NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) receipts are down from the same year-to-date time period in 2005, but January 2006 receipts are up from the amount given in January 2005. Contributions for the month of January at $20,447,401.31 were 0.51 percent, or $104,444.69, above the $20,342,956.62 received in January 2005. As of Jan. 31, 2006, the year-to-date total of $65,872,491.07 for CP Missions is $742,451.21 under the $66,614,942.28 received at the same point in 2005, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.
Designated giving of $38,542,304 for the same year-to-date period is 2.56 percent, or $962,970.53, above gifts of $37,579,333.74 received at this point last year. The $27,952,975.81 in designated gifts received January 2006 is $750,098.51 above the $27,202,877.30 received in January 2005, an increase of 2.76 percent. For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $65,872,491.07 is 104.28 percent of the $63,288,418.32 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.
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