiritually. These projects place the witness in direct contact with the harvest. It is the greatest tool for bringing people into God's Kingdom.

Monta Jo Erikson, CSBC State Literacy Coordinator
Ministry projects through the California Mission Offering are a means of getting the “talk” to become a “walk” in the community. The people of the community then see the church as Christians who are concerned for all of the people, not just “churchy” words.

Sal Fernandez, Hispanic Church Starting Strategist, Sacramento 
“The California Mission Offering is the lifeline of church starting. Every phase in the process of starting churches benefits from CMO.”

Don D. Hargis, CSBC Baptist Men’s Ministries Specialist and Disaster Relief Coordinator, Fresno
The California Mission Offering impacts Baptist Men’s Ministries in two major areas; disaster relief and the mobile medical unit. All of the services, registration and insurance come out of this offering. These two ministries would be negatively impacted without the California Mission Offering.

Song Sik Kim, Korean Church Starting Strategist, Fullerton
“Each people group has different cultures and languages. We must start new language churches in California so the diverse population can find a place to worship in their heart language and in their own cultural setting.”

Randy McWhorter, CSBC Healthy Church Group Leader
Healthy Church Group projects provide the necessary resources enabling California Southern Baptist Convention to effectively assist congregations as they seek to move confidently into God's preferred future. Assistance is given to churches to aid in effective evangelism efforts, leadership development, pastoral support and other important church health concerns.

Debbie Wohler, CSBC Resort Ministries Field Specialist, Tahoe City
California Southern Baptists needs to be involved in Community ministries because Jesus said to "go and tell and make disciples." He also said that we should be not just hearers of the word but also doers of the word. That is why we show our love with action.