NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are up compared to this same time in 2002, said a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.
As of March 31, 2003, the year-to-date total of $93,112,771.70 for Cooperative Program (CP) Missions is 1.49 percent, or $1,370,491.23, ahead of the $91,742,280.47 received at this same point last year. For the month, receipts of $14,197,486.38 were .95 percent, or $133,401,39, above the $14,064,084.99 received in March 2002.
Designated giving of $101,731,887.25 for the same year-to-date period is 3.22 percent, or $3,389,772.28, below gifts of $105,121,659.53 received at this point in 2002.
For the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $93,112,771.70 is 105.23 percent of the $88,481,201.00 budgeted, or $4,631,570.70 more to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.
The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.
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