Alabama Baptists sent a strong signal of their support for the Cooperative Program (CP) in 1999, with gifts exceeding the base budget by more than $350,000. Messengers to the 1998 Alabama Baptist Convention (ABSC), approved a base budget of $36,018,660 and challenge budget of $37,099,220 for 1999. The State Board of Missions (SBOM) reported actual giving for the past year…