Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for May 2008 totaled $18,123,282.75 — 10.31 percent, or $1,694,174.44, ahead of the $16,429,108.31 received in May 2007. Year-to-date contributions are 0.97 percent ahead of the same time frame in May 2007, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.
As of May 31, the year-to-date total of $138,401,793.62 for CP missions is $1,333,919.25 ahead of $137,067,874.37 received at the same point in 2007.
For the SBC CP allocation budget, the year-to-date total of $138,401,793.62 is 103.49 percent of the $133,734,357.53 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year. (BP)
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