In this first episode of Signal Café, Matt Tullos interviews host Chris Forbes about his new book, The Next Era of the Cooperative Program. They discuss how strategic foresight can help Southern Baptists respond to challenges like declining trust, generational shifts, and the future of shared funding.

The conversation draws from Chris’s work on the Future Commission 2050 Project, which invited SBC leaders into structured foresight processes to explore what cooperation could look like by mid-century. The book unpacks seven drivers of change, four future scenarios, and a set of questions every church should be asking now.

A key part of that journey was Incite Futures Labs, a foresight resource developed by Chris Forbes to help ministry leaders engage real trends, explore future scenarios, and design practical pathways toward long-term faithfulness.

If you're leading in a time of uncertainty, this episode offers fresh insight and faithful imagination for what’s next.

Order your copy of The Next Era of the Cooperative Program today!