NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee are 7.59 percent over the same period last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President Frank Page.
The total includes receipts from state conventions and fellowships, churches and individuals for distribution according to the 2012–13 SBC Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget.
As of Nov. 30, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the CP totaled $30,586,021.68, or $2,158,294.66 above the $28,427,727.02 received through November 2011.
A CP survey conducted by LifeWay Research showed that 7 percent of pastors accepted the “1% CP Challenge” in their churches’ current budget year, with another 8 percent of pastors planning to lead their churches to accept the challenge in the next budget year. For the month, a total of $16,983,721.04 was received for distribution through the CP.
Meanwhile, year-to-date designated giving of $6,765,332.93 is 6.79 percent, or $492,938.20, below gifts of $7,258,271.13 received at this point last year. This total includes only those gifts received and distributed by the Executive Committee and does not reflect designated gifts contributed directly to SBC entities.
For the SBC CP, the year-to-date total of $30,586,021.68 is 97.61 percent of the $31,333,333.33 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. (TAB)
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