CP giving 4.81 percent ahead of budgeted projection

CP giving 4.81 percent ahead of budgeted projection

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 4.81 percent above the year-to-date budgeted projection and are 2.97 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Frank S. Page.

The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2014–2015 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.

As of Feb. 28, receipts totaled $82,098,104.34. The total is $2,371,418.56 more than the $79,726,685.78 received through February 2014.

February’s CP allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $17,396,068.57. Designated gifts received in February, meanwhile, amounted to $53,407,127.56.

(BP)