NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee (EC) are 4.86 percent above the year-to-date budgeted projection and are 0.86 percent below contributions received during the same time frame in 2016, according to a news release from EC President and CEO Frank S. Page. The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2016–17 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.
As of Feb. 28, gifts received by EC for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget through the first five months of the SBC’s fiscal year totaled $82,575,921.81. This total is $3,825,921.81 above the $78,750,000 year-to-date budgeted amount to support the convention’s ministries globally and across North America and is $717,637.76 below the $83,293,559.57 received through the end of February 2016.
Designated giving of $87,947,343.09 for the same year-to-date period is 9.72 percent, or $9,464,315.04, below gifts of $97,411,658.13 received at this point in 2016. (BP)
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