CP year-to-date contributions exceed $153 million

CP year-to-date contributions exceed $153 million

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee (EC) have exceeded $153 million according to a news release from EC President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Page.

The $153,914,489.52 received for 10 months of the fiscal year, Oct. 1 through July 31, for distribution through the SBC’s Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget represents 96.45 percent of the $159,583,333.33 year-to-date budgeted CP projections to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.

The year-to-date total includes money received by the close of the last business day of July.

July’s total includes gifts from 39 of the SBC’s 42 cooperating state Baptist conventions as well as contributions from churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2013–14 SBC CP Allocation Budget.  (TAB)