CP gifts for SBC sees 5.7 decline for January

CP gifts for SBC sees 5.7 decline for January

NASHVILLE — Giving to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program in January 2001 was 5.70 percent below the total for January 2000, according to Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the SBC Executive Committee.

A total of $15,576,822.05 was received in January to support Southern Baptist CP missions and ministries globally and across North America, compared to the $16,518,423.15 received in January 2000.

For the fiscal year to date, October 2000 through January 2001, CP giving is .29 percent ahead of the same period a year ago, $59,214,895.73 as compared to $59,044,455.38.

In designated giving during January 2001, the total of $19,477,495.88 was 20.82 percent below January 2000’s $24,599,243.22. For the fiscal year to date, designated giving is 13.36 percent below last year’s pace, $29,524,093.72 as compared to $34,075,815.65.

For the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget, the year-to-date receipts of $59,214,895.73 are $3,216,100.73, or 5.74 percent, above the budgeted $55,998,795.00. The monthly receipts showed the $15,576,822.05 received as 11.27 percent above the budgeted amount of $13,999,698.75.