SBC CP 2.59 percent ahead of projection

SBC CP 2.59 percent ahead of projection

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee (EC) are 2.59 percent above the year-to-date budgeted projection, according to a Sept. 5, news release from D. August Boto, SBC EC interim president.

August’s Cooperative Program (CP) allocation receipts for SBC work totaled $15,652,713.29. Designated gifts in August totaled $5,951,651.47.

As of Aug. 31 gifts received by the EC for distribution through the CP through the first 11 months of the convention’s fiscal year totaled $180,552,467.92. The gifts are $4,552,467.92 more than the $176 million year-to-date budgeted amount to support SBC ministries globally and across North America.

Designated giving of $190,000,448.45 for the same year-to-date period is 1.69 percent, or $3,157,163.59, above gifts of $186,843,284.86 received at this point in 2017. (BP)