NASHVILLE —Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) have exceeded $171 million, according to a news release from SBC EC President and CEO Frank S. Page.
The $171,841,891.62 received by the EC for 11 months of the fiscal year, Oct. 1 through Aug. 31, for distribution through the SBC’s Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget represents 97.89 percent of the $175,541,666.67 year-to-date CP budget projections to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.
The total is $755,161.74, or 0.44 percent, less than the $172,597,053.36 received through the end of August 2013 and is 2.11 percent less than the SBC CP Allocation Budget projection for the current year.
Designated giving of $190,409,031.99 for the same year-to-date period is 0.92 percent, or $1,743,913.86, above the $188,665,118.13 received at this point in 2013.
August’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $17,927,402.10. Designated gifts received in August amounted to $5,943,928.77. (TAB)
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