NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international causes are 1.11 percent above the budgeted goal and are 2.69 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame last year.
As of Jan. 31, gifts received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee for distribution through the Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget totaled $63,359,413.41, or 101.11 percent of the $62,666,666.68 year-to-date budgeted amount, said Frank Page, SBC Executive Committee president. The total is $1,753,874.22 less than the $65,113,287.64, received through the end of January 2012, and will support Southern Baptist ministries in the U.S. and internationally.
“We are grateful for each gift contributed to the missions and ministries of the convention,” Page said.
“We see encouraging signs that the worst of the sluggish economy may be behind us and continue to pray for the financial well-being of the members of our cooperating churches and their members.”
The CP is Southern Baptists’ method of supporting missions and ministry efforts of state and regional conventions and the SBC. The total includes contributions from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals.
For the month, a total of $18,339,654.49 was received for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget.
The CP Allocation Budget is distributed 50.2 percent to missions through the International Mission Board; 22.79 percent to missions through North American Mission Board; 22.16 percent to theological education; 3.2 percent to the SBC operating budget and 1.65 percent to the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. (TAB)
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