August CP giving down from same month in 2005

NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for August 2006 were $15,521,035.75. This is 1.65 percent, or $260,632.53, below the $15,781,668.28 received in August 2005, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

Year-to-date contributions are 2.05 percent above the same time frame in 2005. As of Aug. 31, 2006, the year-to-date total of $183,123,620.15 for CP Missions is $3,680,070.04 above the $179,443,550.11 received at the same point in 2005. For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $183,123,620.15 is 105.22 percent of the $174,043,150.38 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.