NASHVILLE — March receipts of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) were up 14.12 percent compared to the same month a year ago, according to Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the SBC Executive Committee.
For March 2000, SBC CP gifts totaled $14,900,357.94, or $1,843,971.90 above March 1999’s total of $13,056,386.04.
For the year to date, CP giving is 5.79 percent above the same period in the last Oct. 1-Sept. 30 fiscal year. At the end of March, a total of $88,079,806.20 had been received, compared to last year’s mark of $83,257,241.19.
For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date receipts totaled $88,079,806.20, or $8,287,934.70 above the budgeted $79,791,871.50.
The SBC CP total includes receipts from individuals, churches, state conventions and fellowships for distribution according to the 1999-2000 CP Allocation Budget.
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