CP gifts for June 4.22 percent ahead of last year

NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for June 2007 totaled $17,907,132.76 — 4.22 percent, or $724,626.69, ahead of the $17,182,506.07 received in June 2006, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

Year-to-date contributions through the CP are 2.45 percent ahead of the same time frame in 2006.
As of June 30, the year-to-date total of $154,975,007.13 for CP Missions is $3,700,532.67 ahead of the $151,274,474.46 received at the same point in 2006.

For the SBC CP Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $154,975,007.13 is 105.45 percent of the $146,961,316.91 budgeted to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America. The SBC operates on an Oct. 1–Sept. 30 fiscal year.