CP giving: 1.54 percent over last year’s pace

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program are up 1.54 percent compared to the same time frame in 2004, according to SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Morris H. Chapman. As of June 30, the year-to-date total of $145,017,123.90 for CP Missions is $2,197,985.24 ahead of the $142,819,138.66 received at the same point in 2004. For the month, receipts of $12,555,626.53 were 4.32 percent, or $567,434.74, below the $13,123,061.27 of June 2004.

For the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget, the year-to-date total of $145,017,123.90 is 105.54 percent of the $137,401,270.56 budgeted, or $7,615,853.34 above budget to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.

At the close of their last fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2003 to Sept. 30, 2004, Southern Baptists recorded a 3.64 percent increase in CP giving, for a record total of $189,865,254.85.