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ow much do you understand about the advantages of the Combined Offering Plan (COP)? If you are a church leader, you can test your knowledge by responding to the following questions before reading the answers: 1. How broad is the adoption of the COP by the Adventist world fields? Answer: After it was voted by the General Conference 2002 Spring Meeting as the recommended offering plan for the world church, it has been adopted by 11 of the 16 General Conference world divisions and attached fields (MENA will implement it in 2021). Two other divisions have implemented it in some of their territories (SPD and EUD). Thus, the COP is already practiced by more than 90 percent of the Adventist membership around the world. 2. Why has the COP been introduced, and what was it trying to prevent? Answer: Perhaps one of the major differences between the COP and the other plans is related to the educational and promotional approach. As the other plans use a Calendar of Offerings that promotes different projects/destinations for the offerings almost each week, the development of a “project
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